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 Activa's LI-QUA-CHÉ
"A Doll Makers' Dream Come True"
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Littlest Bridesmaid
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 If you want to wait until the piece is completely dry to clean, use your standard cleaning tool and scrape off lines. Then smooth with sandpaper ranging from rough to very fine, or with any sanding tool you prefer but it is much easier to clean while still wet.

If you are using translucent oil-based paints, you may use a liquid car wax for a great finish. (Just be sure you get the kind that is transparent and not tinted blue or green!) or you may use a commercial sealer. One or the other is needed to seal the piece and give you a base to paint on. I paint it on 3 times with a large shader brush, allowing it to dry between each coat and being very careful not to incorporate bubbles.

You may also spray a clear acrylic matte sealer 3 times. Let dry between coats. This gives a somewhat shinier finish, but if the finish is too shiny, it may be toned down after you’ve painted and blushed by giving the piece a final coat of Porcelain Fog or any real matte sealer sprayed lightly. You may use acrylic paints over the acrylic spray to paint your doll, but remember a light hand gives the best look. I don’t believe you can get the real skin look from acrylics but there are a number of doll types where that’s not as important. (Elves, character dolls, etc.) My personal preference is to use the oil-base paints for realism.

Painting on LI-QUA-CHÉ

  • Materials required:
  • Fiesta translucents paint doll kit
  • Various size square or angle shaders
  • Q-tips
  • Soft cotton T-shirt cut into small squares, 3" by 3" with a few larger for wiping back.
  • Tile or plate for paint
  • Toothpicks for stirring paint

The technique for using oil-based paints is called rouging. You are actually laying down a transparent wash of color. Each subsequent layer gets more intense color without looking painted or losing the transparency. This is why the doll skin has a natural, realistic look. You have the control to go from a very light touch as in baby skin, to quite dark, as in old, leathery, weathered looking skin. From light pastel to intensely dark, yet still retaining the translucency. Since the paint is transparent it goes on more like blush on real skin than like what we’re used to with regular paints.

This painting process is completely different from the standard way to paint. You’ll use such a minimal amount of paint, you’ll probably think you read this wrong. A dime- sized dab of paint will do and entire doll!

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