Posted by k.b. on 01 Feb 2025, 18:11
Thanks for your comments gents. In answer to your question Bessiere , no I don’t use any diluted paint at all. Quite the opposite, I generally add a lighter grey circle of oil at a time on top of the darker rump, neck or chest and before this circle is dry I add more white to it and create the dapples, all the while trying to avoid a too regular appearance to the dapples. If you look closely at the reference photos the size, format of the dapples is all very irregular. I try my best to reproduce that irregularity.