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Commission for Artistrations of a Welsh/Arab mare.Watercolours, gouache and pencil.
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ohmg how do you dapple?! lol I am still trying to figure dapples out with watercolor and would love to hear some advice on such difficult things! lol Cause this is such a gorgeous painting.
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Thanks for your lovely comment!
These dapples were created with individual droplets of clean water, dropped into the wet grey wash of the horse's coat - it's important that the wash on your paper is still wet. You can also try creating lots of smaller dapples with a spray bottle. But be careful, if you put too much water on the paper it will become a mess.
Good luck!
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Of course! And I am definitely going to have to try that next time! Didn't even think of that! <3 Thanks so much! c: So happy to find another equine/animal watercolorist!
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Those dapples! I love the way you used outlining. It feels like a part of the interior, rather than a flat border. Great shapes in the head and mane.Β
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Thank you very much! How lovely to read this nice comment <3
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Love the dapples. They are so well done and have such a neat effect to them
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Thanks! Glad you like them
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Lovely work on this! Your dapples are beautifully done.
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Your art has got to be my absolute favorite. I always looking forward to seeing it in my inbox!!
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That is so nice, and means a lot to me coming from an artist I admire very much!
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I agree with previous comments, that dappling technique is faaantastic.Β Plus I'm a sucker for adorable little pony heads, and itty bitty little pony ears, so needless to say I am head over heels with this painting
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This is beautiful! Fantastic work! the dapples look like the effect you get when you place salt on watercolor, what did you do there?
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Thank you very much! No, it was white gouache dropped into dark watercolour wash. I'm afraid salt doesn't usually work for me so well.
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hmm, very cool technique. Never played with gouache ever. Only time I ever used salt with watercolour was playing with making a galaxy scene XD
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It's worth a play! It comes in most colours, but I only really use white to mix in with my watercolours.
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Yea, maybe I'll have to. May I ask, what brand of watercolors do you use? I need to restock and I think I'd like to try a different kind than I've been using.
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The brand is "Art Spectrum", it's in the middle of the range between el cheapo and super expensive. I did notice that these paints behave differently from super cheap brands, they seem to bleed onto the paper more naturally and have a nicer texture in general, richer colours, they also react Β to salt whereas cheap watercolours simply don't. I think this is because the pigments are made from different chemicals which naturally behave differently, have different densities and smoothness. You could try buying a single tube of a nicer brand and experimenting with it next to the same colour of your current brand, to see the difference.
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awesome, thank you! I think I might try that.
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Wow, I love how you have created the dapples! Her face looks very sweet too.
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Oh gosh, that dapple effect is beautiful! o3o I love the head structure, what a pretty little mare c: Gorgeous flowing mane, too! <3
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Thank you! Aren't dapple greys just lovely?
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Oh god I adore them *g* I wish they'd just stay in the dapple stage >3>
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Agreed! I've got a dapple HARPG horse I think I'm never going to age... at least not until I get another dapple to ease the pain of her un-dappling.
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Hahah amen xD She coooould....mysteriously stay dappled for ages. I mean. Horses do grey out at different rates... >3>
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