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jud
06-01-2005, 05:06 PM
I have just purchased painter 9 and have been experimenting with all the brushes and variants, I have gone through each brush category and have painted some experimental images to help myself adapt to the program.
I have also used the watercolours and digital watercolours, but the thing that bugs me is when you are painting in this medium you cannot seem to use white for some reason, I have tried playing with the settings but still no white paint, I know you are supposed to paint form light to dark and most traditional artists use the white of the paper as the white in the image, but I prefer to paint in the white as it gives more control, have I missed some setting or is this just a feature of the watercolours?
I know I could use the airbrush or chalk to paint in the white, but I prefer not to mix mediums at the moment as I am not sure if painter does anything to the canvas when switching from watercolours to chalk etc.
dbclemons
06-01-2005, 06:09 PM
You've answered this one yourself. You can't paint in white watercolors since that's not how real watercolors behave. When you choose white it behaves as if you're just adding water. The closet you do come to that would be to use a watercolor eraser.

-David
jud
06-01-2005, 07:00 PM
Thanks for the reply dbclemons, I guess I will just have to do it on another layer with the airbrush or chalk.
I have used traditional watercolours and you can use white on the paper, but no matter I will plod along, not going to let that spoil my fun.
And can someone tell me why the watercolours in painter 9 are so saturated?
ysvry
06-03-2005, 02:47 AM
because the expensive colors have more pigment :P and they simulate those.

i found it bad to that you cant paint with white they at least should give you the choice say a switch for purist only its a great program but when i changed to real medium i remembered how much easier and faster it works only thing bad is there isnt an undo.
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