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Published: 2004-02-09 13:07:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 5559; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 1143
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First time I've submitted in awhile, and my own painting at that. It's the latest thing I've done and kinda runs with the theme of my last journal entry.It also seems to encompass how I'm feeling about life at the moment. Like I'm sitting there on my rock and the world around me is poisoned and floating belly-up.
*some won't notice the fish, fullview please
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Thank you very much for your words and favourite. Nice to know we are not alone...
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Thanks for your comments (sorry for the belated reply!) I'm soooooooooo lazy...
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I've just come back to stare at this for a little while... puts my mind back in place
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So einfach und doch so sprachgewaltig. WunderschΓΆn.
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very lonely, and the water looks like a bed, I hope your chacter doesn't want to sleep.
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wow... it's amazing what kinds of interpretations a piece of artwork goes through upon mass scrutiny. The fellow in the yellow hat does not wish to take an oil bath with the fishies here... whether that's fortunate or not, I will leave to you.
Thx always for your contribution
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this an awsome peice. I love the feelings captured in it. It is a little depressing but its very affective!good work
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this is great. i was browsing through a freinds fav list and caught this. i feel like i can reach out and touch the painting. the texture is wonderful. i myself cannot paint but i enjoy looking at others. the character in the middle is great cartooning. props.
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i love this so much ....
kinda echoes some of the stuff i wrote in the piece u so kindly commented on
hugs for that
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THe fish floating down the stream makes this piece one of my favorites.It how i have felt a few times myself. ohh yeah, Your watercolor technique is beautiful...Thanks again for shareing...can't wait to see more.
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thank you very much for your kind words, glad to have been able to reach you.
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Let me first reference this comment by saying that I've used watercolors in the past, and I know how difficult it can be.
Are you a watercolor ninja or something? The way you've blended the colors so effortlessly makes me wish I was you. Really. Dead fish and all.
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watercolour ninja? erm... to paraphrase many confused canadians... "Eh?" certainly not, my dear sir... It sounds cool tho...
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I just meant you've got the skills to pay the bills.
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Well, all one can do is give it a go, eh?
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ah, but not the confidence, maestro...
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I don't see why. Your stuff is definately the bomb.
My suggestion is to keep painting and posting - people here will definately be able to help with your confidence.
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Simple but lovely. I love just about anything that has someone sitting in that position. My tattoo is of a boy sitting in that position. It means so much without saying a word...
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I think it's a natural drawing response position. A brooding being. I draw a lot of characters like this too... They've all got something to brood about. Thx for your words
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I really love the style of this painting and the colours. The style reminds me a bit of the Moomin illustrations for some reason (which is a Very Good Thing in my book). Maybe it's the simplicity of the face and the hat...
The colours all flow very beautifully into one another.
Watercolours is my favourite media as well (which I have been using too little lately) although the way I use them is less free and more directed.
I think it conveys the mood quite well. I have been feeling a bit like that myself lately. Is there a path off this rock without having to wade with dead fish?
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thx for the 
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y'welcome. ^^
I just loved the fact that it is so emotionally powerful, without being 'in your face' about it...
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That's the very question I ask myself each time I look out of the bay, over the sea, and to a place where I feel is Home.
*sigh*
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I can most definintely identify with the mood of this piece. I love that you used watercolors for this... acrylics or oils wouldn't have kept the same feeling. The fish are a nice touch, I always love paintings that have parts where you're rewarded for investigating.
Just to let you know... If this were a print and I had money, i'd buy this and put it on my wall.
Since it's not a print, I'll just add it to my favorites and take a look at your gallery
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I was thinking of using oils for this, but I am pretty bad with that medium, and also, I didn't want to have to wait a month for it to dry. I then thought of only using watercolour for the background, but then i wanted to finish it and it just ended up as is, with a bit of guache for a brighter yellow and white to make the skin less transparent.
I'm flattered that you'd think this worthy of a place on your wall... Maybe one day it'll get around to being posterised and then I'll send you a copy. :}
btw, thx for the
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Still not where I want to be. But I think that won't happen for a matter of months...
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thanks! i just had a quick peek at your gallery too -wow! *skips off to the gallery with her
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Beautiful, and so incredibly expressive too. ^_^
Gah, I'm impressed with your prowess with watercolours! @_o
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*GASP* My so called 'prowess' with watercolours is but a meek shadow in the face of the stuff in your gallery. WhOA! You've got some excellent stuff there... "Ichigo" is quite the spunk :} and you do NOT suck at drawing guns! -Any attempts to argue will be met with the famous "hand". I likes Gold n Gilded too.
Thx for your comments and support!
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Shhh! **whispers** The stuff in my gallery's all computer stuff... i.e. cheating. ^_~ I try and work watercolours and a get myself into a panic! "Ah! Where's the undo button?!"
Be proud of your masterpiece! It wasn't made DD for nothing! ^_~
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I don't think that 'computer stuff' is cheating (unless you downright go and download a pic, maybe play with it in photoshop and upload here) -I used to do a rather lot of computer drawings... back when our pen mouse still worked... *sob!*
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Its beautiful. And I certainly know the feeling. Good Job.
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Great watercolor. Great job on this, the color goes with the theme and gives just the right geelings. The curves you use is also perfect for the theme. Great piece of work.
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I like the pants and feet! I just like pants for some reason..
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that's bizarre, cos I was going out on a limb when I did that -completely not my style of legs and feet. I've been influenced too much by Anthony Browne, but I thought it fit better than going for realism...
thx dude(tte -if that's what you prefer)
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congrats on DD! as for the painting...
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relly cool! did you use watercolor or something? I love the textures and how you blended in the fish with the waves. keep it up man.
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Yep, it's watercolour with a bit of guache for the hat, as I find watercolours can sometimes appear a bit washed out (a reason I don't usually work in this medium -I have no idea what I was doing with this). Muchos grazias for your comments -oh, and love The Artist comic! People tell me i ought to be doing the same with some of my comic strips, but I dunno. I'm just paranoid J:\ Thx again ~wave~
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how bittersweetly beautiful 
i usually hate to comment and fav daily deviations (so much exposure), but i cant help but love this. wonderful job.
mind if i join you on the rock?
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WOW, GREAT JOB! water color is such a hard media to master, wish i had it down.... *mopes off wishing he could paint with watercolor too* LOL
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er... well, I wouldn't say that I've mastered watercolour either... I'm sure you wouldn't have any problems...
Just keep in mind that a lot of watercolour painters just dab their paintbrushes here and there, and whatever comes out is supposedly good.
just use your pencil rough (hb or softer is best) and burnish it onto your paper and go from there. Use lots of layers until you are satisfied. Oh, and most important is having fun.
Thanks :]
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I've sat and stared at this image for such a long time... Saying that this is beautiful isn't enough...maybe a better description would be that it's amazingly and effectively beautiful to me. I find such a strong relationship to the image, and those feelings are greatly magnified by my passion for watercolors and the aspiration to paint at your natural level. Fantastic work.
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Wow, I'm flattered that you feel that way, but I'm sure that you'll get up there in no time. You've already got the ideas, and that's the important part. You've got my respect for that.
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