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Practise with acrylics on pebbles then hide your artwork around a park for the kids to find - painted jewel treasures!
Don't be too hard on yourself, it is hard Practice is the first thing that comes to mind when doing eyes. Though, painting G4 eyes is harder, as they don't have the moulded eye shape like other generations, plus the eyes vary according to each character.I think "committing" to you line is important, if you waver you are more likely to get a wavy line Other things that can make a line wavy is tiredness, if I am tired I find it harder to get things right or lines straight.I always have a stash of cotton buds near by for fixing "mess ups" It is hard to get things perfect, don't ever be afraid to go back and correct things. I always keep some body color paint from full body repaints to fix up mistakes I make on symbols or eyes.Love pkw xxx
Another tip - I lean my elbows on a table (rather than paint holding my elbows in the air), as it offers more stability. Handy when doing intricate things as you get less of a chance to wobble! Also - doing perfect white dots on the eye to represent the shine - I use those ball-ended tools that you use for nail art, I got some in a set of brushes from the £1 shop! Practise with acrylics on pebbles then hide your artwork around a park for the kids to find - painted jewel treasures!
Something I do for small details is draw or transfer the lines of the design onto the pony, then paint over it. Painting a symbol is much less daunting when there are lines to guide you!
I also make sure to get rid of that tiny drop of water still clinging to the metal part of my paintbrush (that bugger tends to slide down while painting and washing my paint down with it in a messy blob).