Recently I got a request for a custom painting which had silver paint applied on it. I have never used silver paint earlier, so this was an exciting opportunity to learn something new. I researched on the web for different kinds of silver paints and silver foil. In end I settled for liquitex silver acrylic paint. I was not sure about the sheen and brightness of the pigment.
As you can see, the paint is really nice and shinyin natural light. I applied couple of layers, mixed the paint with blue paint, mixed with acrylic gel and gloss medium, thick gel. The combination of these techniques gave the desired end result. I wanted it to be seamless with the blue and emerald green paint, so I applied glazes mixed with the silver and blue over the blue under painting. The feeling was that of beach water with the glare of sunshine.
