What grip do you use for signwriting Paul?
So the brush “grip” is still the pen grip then? A picture will probably help my limited imagination here I’m only asking because I find painting technique knowledge far more useful than buying the next hyped bottle of magic wonderpaint...
That sounds a lot like how I see many (younger) British people on TV write …If you want to see a weird grip, look at the painter Vince Ventrella on YouTube. He seems to hold the brush between his second and third fingers, and braces the handle against the fingers with his thumb....
No Timothy . The movment comes from the middle finger. Wrist stays firmly planted giving maximum control. Happiness.Excellent Laurie, as I thought, not a pen grip, which would be brush held between thumb and forefinger.
Funnily enough, that’s how I hold a brush most of the time when painting miniatures. I occasionally use the pen grip, but only in hard to reach areas.....the grip you have illustrated makes it far easier to get consistent lines on the figure. Most of the brush movement then comes from the wrist, so you get more control.
If you want to see a weird grip, look at the painter Vince Ventrella on YouTube. He seems to hold the brush between his second and third fingers, and braces the handle against the fingers with his thumb....
Hi Dave,Thanks for the replies on this reprisal of my original post. Lots of good advice but none of it is useful until I get my hands to stop shaking. Just to let you know how badly, do any of you remember my "Somewhere in Russia" dio:
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That river is about 50mm wide and when I tried spreading out the filler I used for the water using a spatula, it was banging against both sides of the ravine. So my hand shakes up to about 30mm from side to side if you see what I mean. It's obviously not always that bad, but it gets worse the more I try to concentrate and the more delicate the work I'm trying to do. It's crazy but I can lift up a can of soup and put it in the cupboard when putting my shopping away without my hand shaking because I don't need to concentrate on holding it steady - but I can't carry a mug of tea the same size and weight without spilling it everywhere.
That's why I've not touched a model for 6 months or so and it's also why I'm REALLY hoping my visit to the neuro doc next month will provide some help.
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