Getting the right consistency - Fullers Earth

So fullers earth is the product that I think mimics a cracking painting the best, with not that much work, meaning its a quick. As the colour is a light muddy colour I will have to get the right acrylic paint for a light skin colour. to mimic the 17-18'00s kind of painting.

So an experiment is needed to make sure I get the right consistency and the right colouring I want and in the quickest time possible as I will be on set and need to do this to I think more than three models, so timing is everything.

The image below took four coats, and I dried it with a hair dryer to make it quicker. I then applied acrylic paint onto it and then moved my hand to make it crackle more and it came out really well exactly what I wanted compared to the first time when I made myself look like an very sick painting.

So here are some images below of how I get the skin tone for my look, I mixed White 001, Yellow Ochre 690, Primary Blue 159 and Vermillion 588 to get the colours I want in a variation to create different tones on the skin, light, medium and dark.

Going with these colours have really helped me focus in on what skin colour is best, not getting it too light and not getting it too dark or it could ruin the whole think. As my look is based on texture I'm not worried in the fullers earth shows through as I am looking for that aged look.

I also tried at the end of my experiments spraying with with water/ fixing spray and it looked really good crackle and shine like the oil paining.

So, after all this experimentation why did I choose to do this look and not something a whole lot simpler, like a glamour look with the texture twist instead of the whole face neck and hands all textured in this way? Well the reason behind this is I want to experiment and want to gain the knowledge in how to create different things instead of always choosing the 'easier' route. I feel that after this experimentation if I where to do this on a film set or another shoot I would know what products to use to get the best result for me and my client. This knowledge will stay with me and help me also get the grade that is needed.