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dominikgschwind — Dreaming of spring in winter - 20 min quickstudy
Published: 2018-11-06 21:04:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 689; Favourites: 97; Downloads: 1
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watercolour on 9 x 12" Canson Moulin du Roy cold press paper*AVAILABLE*
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I think we're all dreaming pretty intensly of spring by now.
It's wonderful how you've managed to capture the fluffiness and fragility of the dandilion. Great colours and movement.
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tack så mycket Louise... vad trevliga ord
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Ingen orsak. Det är ett nöje att kommentera på fina målningar.
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Beautiful - really shows what a talented artist you are ❤️
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hi Linda,
thank you for these kind words... a great motivation to me for sure
cheers
// Dominik
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thank you Ivett,
I am surprised that such a quick and simple sketch can spark so much emotions...
cheers
// Dominik
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You really have a feel for watercolor. Lovely piece!
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thank you Aljosa!
well... watercolours are always challenging and I am a bit nervous every time I am practising with them because you mainly have one chance with your brushstrokes unlike with opaque paint like gouache or oils...
cheers
// Dominik
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I know the feeling. 
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oh thanks very much Eughène... it means a lot to get this compliment from you!
cheers to Crimea
// Dominik
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Очень хорошо! Мне нравится план изобразить одуванчика, который хочет продолжить свой род.
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sorry Nadezhda... I still don't speak russian
Please let me know in english, french, swedish or german ...
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Shame on you Dominink
"Very good! I like the intention to paint a dandelion which wants to spread its seeds"
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oh this i cool Steve... I didn't think of you but yeah for sure you do speak russian
thank you very much for helping with Nadezhdas post!
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Yeah, I was just passing by
But you should really make time for Russian language
Btw, aren't you supposed to speak retroromansh?
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I am quite happy to speak 4 languages plus my nativ language swiss german.
They speak Rumantsch in the eastern part of Switzerland > Graubuenden ... were I painted recently
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Oh, thats a nice one ,Dominik! Like the contrast between the soft background and the sharp contour of the dandeleon..
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thank you Henrik,
I realize more and more how important it is to use the watercolour pigments as fresh as possible to get this vibrant mood.
Have a nice evening
cheers
// Dominik
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that exercise surprised me too Steve...
It's great fun to sometimes try totally different things... I love that
cheers to St. Petersburg
// Dominik
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This is all sorts of lovely. Beautiful soft background, delightful sense of movement. How did you reserve the whites?
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oh thank you so much Annette... well I had indeed great fun painting that quickstudy.
You asked how I reserved the whites... well the most of it was masking fluid kind of drybrushed... but some few whites are gouache
cheers to Scotland .... he by the way, I had a Tennent tonight
// Dominik
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yeah Jonathan... a quickstudy which mainly was a technical exercise to check out possibilities to visualize the "air" as one of the four elements with my 14 years old daughter.
thanks for the motivating comment!
cheers to Wales
// Dominik
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oh so cool... some motivating words from Georgie from Downunder
thanks a lot!
And yes... I used masking fluid and a bit of white gouache...
cheers from little Switzerland
// Dominik
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Cool, you're welcome
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thank you Monty Mouse
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Oh There you Are!! Hahahaha
Great one Dominik!! Love it!
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yeah... it was just a 10 days pause Lynn
Well... lovely that you like it!
cheers
// Dominik
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This is so beautiful! I love the washes of the background contrasting with the sharp detail of the dandelion
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thank you Wickus... I am myself positively surprized what the pigments arranged while they were wet in wet moving arround
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That's what I love about watercolours, the way it acts on its own, but you still have a degree of control over it. But it still does things you would never have thought of, and that provides for a lot of "pleasant surprises"
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