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Published: 2008-12-21 02:58:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 2165; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 88
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a compilation of some of my later watercolor figure studies from the first semester of my Basic Watercolor class. I'm gonna post the last one next 'cause it works well on its own....I may scrap these, may not...I would post progress from my first to my last, but my first is so horrible it's not even recognizable as a figure lol so I'm pretty happy with how much I've learned in this class, cause I had no idea how to use them before...my teacher was so awesome. I'm gonna sit in on the advanced class next semester and hopefully get even better!
anyway yeah....I shut up nows.
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Numbers 1 and 2 could use some variety in color. Number 5 seems best because of the unity of figure and envirenment. But the figure could be composed better. Non the less great focus and warmth around the shoulder. Keep up!
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Oh wow, I like these a lot. But I also just like watercolor. 8D Not using it, I'm not very good with it (yet...), but I love how it looks.
I think my favorites would be either the top left or the middle two.
Out of curiosity, how big are these?
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I just added you a little while ago and you already have two awesome deviations posted. Good thing I'm watching. All the anatomy seems to be correct so thats good, but then you got a bunch of nice earthly grayed down colors along with the skin tones to make it look realistic. I would never think to use a gray shade for shaded areas on the body. So that tells me I need to studying painting and coloring. Also a question, when you work in watercolors, do you work with different watered down levels? You're probably like "whut?" What I mean is do you add less water or use thicker paint to have better control over areas that require detail? Obviously you don't want it too watery or else it will run everywhere. (Zzz sorry, my lack of art vocabulary words). Great work!
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haha well I'm glad it was a good choice! well the whole thing with painting/coloring is knowing when to use cool vs warm colors and what is a harder/softer edge and feel. these were figure studies, so the warmth of the light and the cool of the room was nice to work with.
how watered down or when to use drybrush depends on what kind of painting you're doing. but generally, watercolors should never bee too watery. after you get the color on the bush, I usually swoop it over a paper towel at least once. if the brush is good, then it will go down with very good control as long as it's not too wet, and as long as it's not tooo too dry. it comes with practice, but your brush should never be so wet as to get those globs of water in the painting. generally, mixing colors is the hardest thing to painting, especially watercolor. you want to have a separate scrap on hand to test them out before you lay down the thicker coats. if you're confident with the color, and bolder with the paint, then the overall painting will be more vibrant and it will look more confident. some of these earlier ones I used a lot of washes and they seem timid, whereas the stand-alone one I posted was more confident. I hope that makes some sense...lol 
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Very good work, mate.
Wish I could use watercolours like this, it's very good.
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