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Published: 2012-06-05 02:37:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 1098; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 9
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watercolourBeware, lost and lonely stranger, do not follow the lights in the darkness, you do not know who holds them...
For #GrimGloomTale 's 'haunted' contest
I haven't read very much that fits with this theme, but what did come to mind was a will o' the wisp, and imagining the spirit carrying the light to lure travellers to join her in death...
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Ooh will'o' the wisps! So scary and fascinating. I like your interpretation here.
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I love this! (although of course *I would- its so haunt-y!!)
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haha thanks mimi, glad you like it! I want to do another one now, practice my ghosties
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I like it. Looks like a real 19th century fairy-tale illustration.
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Oh wow, what a lovely compliment, that's absolutely the look I'm going for 
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That is so neat! Ha, you know, except running a sketchbook, I also keep a list of things that I'd like to draw or that could inspire me to draw something. This Will o' the Wisp has been bugging me for such a long time, probably since I read The Two Towers, which was quite a long ago. Oh my, it's been 10 years o.O Hah, I need to do something with it at last.
I really like the composition as well as the dress. The spots on the trees are a nice touch. And isn't salt just fun?
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ooh thankyou 
Salt is great - I discovered a little herb and spices shop round the corner from my house a few weeks ago, and it has all sorts of different salts, about 20 I think, and they are all different grain sizes and shapes and textures. I got a little bag of one called 'himalayan black salt' which gives quite random and interesting texture - much better than the table salt I'd been using up until now! I think I am quite spoiled with this lovely shop
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20 kinds of salt. Holy crap! I can choose only between the table salt and coarse salt unless I'd like to try the one you add to a bath... Himalayan black salt sounds like something that could be featured in a very bad and dark grimoire. Does it look like gray diamond chips?
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haha yes it would be perfect for a grimoire! oh the spells I could think of that use it...
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Ahhh, now I envy you so much. Maybe there is a similiar shop in a city nearby, but I have no idea where should I look first. Oh. Maybe it's not that bad, I still have my hand made lilac soap
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ooh handmade lilac soap, how lovely! a friend suggested I should try making salt crystals. Apparently if you leave a piece of string in salty water interesting shaped crystals will form on it... [link]
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Ah, it's an experiment that every kid does in primary school in Poland (: I should try it for the paintings, then.
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I'd love to see how it goes if it makes interesting salt crystals that are usable with the watercolours
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awesome, thankyou
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