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Just as the title says. I need some help. I'm thinning my paints with water but it still see my brush strokes. Not thin enough? To much paint on my brush? Help my poor dumb (expletive deleted).

Multiple layers will fix that right up and give you a solid, bright coat of red. The reason people tell you to thin is not only just to eliminate brush strokes, but so that when you DO do multiple layers, the paint doesn't build up and gunk up details and crevices.

From the look of the brightest red portions to the right of the four giant bolts, you can see built up paint and brush strokes, so maybe not thin enough.

Thinning is a very personal thing, and most people say "like skim milk" for a general guideline, but I've had success with paint that is so thin it flows like an ink, except when you brush it on it's a solid color instead of transparent. Airbrushers will also thin very very thin.

If water thinning is a problem, maybe due to your area's tap water's calcium deposits or whatever, or because you are using a lower quality generic paint with poor pigment quality and saturation, you can try thinning with distilled water or with a medium instead. Citadel sells Lahmian medium, but any acrylic medium will do if you know what you're looking for. It thins like water but flows better and doesn't dilute the paint as much since you're just adding more of the medium that's already in the paint.

Thank you very much. I never thought of the tap water being an issue, we have VERY hard water here. I do have a pot of the lahmian, just haven't used it. It seems like when I thin with water the paint/dye still gathers on the edges of the brushstrokes so I will try the medium. It's been pointed out to me also I am probably gathering to much paint on the brush. Again thank you very much. Wish I could exalt more than once.

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