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silicone thrills posted:Knocked out two more from the same photo set today. I'm a very beginning watercolorist myself. I really like your light values and textures and... sense of scene? there's probably a real artist word for that. I feel like I could recognize each place if I saw it. Does anyone have good online watercolor resources they could recommend? I got interested when I took a class, but now that it's ended I'm not sure how to keep going with learning and improving.
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Jikes posted:I'm a very beginning watercolorist myself. I really like your light values and textures and... sense of scene? there's probably a real artist word for that. I feel like I could recognize each place if I saw it. I wish I could give tips but i've been doing watercolors since I was in 5th grade and never officially learned alot beyond that. Other than the salt trick. The salt trick is fun. To get the texture on the path for this one, I wet the area with burnt sienna mixed with burnt umber - very light application of color - mostly water. Then you sprinkle on some salt, let it dry, then rub off the salt. Also to work fast use a hair dryer. 
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Jul 10, 2018 14:24
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silicone thrills posted:I wish I could give tips but i've been doing watercolors since I was in 5th grade and never officially learned alot beyond that. Other than the salt trick. The salt trick is fun. These are getting much better. I was going to say to use less empty space / white paper but with this last one there is hardly any white. Much better! You can't just paint white watercolor over darker watercolor so I know it's tricky to know what areas to leave empty for highlights, reflections etc. Good news is that getting great at watercolor makes you a better acrylic painter and I would say a better painter overall.
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Jul 10, 2018 14:57
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It's weird. I went to art school and I have a degree in painting and printing. I did literally zero watercolors in all 4 years. Only concentrated on oil which really doesn't help me at all with watercolor.
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Jul 11, 2018 01:09
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silicone thrills posted:It's weird. I went to art school and I have a degree in painting and printing. I did literally zero watercolors in all 4 years. Only concentrated on oil which really doesn't help me at all with watercolor. a lot of my professors during my freshman year seemed either neutral or negative about watercolor painting for some reason
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Jul 11, 2018 03:19
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Kanine posted:a lot of my professors during my freshman year seemed either neutral or negative about watercolor painting for some reason My very old painter friend who paints every drat day only paints in oils and watercolors. He maintains that getting better at watercolors means he gets better at oils because watercolors are so much less forgiving than oils. I tend to agree. Here is his website.
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Jul 11, 2018 03:34
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I agree with your friend as well. I think if watercolor teaches anything its how to plan and that's valuable no matter the medium. Though yeah, I've seen some people in particular fine art circles make dismissive comments about watercolors. Maybe because it used to be used in commercial illustration back in day? It feels like a hang up with people who are way too focused on prestige over substance.
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Jul 11, 2018 04:06
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Did someone say watercolors??? I recently bought a simple pan set because I wanted to try doing travel sketching in color instead of B&W. Some preliminary practice I did from photos I took (all pieces limited to 20-30 minutes):   Then a whole bunch of actual plein air from my trip to Singapore.  I feel like painting it live rather than from photos poses significantly different challenges to my sensibilities, even accounting for how drawing from life is different from drawing from a flat image.
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Jul 11, 2018 05:31
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I really love the first one. The impression I get is fantastic.
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Jul 11, 2018 22:27
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Did another. The photo for this one is probably better than the painting. It was a fun one to try because I finally got a bottle of masking to make sure the spots I wanted to be bright stayed bright. 
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Jul 13, 2018 14:56
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Argue posted:Did someone say watercolors??? I recently bought a simple pan set because I wanted to try doing travel sketching in color instead of B&W. Ahh these are so great, I love the lights over the water!
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Jul 13, 2018 15:06
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Finally finished the other hand which was blocked by the bottles on the bar. Now to laquer and move on to the next mural.
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Jul 21, 2018 22:53
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I suddenly decided to execute on an idea I wrote down about 8 years ago. Linocut mountain (Mt Rainier) with quotes from The Hobbit. 
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silicone thrills posted:I wish I could give tips but i've been doing watercolors since I was in 5th grade and never officially learned alot beyond that. Other than the salt trick. The salt trick is fun. Did a couple quick pen sketches of environments while on vacation this month. Still trying to find a good way to quickly depict depth and texture in pen, but working fast like this is a good way for me to loosen up and stop worrying so much about linework.    
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Had a quick question I hope someone here might be able to answer. Does anyone have any idea what kind of medium Moebius was using for pieces like this? I know he used all sorts of stuff, from watercolors to gouache to concentrated inks, but this look in particular has always really grabbed me and I could never figure out what it was. I see a lot of similarities to ligne claire stuff like Herge's Tintin work, but the colors here are more even and the gradients are so smooth that I'm wondering if it's just digital coloring of some kind. But even some of his early work looks like that, so I'm curious what kind of materials I would need to get a look like this, as I'd love to experiment with that style myself. I'm assuming it's some kind of highly pigmented ink, but does anybody have a more specific guess?
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Jul 23, 2018 21:59
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snucks posted:Love these! I've been wanting to do quick gouache/watercolor studies in nature for a while now. These loving rock. Love that stump.
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snucks posted:Love these! I've been wanting to do quick gouache/watercolor studies in nature for a while now. Keep it up! The 3rd one is really my jam.
