It's not an intuitive technique and it's definitely not the only way to get great results, but many of our artists swear by this method.
Painting this way will avoid raised edges that glow brighter than the rest of the brush stroke.Ī great way to implement this technique and get smooth brush strokes is to place your brush in the middle of where you want the final stroke to be and then pull the paint in opposite directions to create the stroke. Start with less than you think you’ll need on your brush, spread it thin, and then add more paint if necessary. The following image shows two coats of fluorescent glow paint over a white (top row) and black (bottom row) background. Since most of the glow you see is actually reflected light, the lighter the background color, the brighter the glow will appear.
As you can see, they are invisible during the day but glow brightly at night with only a single coat. The following image has aqua, sky blue, and yellow-green neutral glow paints over regular acrylic paint. For more info specific to fluorescent glow paints please check out our blog post about their uses and limitations. The neutral (daytime white) glow paints will go on invisible for the first two or three coats and the fluorescent colors shouldn’t be noticeable over a colored background in one or two coats but they may tint a white/light colored background.
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