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I still got a lot of travel paintings to submit, but here's something I did now. Used red pen and watercolour.It's for *createbyweek 's Steampunk contest. You'll find the details here [link]
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~B-SquaredStock for "Sky 2"
*demoncherrystock for "steampunk stock8"
~Angelus-Knight for "Brass Sunwatch Stock 2"
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This is a really interesting painting 
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Aivan upea maalaus. Tosi taidokkaasti oot kΓ€yttΓ€nyt vΓ€rejΓ€. (:
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wow, I love the colors in this!! It is interesting how you used red ink. I think that the red somehow accents the painting and gives it more character. Anyways a job well done!!
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Thank you, I appreciate the feedback
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This is fantastic! 
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so beautiful <3 i really love this atmosphere
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I am going to be most unhelpful because I can find nothing to critique. I think this is brilliant.
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Nice watercolour, like the intensity of the colours.
The red pen base looks good, helps to define the different parts of the picture and adds nice little details without being over done
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Thank you, I'm glad it pleases you
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I think that this is a beautiful piece that a person can simply stare at for a loooong while,lol
The elements are so vibrant & lively from many points of views not just the colors but the shapes, & the spelling texture that you have made
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Thank you for another lovely comment
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I really like it, the colours are so bold and bright, that the red pen fits in.
this is really different, i like it
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Thank you for the comment, and I'm glad you like it
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it's images like this that make me wish i had time to comment on each and every one of your works. You may not know it, but you are very inspirational to me.
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I love the idea of starting with the red pen. I think that if I were doing this painting, I would have used a red watercolor pencil instead, but that would have blended in nearly entirely, and that's probably not the look you were going for. Either way, I would have tried to blend the pen in a little more than you did.
Aside from the pen part of it, I love your style. The bold colors are great, and you have really good watercolor technique. Watercolors are fun just to splash around.
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I really appreciate your feedback, thank you
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oh and one other think i might change is the background right behind the man - it's kind of hard to pick him out, so I would make the background behind him slightly darker so accent him a bit more. Unless you wanted him to blend in of course
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I think it looks nice with the red lines. it's more interesting, and it gives the painting a warm, sunsetish look.
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Thank you, I appreciate the feedback
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I think it really contributes to the painting! It is messy, but the entire thing is pretty messy, which is exactly the beauty of it all. You're using a very free hand technique, but the colors here are excellent and the red contours are no different. If anything, they're quite refreshing.
I really like this image, I think it's marvelous.
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Glad you think so, thank you for your feedback
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Gimme Feedback comments to follow.
On the whole I think that red ink is a welcome element in your painting. The way in which it stains the stairs - marking the material of the stone steps - and brings definition to the sharp spire, perhaps also conceptualising the clouds and emphasising the wall reliefs, looks good.
You might have wanted to use your red ink slightly more carefully, though. The tiles of the larger, globular roof have exaggerated outlines. They could be more sketchy, and watercolour could have dominated in the middle. Also, in case of the toolbox, red ink makes it look unnecessarily comic-like, rather than watercolour providing flesh on the bones of a fading world of line drawings. Also the wooden bridge could use lines that look less as if drawn using a ruler. Red ink is used to mark shadows in the large apparatus - it could be used to define shadows elsewhere too.
In case of the human figure, I think that red ink is a central element in deciding whether the picture is about him, or whether he's just an anonymous element in it, equal with the milieu. Now, it seems to me, he's the protagonist, perhaps a young steam-goth adventurer-scientist - but you still don't agree to give any hint about what his personality is like. If there are lines, I'd like to see some recognisable facial features with a history. As you can see, I take freedoms in pretending that my intuitions have any weight in what comes to technical evaluation of the role of your red ink.
In short, my gut-feeling is that you could fade more or bring the medium forward, letting it, at times, rule. In any case I feel that red ink serves a purpose here.
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Thank you for such detailed feedback. It's great to read your comment as I can now easier trace back in my mind the process of creating the piece and try to remember what made me do this or that choice. And evaluate if they were right or not.
What kind of image do you have in mind for the bridge? Wouldn't it look a bit wonky if it wasn't for those relatively straight lines?
Of course you are supposed to count in your intuitions. That's exactly what I'm trying to feed in you with whatever technique I choose.
I think I'll try to do what you suggested in some future piece -- variating the amount of ink used on various areas.
Thanks again
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By the way, when the image is scaled to lesser resolutions, the red lines seem to add some definition, even necessary such, to the work.
"Wouldn't it look a bit wonky if it wasn't for those relatively straight lines?"
Edges of a line may live even if the line is straight on the whole. In your painting some lines seem as if they've been drawn using a ruler, which makes them somewhat uneven and asymmetrically constrained. How about pencil-sketching very lightly using a ruler and painting on it simply slowly and with a steady hand? Or am I mistaken when I assume that you've used a ruler or something such?
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I might've used a ruler (or probably a cd case) in the pencil sketch, but looking at the red lines I have to say it would've been a crappy ruler indeed 
But yeah, I guess I see what you mean. Some of the lines are less loose than the others. I might've taken them too seriously
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This is really good, kind of reminds me of a Van Gogh.
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You're very welcome
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Like I've written today, before... I've missed a lot of things the last weeks, months...
But this painting/drawing I like very much. The colours you use are really giving a bouquet! But then the man what is drinking a cup of tea while there's happening so much around him! You did very nice work with the globe and buildings as wel. Beautifull!
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Thank you! I always appreciate your well-thought comments
And I'm glad you like it
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You're Welcome!
To be more honest, I was a little confused about which artworks of you I could use for feature... There were more than three... Some animals you've painted well too... Your journey in Europe has some beautiful prints aswel! Soon I'll take more time in it. (tell you the truth? I am at my office right now and I hope my boss won't see this what I am doing richt now... 
But this artwork is sure my favourite!
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Hope you'll find more time to see my gallery. And hope the boss won't get ya
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