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I've tried a sort of "Earth tone" paint scheme.
As described by Hirst here : http://www.hirstarts.com/painting/painting2.html

The first coat is not bad :





Here is the original HA colour :
It is a bit too dark.

Then the second coat is really "orange".
I wanted this :
And I have a colour really close to it (I will post a picture in few hours )

I use classic acrylic paints, as you can see at the top of this picture

I did a lot of mixes.. first I have a white paint base (to paint wall !. 15$ for 2liters), and then I added other colours.
My first coat was the hardest to do, because I first added black paint.. and black paint really adsorb the other colors.
A little bit of yellow, a little bit or red, then a bit of black.. and TADAA !
It was difficult, but cheap !

I'm very impressed of how small quantity I needed to paint and dry brush all of those walls.
Check out the container I use to keep my paint (in the first picture).. After painted all of the pieces I have used only 1/3.

For my next project, I will try to buy directly the best colour in a hardware/DIY store.

Well, I think everybody is sleeping while I'm at work
I've tried, during my lunchbreak, the third coat.
And I'm doing it wrong !

Here are two picture where you can see the last paint mix.
And a sample piece.





What's wrong ?

Is it the color ?
The dry brush ?
Maybe my brush is not good.

Any advice is welcome.

I've forgot the photos
Now they are uploaded.

I use a housepaint too. Maybe I should add water to thin it.
I will do more samples with different mixes.
Thanks for the advice.

Hi guys !
Here wome pictures of different tries.

A piece with the second coat only :


Here with 3 different third coat (on the background is the original) :


First try (as seen on previous posts) :


Another try adding too much brown :


Last try with less brown and some water :


The last try is definitely the best.
I'm very surprised of how the last coat change everything.
It is very important.