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Published: 2006-08-31 19:15:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 4160; Favourites: 82; Downloads: 32
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Not a great title...sorry!When I last went to England we visited an old forest called Waggoners Wells and I was inspired to do this piece! Lots of green, as you can see and I saw all these lovely shamrock type leaves with delicate white flowers growing around moss covered tree stumps. I have no green thumb, so I have no idea what they are called.
Unfortunately...I cannot stand the background of this piece!! Looks as if it were cut out and glued on. Any watercolour experts out there, please give me some advice on how to make the backgound look as if it belonged to the painting!
Details of the little fairy here: [link]
for sale Approx.:12" x16" watercolours on wc paper
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Hi!
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Thank you very much for that! 
Thanks again!
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It was my pleasure! Nice to know I'm not the only weirdo out there who obsesses over certain colors
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This is really a beautiful place and england is another one of my fav countries and especially for these kind of enchanting place.
It looks so magical and make me dream of living in such a place and wish to see magical creatures
I really love the colors.
It makes me wish more to be able to paint like this one day with full of emotion.
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this is lovely. the foreground has so much detail. its obvious you spent a lot of time and hard work on it. great job
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what the heck! i love your pieces so much. i can feel the soft, feathery moss. awesome detail.
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Herrlich! Diese tausend verschiedenen GrΓΌntΓΆne! Einfach nur genial! Du solltest MΓ€rchenbΓΌcher illustrieren damit wΓΌrdest du ne Menge Geld verdienen!
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So cute!! I love that all over the place hair!!!
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Simply beautiful!!
Nice coloring work, as well as the details
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Vielen, lieben Dank, Rita!
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Immer wieder gerne!!!
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This is such a beautiful painting! I'm not surprised though ^^
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This is so lovely, the beautiful contrasting tints of green mixed with the softness of the composition truly pulls the viewer towards the allure of the mystical. I don't feel like the background has a cut out feel to it, in fact I think the lack of details and fading really bring out your foreground work,
Spirits Bless
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Very charming. I like the little fairy on the toad stool the best.
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PS: Ok, I didn't manage to make the icons show up. In my gallery, look at Limberlost and Tomato Patch. Those are the examples I tried to send you. Sorry.
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Thanks so much...i'll remember these pieces when I next attempt such a painting. 
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Overall, a very charming piece! I love the foreground, as you said. The figure, mushrooms and clovers are really working well. As for advice for the background:
When I do a background, I start off the piece with a wash. In this case, I would use a yellow wash, since the piece is very warm. Then, as the trees go into the background, they should get lighter, bluer, and less detailed. I hardly ever underpaint a background if it is outside and sunny, since it makes the background too heavy. See :thumb35573682: and thumb24099237: for examples of this. Hope this helps! Again, your work is great! This is just advice for how to improve the background on your next one. Your colors are very rich, and overall, this is a strong piece!
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My advice on the background: maybe you should add a little more detail, so that it doesn't look as if it's very far away. And maybe the spaces inbetween the trees should be darker (it's a forest after all) instead of lighter. Just some thoughts 
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It's so beautiful! Love the colors! Great job!
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I so miss such illustrations ... People just rarely draw this way anymore.
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Thank you so much! 
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Great work! I love how the details are getting lost in the distance step by step ... this is a great effect of focus and detail!
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I've sat on moss-covered logs before - it's really soft, like nature's couch. XD
This is, as always, completely amazing. I think the background looks just fine, myself.
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the foreground IS wonderful and the whole mood is great I don't know if i'm an expert yet but all I can say for the background is with the first tree in the middle take some paint with a dryer brush and put some fine detailing for bark work and i'd punch out some of the foliage with the same idea also, strengthen the deep background trees with a darker glase of brown - it's really a lovely painting and I see it finished but other than some minor detailing with a dry brush it's almost perfect
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oh don't worry about it
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This is exactly the forest where I'm going to move to and live in a little cottage when I'm old... So magical and beautiful.
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Oh...and thanks for your comment!
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Thanks! :blowkis:
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You're most welcome
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Ohh, I do love this one! It's enchanting and all around beautiful! And I do love the faerie, she's very cute.
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Thanks! And sorry for the late reply!
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great work and coloring... a way to combine background and main figures could be to work out the shadows (figures on background, flowers and butterfly on figure)...
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dude u r too talentd for your own good!
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