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Published: 2013-02-22 13:32:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 53334; Favourites: 2483; Downloads: 626
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Several tips how to paint without thinking
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Haha, Thanks a lot for the nice comment!
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This is excellent, thank you! I had a laugh at step 3 too
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I'm happy that you like it
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Oo I love this!
So pretty final image too.
May I ask, I've never heard of using salt before, where did you put it on the image, what's it for?
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Thank you! Everyone ask me about the salt. I guess I should have been more precise with the description
So here's an explanation:
I put it on the image when the paint was stil wet. Salt absorbs water from the paint and leaves a texture similar to white frost or mold on the wall. You can see it on the tree bark but it's better visible on the column from this illustration [link]
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Just a question, how big is the original? It's a little hard to imagine those massive brushes like that old shaving brush on a small piece of paper 
It's nice texture you've created though, did you just use watercolour paper to do it on? Or did you do it on something thicker? Pen can also make awesome trees 
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The original is 42x56 cm (about 17"x22,5"). It was painted on a watercolor paper indeed
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Ah nice work with those brushes. I would be so scared to do fine detail with a large brush XD!
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pretty feet (and I'm not one of those feet weirdos..)
that was the whole point, right?
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Haha, thanks a lot for the compliment
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epic tutorial! I'm not so scared of coloring trees anymore
congrats on the DD!
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I'm very happy to read that. Coloring trees is really nice
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Thanks! And by the way about the salt, is it just regular table salt? And exactly effect is it supposed to have on the paint?
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It's absolutely normal, regular salt (though I discovered that bigger grains give more visible effect). In general when you put salt on a wet paint, it absorbs water from the paint and leaves a texture similar to white frost. It's quite well visible on the column from this picture [link]
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Oh, I see now!
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Genialne
zakochałam się w tych minkach x3
Gratuluję DD
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Wielkie dzięki! Ja bardzo długo nie mogłam się przemóc, żeby używać płynu maskującego, ale w końcu odkryłam całą masę możliwości, jakie on daje.
DD za ten tutorial to dla mnie wielka niespodzianka, ale cieszę się ogromnie
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Fantastic idea with the little faces showing difficulty (or lack thereof) level. Helps people realize that they can actually do it themselves.
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I'm happy that you think so! And this method is really simple
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You are wonderful! I love what you do and thank you for helping all of us
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I'm glad to read these words! Very motivating
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Great tutorail! Thanks a bunch.
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If it's useful, then I'm happy
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Great and funny tutorial! Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for the words of support!
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I love your sense of humour!!
Thanks for the tutorial and for the good laughs!!! xDD
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That's great to know that you like this tutorial!
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This is the best tut I'v seen in a long time!
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Thanks a lot for the compliment! I'm very happy to read that!
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I'm glad I could make you happy!
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Excellent... loved the fifteen minute pause!
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I know that you know many rules by heart. You've learned them and now you use them intuitively. For most people it aquires a lot! of thinking to achieve something like your "simple quick sketch". A lot of feeling for colour mixture is needed to get the tones right and so on... I really like your work and I generally like your tutorials aswell. I just think it a bit rude on those guys with a lower skilllevel to have those "thinking icons".
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That was obviously not my intention.
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I know. So I thought I'd better point it out. Some people are so advanced that certain things are very easy for them. Others struggle very hard to achieve something that turnes out not even half as beautiful. That's just in the nature of things. But those who struggle will find it very hard to read that doing some awsome work like your tree requires no thinking at all....
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wow I saw your original artwork before the tutorial and had no idea you used masking fluid and salt. it's cool how you use a few untraditional techniques for it
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Experimenting with textures is really fun (at least for me
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definitely, it's also something I have to work on though haha
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This tutorial is so useful, thank you!
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Good hints. I'm not disappointed with the way I draw trees, but to compare with other ways is always good.
Just to know... do you have any stone tutorials to share? Stones are my gripe -.-
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Thanks!
[link] <- hare's a tutorial about stones from my blog
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Ahem, another question... sorry to bother you.
I'm thinking about the masking fluid, if is used properly, seems to be usefull. But I've never used it before, so, you, what brend do you use?
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For several years I was avoiding masking fluid but when I finally decided to use it I discovered that it can be very useful indeed.I use "Talens Liquid Masking Film" - the only masking fluid I can purchase from my favourite online shop
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