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Published: 2011-05-04 21:24:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 185659; Favourites: 8452; Downloads: 4093
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I FINALLY FINISHED IT!
Gosh that took me so long. I hope it will be helpful for you!
Used pictures:
Violet hair: [link]
Colorful one with the bird: [link]
plant: [link]
Ariel: [link]
Collage of painting examples: [link]
I didn't spell check and I had some problems finding the right words in English, since I'm German. If there are mistakes... sorry about that. xD
Thank you so much for the DD to =kayleero and ^Elandria ♥
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That is a great tutorial. Very informative, you are a great teacher. I have been painting watercolors for a long time and this was still helpful!
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This stunning! Thank you so much for this enlightening tutorial !!
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I have masking liquid with brand winsor&newton, but i don't know how to use it. I've several times try it on paper, but just when i pick it with brush, it's wrinkled right after it's out of the bottle. can you give me a suggestion of this problem? ;A
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I have never used the winsor&newton masking fluid, so I don't know why it's doing that... I'm sorry I can't be of any help to you. >_<
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Np >< yesterday i've googling it (i've not try this before, i feel so stupid orz) and now i knew what's the cause, i'm not shake the bottle before i pick it with brush so it's wrinkled. Just because i don't 'shake' it. Omg i really feel so stupid TAT) but now, i can use it >\\\\\\\\\<
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This is a great tutorial! Going to get into watercolor paintings, very glad I found this. Would you say it is important to let the paper dry everytime between layers?
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By tape I think you probably mean masking tape. But thanks! I really find it useful..
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Great tutorial!
I had a questions, what is a good way to apply masking fluid to the paper?
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Thank you!
I usually just use a brush (and as I mentioned in the tutorial, I don't ever use my good brushes, but old ones, because the masking fluid ruins them). For really small details I sometimes use a toothpick to apply the masking fluid.
I hope this helps.
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Thank you so much!! I'm still beginner in painting with watercolors so this helps a lot
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I think that this is the post that will get me back into watercolour painting!
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That is awesome! I'm glad. :]
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Thank you so much for making this tut! I was wondering if you could help me with my salt placement problems..? When I put the salt on, it doesn't do anything. I used sea salt; not regular table salt. Do you think that would matter? How wet do you have the paint when you sprinkle it on? And what type of paint do you use? I use just crayola watercolour paints on a pan... do you think paints in a tube give different results with the salt? Sorry I'm asking so many questions : (( Thank you!!
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Mh. Well, when I put on the salt, the paper is still pretty wet, though I do wait a little between applying the color and sprinkling the salt. The type of color you use can be a factor, but I myself didn't use all that many different types to really define what is best. I use liquid watercolors, which always works for me.
I guess it also makes a difference if you put the salt on, let's say yellow or black for example. I've seen the effect work better on darker colors.
I don't know if the point is that it's sea salt. What is important is that the salt has to be really dry, as the effect is only made possible by the dry salt absorbing the water from the wet paper and colors. So if your salt tends to clump together or something, it's probably too damp. Try and put dry rice in with the salt and let it sit for quite a while. Maybe that helps. Also sea salt (I don't know if that's the case with yours) tends to have larger grains which makes the effect harder to achieve, so maybe use salt that is finer grained.
If it still doesn't work, it's probably the type of colors you use after all.
I hope this helps a little. :]
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Thank you! I have had more sucsess with it when I used some new paints. Perhaps this brand is better. Thanks again!
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I found this tutorial extremely helpful, thank you so much! But I don't now what do you mean when you say the light on dark technique?
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Glad you found it helpful!
It's something I found to only work well with certain Ecoline colors (in my experience so far). It's when you put a lighter color (best works with Ecoline yellows) or clear water over a darker color and then dab it off again with a paper towel, it leaves lighter parts there.
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Oh! That makes sense, thank you so much for helping me out!
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Hi
Just found your tutorial today it is very helpful and I hope I can begin my watercolor journey soon. However I keep getting confused and frustrated on what to do with the watercolors that are in the hard block form. I don't understand how to use them and how to mix colors. For example how to i get the color onto my mixing palette(not sure that's the correct term) and how to mix the colors with out muddling the brush.
Could you help by explaining in detailed steps on how to use the watercolor in blocks? It would help so very much. Thank you so much for your time and this wonderful tutorial.
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I'm very glad you're finding it helpful!
When I use the watercolor thats pressed into blocks, I put some (clean!) water on the block to get some liquid color. I use my brush to get the color over to my mixing palette. Just load it full of color and then squeeze it out on the palette by just pressing the bristles down. To then get another color for mixing I clean the brush in a cup of water and then again use clean water to get the next color from a different block and so on. I always have two cups of water for painting! One with the cleaning water, which gets dirty with time and one with clean water to thin down colors and mix them. This way the brush doesn't get muddy with colors that can get into your mix unwanted.
With all your now liquid colors ready on your palette you can start mixing them. :]
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Oh my gosh thank you so much this is all I have been searching for<3333
thank you so much!!
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This is a really useful tutorial. I like how you go beyond the wet on wet or dry on wet and give us other techniques as well 
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Glad it was helpful to you! :]
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das ist echt genial!!!
vielen lieben dank!!
ich wollte auch gerne mal die flüssige variante an tusche versuchen und habe mir koh-i-nohr bestellt, hoffe mit denen klappt es auch ^^°
geht das mit den droops farbe auch mit anderer wasserfarbe oder nur mit der tusche? also das du mit gelb auf dunkel und dann blaiben gelbe flecken zurück? (kompliziert ausgedrückt ><°°)
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Diesen speziellen Effekt habe ich bisher nur bei Ecolines beobachtet, und da auch nicht bei allen Farben. Kannst du nur ausprobieren. Ich hatte auch mal koh-i-noor Tusche, die hab ich aber nie für solche Effekte benutzt. Irgendwie glaube ich mich zu erinnern, dass die dickflüssiger waren als Ecolines. Ecolines sind auch transparenter. Aber vielleicht funktionierts ja trotzdem. Viel Spaß beim Experimentieren. :]
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ich versuche es wenn sie da sind ^^ kann ja sagen ob es funzt XD
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What a nice technics do you used! I definitely going to try some! 
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This tutorial is really helpful and easy to understand, it definitely deserves the DD ^^ Thank you for making this, it's wonderful~
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I've never been this eager to try this out since i never really knew how to start so thanks!
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