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HOLY SHIT THIS TOOK A LONG TIME.

This is Kyle "Oancitizen" Kallgren as Sherlock and his girlfriend Maribeth as Irene Adler. It was commissioned by Maribeth, though I probably would have drawn something like this anyway... I just wouldn't probably have done such an extensive and detailed coloring job on it if it wasn't commissioned. Cuz. Seriously, guys, this was an undertaking of epic proportions. I don't think I've spent as much time doing hand coloring work as I did with this painting in many, many years. You can't even tell from the scan but most of this painting literally sparkles because I did almost all of the highlights in shimmer paint.

Overall, I think there's around 24 hours of work in this. The crimson reds -- JUST the crimson reds -- took 8 hours to paint.

This is because watercolor paints are bitches and it takes the patience and will of a drill sergeant combined with a saint combined with a Nazi to make the fuckers behave. I usually get around that by using watercolor pencils, but most of this painting involved the use of regular watercolors (the water-soluble pigment cakes) for at least some of the coloring.

Hmm... what other technicalities can I quote at you? I used 11 different brushes, 6 sets of watercolors/watercolor pencils, one mechanical pencil, and one uni-ball pen from the grocery store.

Because you can have all the expensive paints and brushes in the world and sometimes what works best is the same thing 2nd-graders use to do their homework.

Description
HOLY SHIT THIS TOOK A LONG TIME.

This is Kyle "Oancitizen" Kallgren as Sherlock and his girlfriend Maribeth as Irene Adler. It was commissioned by Maribeth, though I probably would have drawn something like this anyway... I just wouldn't probably have done such an extensive and detailed coloring job on it if it wasn't commissioned. Cuz. Seriously, guys, this was an undertaking of epic proportions. I don't think I've spent as much time doing hand coloring work as I did with this painting in many, many years. You can't even tell from the scan but most of this painting literally sparkles because I did almost all of the highlights in shimmer paint.

Overall, I think there's around 24 hours of work in this. The crimson reds -- JUST the crimson reds -- took 8 hours to paint.

This is because watercolor paints are bitches and it takes the patience and will of a drill sergeant combined with a saint combined with a Nazi to make the fuckers behave. I usually get around that by using watercolor pencils, but most of this painting involved the use of regular watercolors (the water-soluble pigment cakes) for at least some of the coloring.

Hmm... what other technicalities can I quote at you? I used 11 different brushes, 6 sets of watercolors/watercolor pencils, one mechanical pencil, and one uni-ball pen from the grocery store.

Because you can have all the expensive paints and brushes in the world and sometimes what works best is the same thing 2nd-graders use to do their homework.