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Post by Joanie on Feb 18, 2008 12:50:35 GMT -5
Wow, Martina! Way to go. This is fantastic!
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Post by sunset on Feb 18, 2008 13:20:42 GMT -5
Nice pictures, Lasi and Martina.
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Post by Miranda on Feb 18, 2008 15:28:24 GMT -5
lasi geat sunflower
Martina your darwing is so beautiful . you do such nice color pencil work
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Post by Martina on Feb 22, 2008 11:44:22 GMT -5
Hm............ I am cheeky and post my mill here too. But I MAY do it! Yeeeees! If you look at it, you will know it - if you can see it if I have done it a little bit good. lol .
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Post by lasi on Feb 22, 2008 12:17:39 GMT -5
I like it very much!!! The deer brings a smile to my face. Lovely!!
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Post by Tim on Feb 22, 2008 12:44:46 GMT -5
I really like it Martina ...you who complained about watercolours ! I think it is an excellent medium for you.
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Post by lasi on Feb 22, 2008 12:52:17 GMT -5
Hey Tim, where's your entry for the challenge???
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Post by Tim on Feb 22, 2008 13:05:16 GMT -5
LOL...ummmm....mmmmm....I'm working on it . I know what I want to draw ...does that help?
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Post by Joanie on Feb 22, 2008 15:54:37 GMT -5
Martina you have knocked my socks off!!!!! I am just flabbergasted by this painting.
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Post by sunset on Feb 23, 2008 16:06:04 GMT -5
I tried the snail.
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Post by Martina on Feb 23, 2008 16:30:15 GMT -5
Thank you Tim and Joanie! This makes me very proud. Wow Uta, your snail is really really wonderful!!
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Post by lasi on Feb 23, 2008 23:20:44 GMT -5
Uta, I like your snail. That is very nice!!
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Post by Joanie on Feb 24, 2008 0:21:40 GMT -5
Uta.....................................ugh, icky.........................good drawing of an icky creature! It makes the hair on my arms stand up straight! But it is a very good drawing ;D ;D LOL
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Post by jan on Feb 24, 2008 5:07:17 GMT -5
Uta! That's a super rendition of that icky ole snail! I'm glad someone drew him as I do think their shells are pretty.
Joanie, I thought you just hated bugs!
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Post by sunset on Feb 24, 2008 12:27:55 GMT -5
Sooooorry, but I love this little snail . Greetings to it, when come into your garden, Jan. ;D Thank you all for your nice comments. It helps to go on. it
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Post by Joanie on Feb 24, 2008 13:46:38 GMT -5
LOL.....................Jan, I consider snails right along with insects and other creepy crawlies.................... Uta..............your drawing is very good. I didn't mean to say that I didn't like it.................I just don't like bugs.
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Post by sunset on Feb 24, 2008 14:33:11 GMT -5
Joanie I had understand it right. When I found your answer in the morning I burst into laughter. This mouse is too good. ;D ;D ;D ;D You are always writing very encouraging comments. Thank you very much for that.
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Post by jan on Feb 25, 2008 14:10:01 GMT -5
I figured I needed to participate in this challenge since I'm hosting it. Plus, I've been wanting to try out some watercolor canvas that I bought when I was working. Since I was going to try something new, I decided that this "Greaaaaaat Artist" would do it as a wip! So I did. I transfer my sketch and wash the canvas with yellow: I'd been wanting to try the spritz and color drop method that I've seen other artists use so I used a fine water spray over the canvas then dropped in some greens. I spritzed with water again as the paint sort of beaded up a bit on the canvas: Next, I wadded up some plastic wrap to get some wrinkles in it then laid it over the spritzed painting: When it was dry, I removed the plastic wrap only to find that the background was too light. I ended up painting the background and used a yellow-green for my leaves. And here I present you with the final mess! (My vote is NO for using canvas for watercolor! lol) If any of you do use the canvas that comes in a pad, be aware that it will wrinkle and buckle as badly as watercolor paper. Even taping it down didn't help a lot.
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Post by Martina on Feb 25, 2008 15:46:59 GMT -5
I can imagine how difficult this must have been. Friends asked me some weeks ago if I could need a canvas. I said no, because neither CPs nore watercolors work in my eyes on canvas.
Having this in my mind and reading what you have done I want to say that the bamboo turned out good.
I think you haven't used masking fluid, or did you? I find it very difficult to keep areas without wc, especially when using a very wet technique.
I must say that I like the light background very much in spite of the lightness. Interesting technique, I never saw something like this.
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Post by jan on Feb 25, 2008 16:57:53 GMT -5
Thanks, Martina. I didn't use masking fluid on this because it was going to be an experiment plus, the yellow and greens would all blend into the stem/leaves anyway & could even enhance it if done right. I do use masking when I want to keep pure white areas that I can't easily paint around though.
I really like that background too & like the plastic wrap backgrounds for a lot of things. You can squish (squish is a watercolor technical term! lol) the wrap into shapes like leaves or flowers or other things that might go with your painting. The secret is to let it dry thoroughly before removing the wrap. In this case though, the bamboo & leaves just didn't stand out enough with it.
Anyway, thanks for commenting.
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Post by Joanie on Feb 25, 2008 20:01:46 GMT -5
Jan - I'm sorry this technique didn't work out for you. I have some watercolor canvas here - but haven't used it yet. I have a DVD by Tom Lynch that shows how to use it. Another technique that uses plastic wrap for this type of background is used very often with acrylics (actually they are somewhat watered down too). You crumple up the plastic wrap in your hand and proceed to dip it into the paint then tap it off onto your paper. You have to keep turning your hand in different directions or recrumble the wrap in order not to get the same pattern over and over. I hope this make sense to you. If you like, I can send my copy of the DVD on watercolor canvas and you can just send it back after you have watched it. It is a $20 dvd and I got it for $10 (you know me.............always looking for an art bargain) ;D
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Post by jan on Feb 26, 2008 7:46:46 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip with the plastic wrap, Joanie, & for the commiseration on the failure of the painting. I use various sea sponges for the "dabbing" technique but have always just used the plastic wrap as I described above.
Thanks for the offer of the Tom Lynch DVD but that's too much trouble for you. Great that you got it for such a good price though! You sound like me but with art supplies being so expensive, you have to bargain hunt!
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Post by Miranda on Feb 26, 2008 14:16:11 GMT -5
Uta Great snail. Jan Geat painting
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Post by grampybone on Feb 26, 2008 16:22:06 GMT -5
Jan, if you are interested in seeing more of the plastic wrap technique, check out this website. All of these paintings are done with acrylic paint, but the plastic wrap is hard to miss in the background. This artist is my Aunt (my mom's sister). I also have two of her paintings in my house if you want some close ups. www.carolberry.com/
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Post by Martina on Feb 27, 2008 3:20:13 GMT -5
Joanie, I just visited the homepage of Tom Lynch ( www.tomlynch.com). Wow! He is a great landscape artist. From there I followed the link to artacademy. I think one of you once mentioned this site www.artacademylive.com where you can buy and download snippets and DVDs and so on. Great site too. What I want to say: There (on this last site) are some wc paintings and if you, Jan, don't tell anyone that your bamboo was a test you can tell that this is your special style. Because I've seen some wc paintings done like your bamboo. So your bamboo is a new and very special style you tried out.
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