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Published: 2009-06-05 10:10:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 29086; Favourites: 793; Downloads: 760
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Kind of, sort of tutorial. It's more walk-through my painting process. I hope it will be useful to you.For constructing the knotworks - as I'm still learning that, I really don't feel entitled to give advice about it. Anyway, if you're interested in this art, I can recommend you two great books - Celtic art: Method of construction by George Bain nad Celtic knotwork by his son Ian Bain. The first book has more intuitive approach, although it's not always easy to understand. The second one is more technical, yet very systematic and comprehensible.
Finished picture can be found here: [link]
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Those gemstones looked so real and 3D!
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i love this!! the colors are so soft... 
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Wow thank you!!!! It's really useful! And I love the way the final result come out!
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Wow, this was unbelievably helpful! Thank you so much for sharing 
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This is wonderful! It's amazing to see the stages of a beautiful drawing from start to finish. ^_^
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This makes me want to try it out. 
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Btw... Err... How much is usually masking fluid, and how is it called in Czech? 
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Maskovací kapalina 
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Ach
Or just glue there tiny dots of paper
I guess it depends on whether the fluid can go bad. I really don't paint (or draw on that matter) often, so buying something I'd use once before I have to buy a new one doesn't seem such a good idea. But if it lasts years, that's another story
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I'm not quite sure, but I think it doesn't last very long... certainly not for years :-/
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Uh-oh. :/ Tempera it is, then. Probably. I'll find something
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Fantastic tutorial!
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Thank you so much for posting this! It really inspired me
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Found this absolutley fasinating,and love the finished picture.
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This might be a silly question, but when you paint in layers, do you mix the colour and paint it directly on, or do you wet the page first? I seem to have a lot of difficultly building up colour intensity in a gradient because I usually end up flooding the whole place with colour or making it look extremely unnatural (it jumps from one colour to another). I'm sorry if my description is confusing.
Thanks for writing the tutorial! It was extremely useful and interesting. I really admire your patience with knotwork... and all those layers of watercolour
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Well, I'm not quite sure about the question, but I try to desribe how I paint. I usually don't wet the paper (which probably isn't the best idea). Wetting the paper is great for compact coloured area, though. When I use this, it's only for first washes and almost only for background. Than I paint layer over layer - and the most important thing is to wait for one layer of colour to dry! It has to be completely dry before you start painting another layer, otherwise it create only a messy blur.
For smaller areas, especially on main objects, I don't wet the paper at all. And again, I always wait till the area I'm currently painting is completely dry.
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What a wonderful tutorial!
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I'm glad you like it. It took me quite some time to put it together
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I can see that
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thank you for posting this up! Very helpful, especially about the gemstones
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This is fantastic! Youve taught me alot, cant wait to put some of these techniques into practise! Thank you for sharing XD
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I'm glad you've found it useful
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THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL IT MAKES ME WANT TO SCREAM!!!
I love this tutorial. I'm going to use it in my watercolors and in my painting on clay with mason stains.
I guess I'll use shellac resist instead of masking fluid, since masking fluid is not going to work too good over white glaze.
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Že bych někdy uspořádala workshop?
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Hlásím se jako třetí, taky bych tě u toho malování chtěla vidět. 
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Jsem ze středních Čech, zatím z Brandýsa, ale během měsíce se stěhuju do Lysé nad Labem
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To nezní ú
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Heh
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Chtela bych Te videt tvorit nazivo
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Ha! A já doufala, že ten tutorial napomůže lepší představě
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Ale to jo, tutorial pomaha, ale videt nekoho primo pri tvorbe je zase trochu o necem jinym
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Nevím nevím koho by bavilo nade mnou stát takovou dobu s kamerou 
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