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Published: 2011-08-04 20:29:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 376; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 4
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Description "Teien" is the Chinese word for a Japanese Garden.

This is an old school assignment in which the purpose was to draw stairs. I ended up drawing a Japanese garden, and painting mine traditionally with watercolors, but I wasn't too fond of the way the colors turned out-- so I scanned it into the computer, got rid of the color, and minimally colored it digitally. I also tweaked it to give it that that nighttime darkness, because I wasn't able to achieve that with watercolors without killing the paper. ;D

Thank you for looking!

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Comments: 20

Quilted-illusions [2011-11-05 17:53:05 +0000 UTC]

It's very calm and relaxing, yet foreboding in way..I like it!

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Artisticaviary In reply to Quilted-illusions [2011-11-06 03:57:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ♥

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Quilted-illusions In reply to Artisticaviary [2011-11-06 20:12:13 +0000 UTC]

No prob! <3

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ittesak [2011-10-17 17:56:29 +0000 UTC]

Woha, this has _amazing_ tune's of blue! Blue and black really fit well together, you really got the feeling of night <3 Really pretty stairs, I wonder if it was annoying to draw so much details? :') But anyways, this is really beautiful, you can really draw great backgrounds! Totally great use of colours, I really love this <3

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Artisticaviary In reply to ittesak [2011-10-17 21:38:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ♥ It means a lot to me that you like it! C:

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MontagueSwans [2011-08-27 06:54:31 +0000 UTC]

I like how it goes on and on into the distance. I like the grey/blue/black nighttime coloring of everything. I want to know where this goes - where the path leads to! Nice piece!

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Artisticaviary In reply to MontagueSwans [2011-08-27 17:12:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I really appreciate that. Your comments really brightened my day. C:

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TeezGeez [2011-08-06 02:02:19 +0000 UTC]

i really like this, even though its inked it has a very realistic touch

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Artisticaviary In reply to TeezGeez [2011-08-06 05:22:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for your comment and kind words! ♥ I really appreciate them!

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TeezGeez In reply to Artisticaviary [2011-08-06 15:40:00 +0000 UTC]

no problem! i mean it when i say it!!

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nettlebeast [2011-08-05 21:04:00 +0000 UTC]

the way these colors and tones set the mood,
it's just brilliant! 8D they're dark and they all fall on the same scale, and yet there's so much contrast and lighting!
Gorgeous work!

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Artisticaviary In reply to nettlebeast [2011-08-06 05:09:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, Gin! I really, really appreciate that! ♥

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TUVVIN [2011-08-05 20:47:35 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is so pretty! I love the color scheme and the lighting is beautiful. The arrangement of the whole piece looks very balanced as well. I really like it!

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Artisticaviary In reply to TUVVIN [2011-08-06 05:23:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ♥ It means a lot to me that you like it! C:

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TUVVIN In reply to Artisticaviary [2011-08-07 16:58:45 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! (:

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Ennai [2011-08-04 21:04:57 +0000 UTC]

My god! The colors are absolutely gorgeous! Even though the range of colors is limited, it works so beautifully! I'd really love to jump into that picture and follow the stairs to see where they lead.

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Artisticaviary In reply to Ennai [2011-08-04 21:19:25 +0000 UTC]

Awwww, thank you, Ennai! Your comments always make me so happy. ♥ I really appreciate them!

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Ennai In reply to Artisticaviary [2011-08-04 21:28:06 +0000 UTC]

Ditto! And you're welcome. ♥

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MusicalArtist94 [2011-08-04 20:37:19 +0000 UTC]

Yay you colored it darker!! But I still liked some of the older colors in it. I like the moonlight hitting the objects though, makes it look all mysterious and what not. Anyway, good job! And good times in that class...good times

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Artisticaviary In reply to MusicalArtist94 [2011-08-04 21:00:43 +0000 UTC]

Yep, I did. ;D Thank you!

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