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Published: 2007-09-11 07:58:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 15222; Favourites: 348; Downloads: 0
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My attempt at depicting the Goddess Selene.Also, I hate my scanner...
A3 Watercolours
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Beautiful!
I'm just doing a little research for my story series (featuring the goddess Selene) and it's kinda funny that you depict her very similarly to me...long dk brown hair, blue eyes, milk-white skin...even the dress is very close to my design
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couldn't it also resemble the goddess of the hunt (and the moon), Artemis? well, either way, i have to say that this is one of my favorite pieces i have found on here 
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Indeed it could!
Thankyou so much for your kind words!
I'm so happy that you like this piece. She is one of my favourites also.
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oh wow that is amazing! i love the outfit and how you painted the moon!
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Thanks again. This is one of my personal favs too.
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Thankyou so much! I'm so happy that you like her!
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Hello! This beautiful deviation was featured in my journal here [link]
I hope it is ok but if you don't want to be fetured, let me know and I will remove it
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Thankyou my dear friend!
I'm flattered & honored that you've featured this piece!
She's one of my favourites too
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Yep, it's all watercolour... She caused me lots of problems, but turned out alright in the end
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I hate my scanner, too. They love to eat all color. This is lovely, though. I can't see what the scanner left out, but it's beautiful. Lovely gradation in the sky.
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Thanks!
My scanner loves washing out pale/fine details... So I've lost some of the finer details in the skin tones & it's washed teh colours out a little bit. Not badly, but enough to annoy me
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Thankyou so much! It was a slightly different colour combo to what I usually use... I think I'll be utilising it again
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Can you share that particular colour combo or would you like to keep that a trade secret
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I don't mind sharing at all!
Firstly, I laid down a light-ish base of Naples Yellow - it's almost creamy in its texture, so is pretty good for building upon.
Then I started laying down layers of Rose Dore for all the warm mid tones/shades.
For the shadows (ranging from mid to dark-ish) I used Winsor Violet (Dioxazine).
Finally, for any remaining areas where I felt needed much darker shading (Like the jawline, fingers, underneath the arm - casting shadow on her dress etc) I used a mixture of Winsor Violet and French Ultramarine.
I wanted to keep the skin tones in line with the colours used for the main bulk of the painting. Naples Yellow was used for the moon - Rose Dore, Winsor Violet and French ultramarine were used for her dress & the background in various combinations. The only colour not used anywhere else in the painting was Ivory Black, for her hair.
In using those 3 main colours for her skin tone you tend to get a more delicate glow that doesn't end up looking flat. The Naples yellow & Rose Dore work together to produce a lovely peach flush & the Violet maintains warmth in the shading. The French Ultrmarine provides just a hint of coolness & adds depth to the shadows.
Anyways, that's just one of the many skin tone combos that I experiments with & use. Hope this info is of use! Always happy to swap ideas with fellow artists
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Fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing that. I look forward to trying it out!
Cheers
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Beautifully done! I love the patterns on her corset and the textures of the moon.
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Thankyou so much!
The textures were fun to do. I found it a little hard to 'let go' and be more free flowing with my brush strokes & blobs of paint, but it's a lot of fun once you get into it!
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your welcome!
Yeah, it's hard to let go, especially when you don;t know where the free flow will end up looking!
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I love the design of her dress! The sitting pose as well as her hair are really good!
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Well the sitting pose is all credited tot he wonderful stock artist!
The dress I had a whole heap of fun designing, as was her hair... Again, lovely long flowy hair
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Yeah! She's so beautiful like that. Thanks for your response.
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i like the details in the upper part of the dress
it is pretty
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Thanks! I enjoyed painting her dress
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That is beautifull^^ an automatic add to faves.
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I wanted to tell you that the print was fantastic, the quality really does the work justice. Thank you again for the Chrissy wishes. (I'm not sure if you got my thank you email)
Have a great new year full of inspiration.
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This is beautiful - nice composition and the colour tones give it a peaceful mystic feel, her dress is lovely too!
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Thankyou so much!
I actually had a hard time with the colours in this piece... I was laying down individual colours, but they just weren't working the way I'd hoped. It wasn't until I started blending 2-3 colours together that I finally got the look I was after... Was fun mixing & blending
Her dress shimmers in real life - I just love using Iridescent medium
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Well your effort was worth it - it looks lovely!
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Wow you have an amazing talent for water colours. So jealous.
Hmm I'm taking a wild guess - Selene is the goddess of the moon?
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Aww thankyou so much!
Yep, you guessed right. She's a moon goddess
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Awesome!! Good colours. I really like the blue, it gives a thoughtful mood to the picture.
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Many thanks!
I spent a lot of time mixing up colour combos for this piece... I wanted everything to be tied together. Nowhere on the page is there a straight/singular colour. Everything is a combo of at least 2-3 colours, in the hope that it would add more depth & enhance the overall mood of the piece.
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Thanks Nell!
Hey, how've you been??
How's life round your neck of the woods??
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