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Vasqi
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[2007-01-07 00:42:53 +0000 UTC]
"Nekosan Productions"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 325; Deviations: 183; Watchers: 45
Watching: 64; Pageviews: 23114; Comments Made: 2224; Friends: 64
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Auguste RodinFavorite bands / musical artists: Gavin DeGraw, Rob Thomas, Cage the Elephant
Favorite books: Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
Favorite writers: Walt Whitman
Favorite games: life
Favorite gaming platform: dreams
Tools of the Trade: pigments and linseed oil
Other Interests: Art
# About me
I'll write my Bio when I'm all done living.# Comments
Comments: 324
Thanks for the fav.
I appreciate very much that you like my work.
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Thank you very much for the fave! Your gallery is very nice
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that's always a good idea.
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I don't know if you want to see this or not, but...
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Thanks, that's hilarious actually.
Yesterday she was in a big huff with me for posting it, then today she posts it! ROTFL
CLASSIC
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You're welcome.
I think it would make a nice cover for a card.
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awww, thanks
my moms always trying to make me do something more than pictures, she's crazy about postcards and giftcards, but i've never really had an idea for some.
but thanks that you think it would look nice on a card
<3<3<3
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ps i should be going to get my paints and things on friday, so any info before then would be awesome! if possible, don't let me rush you though
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I use Old Holland classic, but the primaries alone cost more than $100.00
That's:
Old Holland Bright red
Old Holland Blue
Cadmium Yellow Lemon
Titanium white is essintial
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that's expensive... maybe i'll find something a bit cheaper. i have the money, but i'm also not of your caliber, i don't wanna spend all that and then suck lol
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yeah, that's how I felt early on. But I discovered that the quality of the paint makes it easier to work with. You can't do glazing with the lowed grade paints because they have too much oil in them and not enough pigment. The result is that the preliminary layers are already fat, so there's little or no tooth remaining for subsequent coats.
In English, that means: when you try to brush on a new stroke of paint, the existing painting surface is too smooth to pull the paint from the brush, which has thick paint clinging to it's fibrous bristles.
Also, the above delima results in a second problem. That the painter learns to develop techniques based upon the requirements of their materials.
Translation: the method you learn by using the inferior quality works will not work with the high quality materials. This means that you will NEVER be able to make the switch, even after your skills improve.
Consequently, the first thing you learn when working with high quality (more expensive) materials is, don't be wasteful. If you know what colours you need for the composition, then strive to mix just enough for that. Once the paint comes out of the tube, it doesn't go back in! I normally only squeeze out 1/4" to 1/2" at a time. If I run out, I just put some more of the same lil' amount. The objective is to end up throwing away as little as possible. There are also other things you can do, like use the leftover paint as a base on a new canvas to set a neutral tone for your next painting... but these tend to lean into green.
After you've learned to put very lil' paint on your palette ( you don't need a large palette, trust me, I have several which I don't use...) now you need to learn to mix your colours with very small amounts. This would be easier for me to teach you in person. This is the part that is a bit more complex and involved which I need to think how to word clearly and put in an email. Bottom line, each brand of paint mixes differently. That's also why I pick one brand and very specific colours and stick with them. If you do as I suggested and stick with just Primaries and Whites, you'll be way ahead of your peers.
After that comes knowledge of drying times and mediums. This shit is never ending. You spend your whole life learning it and starving to death.
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thank you for the fave!!!
check out the rest if you dont mind <.<
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i'm doing good how are you? i have been trying to get some of my life together more lol. Been writing some good stuff lately, will post soon.
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I think I might get back riding again next week. There's a Tennessee Walking Horse that's available, so I'm excited about that. It's been like 3 months or something since I last rode.
In other news, I went to Art Scape in Baltimore last weekend with Tahira and Jamal. That was fucking awesome! Then on Tuesday, I went to Open mic at the Soundry in Vienna and saw a 10 year old singing songs and playing the guitar like a real pro. There was several other performers, but he was the best.
I heard that there is a musician who is interested in using some of my artwork for his cd cover. And also, my ex set me up to do some portraiture for a musician in Iceland. Oh, and I picked up a new model in DC on the Fourth of July...
all and all, things are well.
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You have some pretty amazing work! Well worth a watch, 
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