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WARNING: Huge file! DOWNLOAD to full view! Sorry for the crappy JPG, I used it to reduce the file size.I painted this one for , I was supposed to make a tutorial on how I use my favorite media.
So here it is, a tutorial on how I use watercolors and inks.
If you have any further questions, please ask. ^^
Pose inspired by 's wonderful stock art.
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No problem, sweetie! ^^ Knowing the nature of your works, for instance, watercolors might be nice to use for underpainting. ^^ (If you like mixing your media, that is.) So you should definitely give them a try if you haven't done so yet. ^^
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Thank you!
I'm surprised you don't use the masking fluid around the outline of the woman. A lot of people do that, and I've started doing it with rubber cement with pretty good results (
Also, I want to thank you for suggesting that I look at tutorials a while back X) I finally bit the bullet and did, and it's helped my coloring technique. You advice to use references helped a lot, too, especially since I hate taking drawing classes or using books, but I'm pretty good at copying. 
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Yeah, I often tell people that critiquing isn't everything, one should also try to give hints on how to fix things that turned out wrong. Otherwise there is no real use to the critique.
And basically, the real reason why I don't use masking fluid to outline my charas is laziness. XD
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Interesting. I would have never thought of using salt for painting.
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lol I learned that from , and am very grateful for it. ^^
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tutorial
thank you so much for this
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This is very useful as I'm always looking for other methods of watercolours. I'm not game enough to put any of my traditional media work on here for the same reasons that my scanner can't pick up shades of blue and a camera doesn't do it justice. But I love the idea of using drawing gum and white markers for light specks and white details, great idea! I want to ask you if you know if white gouache would work just as well or do you think the masking fluid and markers give a better result?
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I use white poster color, as you have seen, which is about the same thing as white gouache. 
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ok thanks, lovely picture btw
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No problem. ^^ Should you have any further questions or need hints for traditional media, feel free to ask. ^^
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Really? Ok thanks for your help then, oh btw whats the best way to remove masking fluid cleanly? Could you just use your fingers or is it better to have a tool?
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I personally use a not-sharp-at-all knife to gently scrape it off. You can also do it with your fingers, you just have to be careful not to transfer any color onto lighter places in the pic.
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Awesome! I love learning techniques that other people use. If I use water colours in class we use watered down gouache (think thats how it's spelle) I only use Winsor and Newtown for inking large areas in black since they can get expensive if you're going be be using multiple colours and not that often. xD
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Yeah, my two sets of Winsor and Newton inks cost around 40 EUR (60 USD or so). The watercolors were about 7 EUR, but that is because I use oly a basic set. But I like to use traditional media, so I allowed myself that luxury. XD
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Wow, a whole set of W&N for only 7 EUR? I use holbein's and they're about that much a tube. But then, tubes last FOREVAH. (I love my tubes...have you ever tried them before? They're great if you're mixing, and you can let them dry on the pallet and use them later like a cake if you want.)
I do use W&N brushes, though. They're great. I have a white sable fan brush, but it isn't as nice as my sable W&N's.
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Yes, I have a whole bunch of tubes, but I prfer "stones" for some reason.
I haven't got any brushes by W&N, I couldn't afford them after buying those sets of inks and watercolors. XD I really want to buy myself an airbrush... So cheap brushes will do for now, lol.
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I checked my brushes and actually most of them are a cheaper brand...they're black and gold, *checks* They're Richeson brushes. I think they're actually the synthetics, which is impressive, because they work like real hair brushes. They're much cheaper than W&E brushes but they've served me very well. The paint flakes off of the handle super fast, but the brush head is excellent, and that's what's really important.
I do have one W&N Brush, a long skinny one I like to use for hair. I must admit, it's a great brush! But I do remember it being really, really expensive (hence the reason it's the only one I own!)
I've thought that an airbrush would be cool, but I keep thinking...what the hell would I do with it once I got the damn thing? I have enough trouble controlling watercolors and keeping them in the lines, never mind an airbrush! Although now that I'm using the rubber cement I might be able to do something with it, who knows.
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lol I use synthetic brushes only for applying my masking fluid. XD
I'd like an airbrush for those soft lines that no other medium can create, really. I'd proably have problems controlling it at first, but hey... With practice... Maybe... XD
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LOL, well, I am sorry that my synthetic brushes so offend you!! j/k I was actually surprised when I went to look up what I had and found out they were synthetic. I honestly thought they were real! My white sable has a much more synthetic feel to it than my richesons (and not just because it's white instead of brown, lol.) I suppose my lack of experience with real sable brushes would explain why I didn't know any better...because even a artists' synthetic is better than what you get with, say, a set of prangs.
Good luck to you, then, with the airbrush...and if you have any success, another tutorial would be the bomb! <3
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lol Wait 'til I get that airbrush first, it might take another few years, lol.
Also, now I am afraid to look at my brushes, I'd probably realize they were also synthetic.
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I never worked with those tools before!
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