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Published: 2016-04-14 18:00:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 2568; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 0
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It's been a loooooong time since I last painted Gawain - mostly, I guess, because he can be so frustrating. He never looks right! But once in a blue moon he does, and *gasp* I even managed to mix up a good colour for his precious red locks. And for once I didn't mess up the other colours either. I must have been on a roll. Question is, can I do it again? O_oAnyway.
This was painted on a new paper (yes, for someone who sucks so much at watercolour I do possess an awful lot of paper types - I don't know when to quit, I guess?!): Schleiper Aquarelle Grain EXTRA FIN, 300 g/mΒ² - the Schleiper house brand. I really enjoyed working with it, though I expected it to be more like Grain satinΓ©. The painting is A5 size.
Media: Caran d'Ache colour pencil (Umber) for the sketch, then Blockx and Winsor & Newton watercolours.
Time: 5 hours or something? Not counting the first drawings.
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Very nice! Any idea when Ragnelle will be showing up in the comic?
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Eeh. Well, she'll show up when Gawain is around 21 or something, but he's just eleven right now, so um - she's all planned and everything, but this will take a little while...
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Always love seeing your Arthurian art - and always lovely to see some art for these two! This is gorgeous work.
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Β Goodness me but this is a very splendidly pretty image ... although I admit to looking more at Dame Ragnell than Sir Gawain, which one suspects must put me in a definite minority.Β
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Well, I did draw it the other way around... Ragnell first, then Gawain. And I haven't really decided which way is up. But since I don't draw enough Gawain, I thought I'd show him off a bit 
I'm glad you like the picture! I do so rarely not make a mess of watercolours.
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Β Your "messes" are more beautiful than some feted (or should that be "fetid") masterpieces I've seen; I shall not name names, but suffice it to be said that I'm not talking about anyone on divinatory.com (or anyone who lived to see the past half-century!).
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Ah, but you flatter me, sir!
(I largely prefer that to being trolled, though 
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Β My good lady, Flattery comes with a Price Tag and my flourishes are free of charge - they are therefore Complimentary.Β Β
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Thank you!
I think that if anyone were to ask me what distinguishes my characters from others, I'd have to say, "their improbable hair"
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Thank you very much! They rarely come out the way I hope they will, but just this once...
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