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Published: 2016-12-28 04:17:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 1031; Favourites: 96; Downloads: 12
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Here is the painting I made or my mom for Christmas, and it's currently hanging on our wall because my mom always wants me to do a seasonal picture for her, so I painted a winter scene with mostly watercolor and gouache for [most of] the snowflakes and snow. (Hallstat, Austria)This is also an entry forΒ AquaChallenge: Snowflakes Β
Painted with Mijello Mission Gold watercolor paint and Holbein gouache on 140lb cold press canson paper.
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Aww, Hallstatt! Real great job, I was looking at the thumbnail and though, well, that looks like Hallstatt (been there some years ago on holidays).
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It sure looks beautiful!
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Wonderful colors and the mountains and the waterscape with the reflections is GREAT!!Β Β
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Thank you so much!
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Thank you! <3
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I know I see it wrong and it isn't supposed to llok like that but I see a city in the cloud and we see four afterburners holding the city in the sky.
They got in the middle of a cloudy snowstorm, obviously.
I can't unsee this, sorry.
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You know I see your point, heh that's funny
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Oh, good, I'm not alone.
Did you see it already before I mentioned it?
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No but I can picture it now that you have mentioned it
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I see, sorry for giving you that interpretation, now you won't unsee it. 
Thank you for replying and now let me give this flying city with a church rocket give a 
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(And I just noticed a little typo in your description, if you care, "I made for my mom". And I hope your mom liked it.
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Oh, it is very beautiful illustration. I've been in Austria a few years ago. In Viena. It's very amazing place. This picture remember me my own travel. Well done.Β
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Thank you so much! Austria sounds beautiful!
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Yes. It is very peaceful place.
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Gouache is like an opaque watercolor that is easy to layer. Imagine a watery acrylic paint and that's it. It can be used like watercolor, but it drys a lot faster. Unlike watercolor when it's hard to fix mistakes, gouache is opaque so you can paint on top and layer like you would in an acrylic or oil painting, it's just thinner and watery.
In this painting I mostly used it for the snow since it's hard to leave white space on a watercolor painting unless you use masking fluid, and I did use some it's just a pain to get off.
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Wow, thanks for the explanation and for telling me how you used the gouache in this case. Β It seems to be a perfect solution to adding the snow effect to your painting. Β I'll bet your mom loves this piece. Β
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No problem! And trust me, she loves it XD
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Nice! We don't get any snow here, so it's good to imagine your icy winter.Β
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I don't get much of an icy winter (we do get occasional snow) either. I was just inspired when I saw the reference photo I used for this painting
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That's perfect! The view is so great when snowing. I have painted exactly same scene years ago, but it was summer or spring.
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wow that's really cool!
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Yes. It is. You probably found the picture I used for reference haha
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Actually, I've been there in June. Very nice place and people.
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That's really cool! I'm glad you can recognize it.
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It's unique and famous worldwide.
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I bet, it's beautiful
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