Hippo Distraction - Day 2

Day 2 saw the Hippo (whom my wife is now calling Hieronymus or Harry for short) receiving the initial base coat of paint. This work is done with a combination of oils and enamel paint (yes, I know those are both technically oils). Major work is done with enamel paints and then I add oil paint for additional color and detail work. By combining these two types of oils I can the ability to blend colors because of the lengthened drying time but that drying time is also shortened. Basically it will take days to dry rather than weeks to dry.

This initial coat is just gray, about 5/8ths black and 3/8ths white. Initially applied with a 1 1/2" house brush and then stippled, with a weird triangular brush I found at the store, to remove the brush marks.