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silicone thrills posted:Keep it up! The 3rd one is really my jam. Franchescanado posted:These loving rock. Love that stump.
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Jul 24, 2018 05:27
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 Its been a while, so I decided to start doing a sketch thing a day to get back into practice.
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Jul 24, 2018 06:25
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Went to Daniel Smith and got some new watercolors. More greens! Green gold is officially my new favorite color, seriously. Couldn't sleep the other night and did this one. It's just relaxing to paint forests. 
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Jul 24, 2018 14:46
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Back at the bench after a little soul searching break. Trying out some new (to me) Japanese papers, too.  Still new to woodblocks, do I need to seal the wood first? I feel like I'm losing a good amount of ink to the grain.
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Jul 26, 2018 20:31
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silicone thrills posted:Went to Daniel Smith and got some new watercolors. More greens! Green gold is officially my new favorite color, seriously. Loving these watercolors. Excuse the blurry pics in this timelapse but here is the process of that mural. Timelapse of that mural 
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dupersaurus posted:Back at the bench after a little soul searching break. Trying out some new (to me) Japanese papers, too. That's wonderful! Having only done lino I can't offer woodblock advice, so just wanted to say it really looks great. I need to go back to carving myself. Got fancy new tools and spent way more time building a box for them than using the things 
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dupersaurus posted:Back at the bench after a little soul searching break. Trying out some new (to me) Japanese papers, too. Fantastic blocks! I never sealed mine and we were never instructed to in print class. Then again, you don't think about that when your class is providing all the materials either.
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Jul 27, 2018 02:11
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Made a timelapse for the Amber Ox mural too.
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Love the timelapse and the painting! I really should do the timelapse thing. Sooo I finally made an etsy shop to sell off my paintings. Immediately sold a few and got a few commissions. Someone wanted their photo of a vineyard done so I cropped it in a bit to hopefully get what I think is a decent composition. I'm struggling with the level of detail that I feel like their should be and where my brain says "I'm maxing out on 5 hours of work because I said it would be about $150" It's a 9x12 btw. 
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silicone thrills posted:Fantastic blocks! I never sealed mine and we were never instructed to in print class. Then again, you don't think about that when your class is providing all the materials either. Tru dat I applied a coat of clear acrylic gesso to this to see if it helped. It did not. But there's no shortage of suggestions on the web to try out.   It occurred to me I haven't really ever done shading in prints, so it's been a fun challenge. Despite that, though, it's been a return to the basics, which has helped shake off some of the anxiety I've had over My Style
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Cleaned up version of that monk. Another quick portrait. 
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Aug 1, 2018 23:40
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  The highlight on the shadowed cheek might work better if I used it elsewhere
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Made another mountain linocut - mt baker this time - still trying to carefully navigate pulling out a bit more so the sky is more distinct.  also sunsets have been pretty crazy in western washington so I've got this guy here 
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silicone thrills posted:Made another mountain linocut - mt baker this time - still trying to carefully navigate pulling out a bit more so the sky is more distinct. Good Goon Art.
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Jack Daniels posted:Good Goon Art. Thanks  It really does feel good to know that people actually like it. So uh on my etsy my sunsets all seem to sell really well. Maybe it helps that right now they are kind of unique due to the fire situation round the PNW. I'm trying to capitalize on it a bit and keep em coming 
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I painted a frog in watercolour... and filmed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39re4CvhKlw
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Duck Party posted:I painted a frog in watercolour... and filmed it. This is a great tutorial, by the way. I'm not a watercolorist (mostly oils o'er here) but this is a really crisp explanation of how to work well in watercolor. Great work!
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That was a really fun and educational video, I'll definitely be checking out more.
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Duck Party posted:I painted a frog in watercolour... and filmed it. Good Goon Art Video.
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Fourth'd on the video, looking forward....to more! Here, now, are some backgrounds I've been working on for a short I'm making in my free time    
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 Could probably nit-pick this until the heat death of the universe, but I’m calling it. But it’s the first time I’ve really done a landscape, though, and I’m generally happy with all the textures. That bit of hatching on the left was ill-advised. A little torn about the clouds but don’t know what I’d do with them.
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dupersaurus posted:
Whenever I see someone doing single colour woodblock prints I have to ask, have you heard of our lord and saviour: reduction prints? Why rely on lines when you could use COLOURS!?  Serious question: How many different cutting knives do you have at your disposal, and what kind? I'm seeing evidence of two sharp V or deep U gouges? With a shallow U gouge or two you could do some neat stuff with pointillist style dapple-work where linework and crosshatching might a.) not turn out as well as you might imagine on paper and b.) become difficult to manage from a mechanical standpoint as you start ripping chunks out of the wood both parallel and perpendicular to the grain. As far as sealing goes, I've been using matte clear Minwax polycrylic varnish to seal my drawings to lino and it works great, granted your use for something like that and mine aren't exactly the same. My only other thought would be to make sure you're using the appropriate wood for the job. Edit: Also if you haven't already, follow the #woodblockprint #woodcutprint #linocut and #reductionprint hashtags on instagram for ideas on how other people tackle the problems you might not know how to ask. The day I followed #reductionprint is the day I got hooked. Anyway here's 
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