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Published: 2013-05-12 05:26:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 1663; Favourites: 80; Downloads: 0
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Garlic has the power to recover lost souls, and ward off evil and illness. It symbolises courage, and strength.My first experiment with watercolours.
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this would make a beautiful tarot card beautiful symbolism amazing concept, i am very much inspired by this piece
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Thank you. I'm glad this was able to inspire you.
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Your first experiment?! Goodness gracious, your first experiment was a HUGE success! BWAHHH!! This is magnificent! I think I take a particular liking to vertical compositions like this in your work. This piece reminds me of the one you got a Daily Deviation on. In fact, I think I like this one even more.
This will be a short comment because there is a large cat lying on one of my arms and typing with one hand takes too long. XD
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*likes the other piece better*
Thanks! I'm glad you like this so much though. I should be working a lot more with watercolours for awhile now, since it is my homework from my teacher while she is away travelling.
I'm sure it is a very dashing cat on your arm though. You should pet him.
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Simply out of curiosity, do you have synesthesia? Because this is almost exactly how I perceive garlic. Well done, by the way.
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Thanks! I have very slight synesthesia.
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This is beautiful! And nice job with the watercolors! I didn't know that garlic had the power to recover lost souls! (all I know about garlic is that it tastes good and vampires don't like it!) When I saw the thumbnail of this piece, I thought this was you're version of the Dark Mark from Harry Potter!
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Garlic has a lot of medicinal uses too. It's useful symbolically, and practically.
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That's true too!
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Out of mild curiosity, when you did the blue watercolor background, did you drip water (or alcohol) on the damp wash, or did you use another technique?
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Originally, I was trying to get a different effect altogether. I did the blue wash, and then I went back while it was still damp and tried to add spots of a darker wash of the same colour. It turned out making white splotches instead. D: So do a wash and then dab in areas with a brush loaded with more water and paint, and you should get the same effect.
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Ah, neat... I've never had that happen before; every time I try to add spots of darker wash, it always turns out looking like a horrible mushroomy morass, haha.
I've heard that sprinkling salt on a damp wash adds a really cool effect as well. I've never done that, but I'm planning on trying it out on a piece I'm working on
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Salt does add a cool effect. You might want to try it on a separate piece of paper first though, so that when you use it on your actual piece you'll know how to work it a little better.
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Gorgeous piece. I've always loved the look of watercolor, but it never worked out well for me when using it.
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Thanks. I think practising for over a year with watered down acrylics helped me get the hang of this a lot easier.
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wow i live the blackness of the hair like its darker than black so beautifulXD
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Thanks! I think black hair is the best.
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This is wonderful. I think you handled the watercolors really well. It has a nice texture and flow to it. For your first experiment, I say you knocked it out of the park.
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Thanks for the positive feedback! I hope I can get in another watercolour test piece by Wednesday, but we'll just have to see.
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Awesome! I love seeing your work in my inbox and on Tumblr. It's like I get a present to make my day happier.
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Aw, thanks! I'm glad you like my work so much.
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I do and it has been wonderful to be able to see you constantly grow as an artist. ^^
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I like the greens and blues. It makes the picture seem fluid, which goes nicely with the long and flowing hair.
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Love the entire image, love the long flowing black hair.
Wouldn't want it anywhere near that long though. The grooming would be a nightmare 80
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It is magic magic vampire hair that is always perfectly groomed. Yep. Makes total sense.
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Well ooh la la~! XD
Hope you are well and keep up the great work~!
=^w^=
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