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SashaFitzgerald โ Star Light Framed
Published: 2008-01-12 04:55:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 1643; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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Starlight, Starbrightthe first star I see tonight...
She's an art nouveau inspired faerie! She took a really long time to paint - mainly because I was trying to make her as symmetrical as possible. It helps accentuate the mirrored feel. Layering the paint on the wings probably took the most time. I had to balance the saturation with all the wing parts, and both sides of the wings -_-;;; I tried out a salt technique with Kosher salt. It kind of clumped and made circular dots on the wings.
Mediums: pencil & watercolours on coldpress paper
Everything in this painting is ยฉ2008 *solarissky That means it belongs to me and not you. Art thieves are an artist's bane. D:
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Thankyou! She's one of my favourites!!
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W00t for the salt technique!
And nice color combination.
I think her face/skintone can use a bit more color, she look a bit yellowish. Or it's just my old screen
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Thanks! The salt technique is awesome X3
Her skin is a little bit yellow - but I chalk that up to her name. 
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I really love this *O*
the outfit, the expression, the face, the hair, the wings, the colors, tehhdsiahdasidnasik.
Get it? That's amoore *รง*
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Aww thanks a lot 
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you're welcome!
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man that salt technique is a pain in the ass, but I love it. it works best with dark colors (especially blue), and it's good to make sure you get your colors to be very VREY saturated. when they're full of water with not as much color (as watercolors should be) the salt technique doesn't work as well.. but then, there still needs to be ots of water. it's a little ahrd to find that balance.
but anyway, the wings came out beautiful regardless. I especially love how much they stand out against the pale colors in the rest of the image.
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Thankyou for the tip! I'll definitely make sure my colours are more saturated when I try the salt trick. Do you know if higher quality watercolours produce a better effect? I use student quality I think
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I use a student quality watercolor myself, and it always works fine, so as far as I'm concerned the quality of the paints does not matter.
And anytime. Thanks for sharing her
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Oh thanks! Yeah I was wondering about that. I'll definitely try it out now with a higher pigmentation... XD
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I like the border version better. And I love the outfit, and the stained glass look with her clothes. Her wings I think you did fine with the grainy fading look. Nice colors, they really catch your eye.
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Thank you very much! I really do appreciatiate such a thoughtful comment
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Thankyou so much!
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Aha thanks! I'm glad you like her!
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I think the border helps it out quite a bit. It's also nice that she extends beyond the border as well.
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Thanks! Yeah, I'll definitely have to keep experimenting with border designs and layouts
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ooo celtic knots for sure! the BEST KIND OF KNOTS!
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FO SHO!! Celtic Knots FTW!! WOOT!
Okay I feel like a spammer now lol! I'll definitely work on the celtic knots ^_^
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OOoh. The border is a very nice touch. Very clean.
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Thankyou very much!
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Amazing, and the detail on the hands etc is tres good.
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Thankyou very mucho! The hand was definitely a bit of a challenge, but I think it turned out nicely! XD I like your icon hehe fishes! poisson?
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I prefer Poisson-Lapin myself, they really conjure the imagination.
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omgosh! Amazing! XD I'm already feeling inspired to draw said creature
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It was all I ever did in French class.
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LOL! And now I fear it is all I will ever do O.o
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Thankyou very much! Those were my favourite parts to paint!
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Looks like it was fun.
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I love her dress.....you did a wonderful job with her! The colors are amazing and the over all design is great!!!
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Thankyou so much!!!! I worked really hard on the this one XD The design and everything, I'm so happy you noticed *overjoyed* 
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I really love the design of the wings. Beautiful work here
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Thankyou very much!
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Thankyou very much!!
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I think she's beautiful and beautifully done! If you're looking for a few more random "splotches" with the salt technique you might try using a bit less water or maybe even some liquid frisket. The frisket would make a more lacey pattern though. Overall, I think she is some of your nicest work!
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Thankyou very much for you comment!!
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Frisket comes in two varieties; liquid and self-adhesive sheet. The liguid frisket is easy to use (it's kind of like rubber cement) as you can apply it almost like a thick paint. It rubs off easily with a chunk of soft rubber (usually included when you buy it) and works by keeping the paint off their areas you use it. It's great for highlights especially with watercolors where you can glaze it in several layers for interesting background or textures.
The sheet frisket comes in high tack (really sticky) and low tack (best on smooth supports like hot press watercolor paper). It works by placing it over your support then cutting away the parts that you want the paint to come through. Here are a few links to help you out (although Dick Blick might be pricey):
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and a book with some cool tricks . . .
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Hope those are helpful!
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