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Published: 2004-12-31 00:04:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 4541; Favourites: 114; Downloads: 269
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This is my first watercolor that is done entirely in watercolor. I also used a new technique where you lay down all the yellows, then oranges, reds, then greens, then blues, then a "dull" dark mix. It makes it REALLY luminous, so much so that this scan can't possibly show all the brightness.The piece has its problems, in that the skintones are a little unusual, and the composition could be a lot better, but I'm happy at finally doing a pure transparent watercolor. And I'm really happy with the cat.
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Thanks so much! This is an old one, but a good one.
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Hello,
I was wondering, could I meaby use this image for my website about spirituality and the old riligions of northern europe. I would like to use the image on the gallery page so people have a reference. Ofcourse I will credit you, by name and a link to this page.
Here is the link to the website: [link]
Thank you,
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I've answered this request in a private mail to you. Thanks for asking!
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If her hair was auburn, it could be a portrait of me, and Sebastian! I adore it!
I understand the issues of that technique quite well! It can be tricky. The skin tones are always the hardest. The finished product is still really great!
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Congrats!!!
I've featured this creation in my Goddesses Feature.
Check it here : [link]
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I really love your work! Wow how you did the water colors is very good. I wish I could paint like that. I will practice. Is there any tips you are willing to share that you have learned by trial and error? I would love to chat with you if that is ok to learn more. and have a new friend.
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one comment: i wish it was bigger/higher resolution so i could zoom in on it more. It's sad that i can't make it fill my screen. I love the colours! I love the cat! it maeks me want to go grab my keetyfeets right now!
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Beautiful, I love the swirling mix of greens and blues in the back-ground, it makes me think of leaves in a forest. I wish i had a pendant like hers 
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I like the tones and contrasts in this beautiful water color painting. The symbolism and vibrant tones add to the magical feeling , and to the mood and expressiveness. I like the flow, the lovely lines and geometrics...it is a wonderful painting.
I have featured this on the newly established Art Bog Deviously Artistic [link]
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Aw, THANKS!! I really like your ArtBlog. What a great idea!! You've selected some really cool work to feature in there (and not just mine *grin*). I can tell it's going to take me a while to surf through it.
Thanks!!
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That's really beautiful - the background is particularly gorgeous
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Thats just beautiful! i like water colours too but i can never get then this vibrant.
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this is so so so beautiful! the detail and coloring is just fantastic....you're very talented....great job!!
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What a gorgeous painting! I love the outfit and jewelry and the cat is adorable. Very beautiful!
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Thanks. I'm awfully proud of the cat.
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The cat is indeed especially gorgeous! My best friend has a black kitty that I love very much; this cat reminds me of her very much
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The colour process sounds really neat. I love the way the different colours play off of eachother, and the background has a really great texture to it.
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The skin did come out a bit yellow, but great job on the cat and the curling hair.
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I think next time I use this technique I will eliminate the orange and the green from the skintone areas. Maybe use warm and cool yellows and reds instead. Maybe just use blue and add purple to the skin shadows.
It's a GOOD technique, I just need to get it fine-tuned to my style and palette.
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It does sound like a good way of layering color, though when I paint, my pieces are often not planed out in advance enough to use it.
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Simly gorgeous!!! I love it as it is..... no changes needed, believe me.
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heavens to earth, wowowowowow!!!! that cat looks EXACTLY like MY CAT!!!!(except my cat lost one eye in a fight with another cat or something, so yeah 
ummm. faving cuz it's so GORGEOUS!!!! and the cat is an AWESOME plus!
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Ha. The cat is based on one of my cats when he was younger. Oddly enough, right now he's fighting some sort of eye problem, and I'm giving him antibiotic ointment. That's fun.
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interesting. very interesting.
yay! cute cats unite!
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Awww, love the kitty!! 
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love the textures, and the glow. you need to use this to make a mermaid, the skin tone would be perfect, and it has the sort of green shimmery light that would be perfect for underwater.
*raises timid hand* salt? how does that work?
ps- you know you want to do some brunettes
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Ooops. Forgot something.
When you sprinkle salt on wet watercolors it'll dissolve and re-crystalize as it dries. This makes the paint "bloom" with a paler spot or starburst where the salt grain hits it. You can get different effects by using table salt (mild effect) sea salt and different sized grains of salt. Also, how wet or dry the watercolor is when you add the salt can make a difference in the effect. It's great for making textures, tree-leaves in the distance or even snowflakes if done right.
[link]
The above link goes to a page that shows you a bunch of different watercolor effects using salt, alcohol and other techniques.
It's a lot of fun to play with.
Another thing that makes for strange effects is soapy water. Though it's a LOT harder to control than the others.
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Actually, I've got a piece in my sketchbook of a merman that I want to do, I just need to get the composition nailed down, but you're absoutely right, this technique would give it just the perfect coloring!
You know, I used to only draw brunettes and redheads. Then I recently figured out how to do blondes. I guess I had a lot of blonde pieces built up in me. I'm pretty sure that the woman in my next piece will be brunette, though. I'm on a fairy-tale roll and I'm working out a Beauty and the Beast pic. And she needs to be brunette so the snow will show up in her hair.
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Heh. I gotten a lot of positive comments on my Macha pic because she's kind of "rounded" and people are really liking that. She's not "pudgy" but she's...ample.
I'm starting to experiment with doing different types of characters that aren't normal fantasy characters, like the Indian woman in the sari in The Naga's Pool. I want to do a couple of black characters, and I'm also considering a pic including a positive rendition of a handicapped fantasy character. Mostly because I've never seen one, and there's no reason for it.
And it's really fun to do new things!
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that's true. and very cool. i think i've seen blind ones, but now i can't picture where. there's the handless maiden in the grimm tale...
any plans what you're going to do?
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your so amazing ^-^ beautiful peice just beautiful
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I love the textures in the background! Did you use any special tequnique to do them?:clapping:
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Oh, and some of the colors were applied with a sea sponge. Almost forgot that!
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Sea sponges! I love using those! I'm also familiar with salt but I find quite difficult controlling it ...
I haven't tried splattering alcohol yet! I gotta try it someday!
BTW thanks a lot for answering my question!
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No problem! I've only been playing seriously with the watercolors for a short while, and most of the stuff I've learned about the tricks are off the Web from other people who were kind enough to share. I'm all in favor of an intellectual spreading of the wealth.
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The background was done in layers, waiting for each to dry before I'd add the next one. The layers were yellow, green, blue and really dark blue. When the green was almost dry I added some tablesalt - I didn't want the big effect that seasalt gives it. Then when the blue was almost dry I dropped and splattered some alcohol on it. That gives it the freaky pale rings with the dark rings inside.
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