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Miss Reborner · Senior Member

Eyebrow options

Heather M · Senior Member

I paint mine on using a brush with only a few bristles.

Miss Reborner · Senior Member

Heather, what paint do you use? Is the brush you use like the one Secrist calls a liner brush? Also, if you use GHSP, what paint mix do you use? Thanks.

Heather M · Senior Member

I use Genesis paints and a liner brush. The color depends on the baby. I usually use burnt umber or a cobination of burnt umber and yellow ochre (for blonde babies).

LovesDolls · Guru

My eyebrows are really just a smudge of color!

I use the Bountiful Baby pre-mixed brow brown but add a touch of blue and (I think) burnt umber. If I just use the color straight I end up with a rust color! weirdface

shakyhandsme · Senior Member

GHSP are great... use a little thick medium to set the placement of the eyebrows and shape and then the smallest brush you can find and paint in the hairs. I set the eyebrows, with my heat gun, then apply the paint and dry again. I use burnt umber too... If you don't like the way the "hairs" look just wipe them off and try again. Your "guide" will have been heat set and won't be bothered by your multiple tries at painting the "hairs" on.

Pat C.

Cathy · Veteran Member

Pat C, what a GREAT tip to use the thick medium as a guide! I'd never have thought of that. Thanks for sharing! smile

shakyhandsme · Senior Member

You are most welcome!!

Pat C.

Miss Reborner · Senior Member

Hi, does anyone else do anything besides painting them with GHSP? On my 1st reborn at least (she's the one in my avatar), I can't use a paint that needs to be heatset, as she's all put together. On my next ones, I'll probably use GHSP. Thanks.

sara zata · Guru

Miss Reborner, I use a long taklon brush for my eye brows, I cut it back so theres only about 7 bristles, so when you load the brush up you dont run out of paint before you finish the stroke, When painting eyebrows ,it,s called rule of thumb . Put you thumb over the eye socket or if closed eyes where they would normally be if they were open, Put a fine pencil line above where the eye starts and finishes. This should be where the eyebrow is positioned. Start with a couple of wispy short strokes and as the hands of a clock tick down lay your strokes over to give a natural look. I often use two different colours. Start the second colour near the root of the first colour and lay it towards the top second stroke. Also with the one you have put together,I personally would take the head off because you will have better control over the strokes, then use a hairdrier, or heatgun to set the paint. The pencil will rub off after it,s set. weirdface

June M from Oz.

Miss Reborner · Senior Member

Thank you. You mentioned using a hairdryer to dry the paint. Can you use that instead of a heatgun? Thanks again.

LovesDolls · Guru

No, a hair dryer won't get hot enough to set the Genesis paint.

I think I'd skip the eyebrows on this one, if I were you!

sara zata · Guru

I know of a few people teaching with folk art paint and if this one is going to be yours I,m sure there is a medium that you could mix with it for it to be permanent. Some of the stores over here , Spotlight tought half dolls with it, so I don,t think it would matter if you only did eyebrows, and didn,t make it a habit. weirdface

June M from Oz.

Heather M · Senior Member

I think Bloomers and Bows (on Ebay) sells some sort of paint pens for doing eyebrows. I've never tried it, but it might work for your baby.

TinyEarthAngels · Guru

Miss Reborner wrote:

Hi, does anyone else do anything besides painting them with GHSP? On my 1st reborn at least (she's the one in my avatar), I can't use a paint that needs to be heatset, as she's all put together. On my next ones, I'll probably use GHSP. Thanks.

Hi hun you can also use water coloured pencils or acrylic paint below is a tutorial on how to do this just scroll down till you see eyebrows, hope this helps (((hugs)))
http://prissymaydolls.com/tutorial_9.htm

sara zata · Guru

Hello TEA, I was thinking that you may be able to use water colour pencils but didn,t know how they would work on the vynal, thanks for putting that in your post, I know at the Winter Wonderland Doll Show in Brisbane that I attended for two days and had stall, that someone told me that they were doing one with the acrylic folk art paints, I did think it a bit off at the time but if it works just to repair something why not. Personally I,m going to take the heads off all my reborns, because I was told they didn,t need them when I was starting out. The one I made for lady on my avaitor has eyebrows, even though it,s not a good pic to show them. weirdface

June M from Oz.

TinyEarthAngels · Guru

Your avatar bub is beautiful ive been peeking at him hehehe I learnt about water colour pencil eyebrows with my first bub i was so excited to get her finished i forgot the eyebrows lol I did the same for my second one and thats when i decided to hand root them now i do both paint some and root some ive hung up my pencil lol

Cathy · Veteran Member

June, I thought your avatar pic was one of your grandchildren. Didn't know it was a doll. smile

Miss Reborner · Senior Member

Have any of you used Prismacolor pencils? I have those already, which makes it easier. Can I rub them off easily right after I do them, since I most likely won't get them right the first time? And will they eventually become permanent? Thanks for all the helpful tips.

Buffington · Guru

Yes, you can use the Prismacolors. If you wipe it off right away (or shortly thereafter for booboos). If you let it set for a few days it is supposed to become permanent by soaking into the vinyl.

Otherwise you can always try rooting them with a find needle, but be sure of the direction you are rooting, the way the hair will lay, and tweeze out any extra hairs.

-- Edited by Buffington at 04:52, 2008-08-08

Heather M · Senior Member

I bought a baby once that needed a rescue from a reborning attempt gone awry. She had eyebrows done with prismacolor and they wiped off with water. But maybe they hadn't set long enough.

sara zata · Guru

Hi everyone, Haven,t been on line much this last couple of days , as I ,ve been trying to put that writuing under my name,in pink and blue, neerly went nuts because it wouldn,t go where I wanted it to. Now It,s there. Yes my aviator baby is Hannah reborn as Jack, I copied the little picture off the net, thats pinned onto him, thats the one I said She loved. Today, I,ve been at the house lifting sheets oftin, timber and broken glass, I,ll Get back on line after dinner. Keep up the good work everyone. weirdface

June M from Oz

Miss Reborner · Senior Member

So the Prismacolor pencils might not be permanent? I did notice that Stephanie Sullivan of Hunnybuns Nursery sells them for this purpose. Does anyone know if watercolor pencil will become permanent? I did try those, but they kept wiping off. I didn't wait very long, though, so that might be why. Thanks.

Buffington · Guru

I believe you have to wait 24-48 hours for it to sink into the vinyl. Then it should be as permanent as the Genesis paints!

Miss Reborner · Senior Member

Okay, well here's what I did. I used watercolor pencil on both babies, and after many, many tries, I finally got them to a place that pleased me. I haven't tried wetting them yet, I want to make sure I wait a good long time for them to set. Thank you all for the helpful tips, and I will let you know when I check to see if they're permanent.

Buffington · Guru

OK thanks! According to Stephanie, the Prismacolor pencils are permanent after you let it set for a while.

Eeyore068 · Newbie

I used the bloomers n bows practice pen then go over them (once I like the way they look) if you don't like them , it wipes right off and you can start over, then I go over them with water color pencils. I take a dampen napkin and lightly wipe over my finished brows for the look of just a hint of baby brows. Works great for me.

Mo · Senior Member

Well I use GHSP, and the last baby I have done, the eyebrows are the best I have done! I haven't tried the pencils..which one is better?

Buffington · Guru

I like the GHSP better because I can just hit it with my heatgun and they're done. I also have experience with the liner brush and can do a good job with that.

Mo · Senior Member

I put a bit more Thick Medium on the eyebrows this time, so they are better than last time

Buffington · Guru

OOOO can you take a close up pic of them and post in artist showcase so we can see? Please, pretty please lol