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Published: 2011-11-30 10:18:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 2070; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 21
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I have never spent so much energy on a single painting before. I am so HAPPY at how it turned out!!
Watercolor on paper; credits for model goes to ~MarjoleinART-Stock ; and credits for flowers goes to ~mamacateyes-stock , ~Iadinea , and ~astrals-stock . (Thank you so much!
)For updates on my art, please see my blog: [link]
Any thoughts on how I can improve my watercolor technique?
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Comments: 38
Looks like you keep on painting!
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Thanks so much, Krisan!
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Absolutely stunning! Thank you for using my stock as inspiration
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You're welcome, and thank you so much too!!
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This is really pretty! It must have taken forever to get all the detail--it looks really well done.
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Haha just a tad! Thank you so much for your comment!!
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Thank you so much!
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This is gorgeous! All the details put into the flowers and each and every leaf is amazing, and adds to the overall picture very nicely.
Just a few tips on anatomy, her left arm is too fat compared to the right, and although it seems that you are trying to get the perspective where the hand is facing towards the viewer, the arm just looks short and squished. If the arm was facing towards us, you would not see as much of the forearm. The left hand itself also seems a bit awkward because I can only see two fingers and can't seem to determine where the rest are.
I was also wondering, how did you get the black all around the lighter branches? Did you painstakingly paint around the branches? The transition from the light to dark is seamless by the way, as in, there's no bleeding into the lighter colour, so the branches really stand out. I often have difficulty with that since I like having dark backgrounds, and the subjects are usually lighter in colour, and the technique I've learned has always been to do the lights first. I find it a real pain having to paint around the subjects all the time xD
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First of all, thank you so much for taking the time to critique my work! I greatly appreciate it. Thanks also for the anatomy tips; anatomy's always been my weak point!
As for the black parts, yeahh, I did paint around the branches (that took a while haha 
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No problem, glad it helped!
Ah, I see. Then I guess there's no easy way out and I'll just have to be patient
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Haha, no pain no gain! Thanks so much again!
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So beautiful.
I love the way the flowers are shaded. 
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The way you let the light be in here is just amazing!
Really good work.
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Wow, I was worried about the lighting actually 
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Look at all the layers of leaves x_X This is so beautiful! I like how she is a rose herself ^^
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I know, I went slightly crazy after painting a few leaves
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Absolutely stunning! The way all of those colors blend is fantastic!
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Thank you so very much!
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That energy which you spent was worth it, this one is absolutely beautiful! I'm sorry I can't help you improve your technique, 'cause yours is way more developed than mine u___u. So damn pretty, I really like those roses, how on earth did you do those!
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Wow, thank you so much!! 
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