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Published: 2013-07-09 05:24:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 1421; Favourites: 64; Downloads: 4
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I love how intrigued owls always look.The time lapse/spee painting video for this painting can be found at [link] . Let me know what y'all think!
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Watercolour painting.
Paper: Arches 140 cp.
Paints: Winsor & Newton, Daniel Smith and Cotman.
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Comments: 42
I love how painting makes you realize all the colors things have.
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I know, it's one of my favourite things when artists put in colors you'd never expect in their subjects!
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I wish I could also paint using watercolors. 
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You just need to try! 
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Thanks! I just try to master acrylics first, then move to watercolor.
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this is awesome! what kind of tool did you use to apply the masking fluid?? o.o
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It's some sort of drafting tool? Looks like [link]
I'm not too sure what it's called though :S Works super well! You can get extremely thin lines with it.
And thank you for the compliment!
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Beautiful. Thank you for the time lapse movie as well. It gives a wonderful insight of how you work
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Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the video! I haven't received a lot of feedback on it
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You're welcome. I really enjoyed watching it.
I liked the contrast with the precision in which you do the owl, contra the looseness of the background. I'm personally still looking for my favourite way of dealing with watercolours as they can be so surprising. So seeing how other artist go about is really inspiring.
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Yeah, I actually LOVE doing the same painting with other artists. It's really cool to see how they all tackle it differently...like background first or animal first. I think I'm a little bit in between, but for sure, it's super interesting!
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which is why I recently started to take progress shots. I'm still a bit nervous to post them here though
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DA's a very supportive place, I wouldn't be worried
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The background on this is great! It's all very soft and beautiful watercolor work here.
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Thank you!
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Beautiful work! I love the shading on the feathers.
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Thank you! I had a really great time painting the feathers
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Thank you!
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Just might be my favorite.... it's awesome
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Thanks! I wasn't really sure how it'd turn out at first
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Yeah but i think you did a great job!
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Beautiful, the blending of the colours reminds me a bit of Alan Lee's Luthien picture: [link]
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Thanks!
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Kind of whimsical and serious all at once. I like the texturing and the composition.
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Thanks!
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Ah, love that trick. It also works well with silk painting, if you ever try that.
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Can't say I have, but I'll keep it in mind if I ever do!
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