UA749 - Vegetable Origin Damp Green

Vegetable Origin Damp Green

Damp places on masonry have a coloring of their own that cannot be replaced by an ordinary green. The acrylic shade Vegetable Origin Damp Green is named after the green film of vegetable origin, that is, after what grows on a wall where it never properly dries out.

Damp is drawn on a model, not painted

The fundamental difference from ordinary painting is that damp green is not dealt with as an area but as a trace. Water runs from the top down, holds under sills, by a faulty downpipe, in the corners and above the ground. The shade is therefore led in narrow vertical bands and left to weaken downward and to the sides. The stronger and darker core of the trace belongs in the middle, and toward the edges it should fade away gradually, so that an impression of gradual wetting arises.

How to work with the shade

• Proceed in thin coats and build the richness by repetition, not by the quantity applied at once.
• Lead the traces vertically and always from the top down, the way water runs.
• Combine it with the yellower variant of damp growth; the area gains natural variety by that.
• Leave the shade richest in the corners and under sills, where damp stays longest.

Who the color is for

For modelers of ruins, abandoned structures and damp corners, for builders of dioramas with water features and for everyone who wants traces of water beside the dust on masonry. It will also serve on the stones by a bank, on troughs, wells and wooden elements in permanently damp settings.