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Roxas4ever In reply to Roxas4ever [2006-11-01 23:07:30 +0000 UTC]

I feel the same way. I've been working for two years, learning to draw, and it seems like I'm getting no where! But, when I look back on how I USED to draw, I can see I've made some progress...normally I don't do really well unless it's luck though XD

Watercolors are one of my worst mediums...I give you kudos for being able to work with them! (They frustrate me so much! ><

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Roxas4ever In reply to Roxas4ever [2006-11-02 12:13:54 +0000 UTC]

Umm... (Doesn't know much about watercolors) I know I'm using water color paper...the watercolors I use actually come out of tube instead of the normal kind...I have no idea about the brush...what should I be using?

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Roxas4ever In reply to Roxas4ever [2006-11-02 15:36:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! This helped a lot I'll go check out the art store I live by. Once again, beautiful picture

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Timett In reply to Roxas4ever [2006-11-02 14:36:34 +0000 UTC]

You should be using just what feels the best for you. I will give you some hints as to what is best according to my tastes, but ultimately, it's your choice.
Making this choice is easier if you know what to search for.

There are many kinds of watercolorpapers available in varying textures and thicknesses. The best kind is usually sold in individual sheets and are marked with the manufacturers stamp on one edge. The variables are many and there certainly is a paper for every taste.

Tubes are good. Makes the mixing faster, but personally I prefer cakes. Kind of gives more concrete feel to the painting process and cakes are much easier to use than tubes and there's no clean-up. All that dries can be used again the next day.
Good brands are Winsor&Newton and Schminke. They are also expensive, mind, but you get what you pay for. You will notice the difference if you have been using some cheaper brand before.

As to brushes, it is generally agreed that a marten-fur brush is the best for watercolor. Sable is good too, and some synthetic brushes do well enough.
A good brush is recognized by the trait that it forms a fine point when wet, and keeps its shape intact when painting. Marten-fur is especially adept at this and it holds much pigment too.

If you have any art stores near where you live, I think they would be glad to help you in finding just what you need.

I am glad if this has been of any help to you. These are just some basic things. There is much more things that may affect one's choice of brush, paper or paint, but I will not go into them here. They are yours to discover if you have become interested.

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Timett In reply to Roxas4ever [2006-11-02 07:54:11 +0000 UTC]

Hm, just out of curiosity: What kind of materials you use? Overall quality of paper, brushes and paint really makes a big difference when working with watercolors.

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Timett In reply to Roxas4ever [2006-11-01 21:59:50 +0000 UTC]

Yes, indeed I did!
My painting skills are surely not THAT good. Still got much to learn. At times it feels like I am NEVER going to learn. Even this one, good as it may seem, is more luck than anything, I'd say.
I have got a queer trait: I can't honestly say I have mastered a technique until I can reliably produce a standard quality picture with it.
Ask anyone and they will answer that it shouldn't be the defining quality in any art, but I have made it so. That's just me.

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Timett In reply to Horatari [2006-10-14 18:55:58 +0000 UTC]

Sure it is fantastic!
That's because it is indeed fantasy.
Make certain to inform me about how you liked the first book. I'd love to know if you find them as great as myself. And I am sure that you do.

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Timett In reply to Horatari [2006-10-14 11:45:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for commenting!

The book is actually a series of seven books. The title is "a SONG of Ice and Fire" instead of what I hurriedly typed in the description.
The author, shortened to GRRM in fanspeech, is spinning an epic fantasy tale, but makes it in a way unlike any other author before or after him. It is gritty and realistic, with unforgettable characters and a plot that goes where it wants, not following any rules or the best quesses and fervent wishes of readers. In ASoIaF, the villain may be redeemed and the honorable hero may fall from graces and be painfully brought to the ground.

It has been quite accurately summed up like this: "A Song of Ice and Fire isn't pretty elves against gnarly orcs. It's men and women slugging it out in the muck, for money and power and lust and love.

The series begins with the book "A Game of Thrones". GRRM has already written four books of the entual seven and the fifth is expected to be published summer 2007.

I strongly recommend the series for everyone even slightly interested. In my opinion it will be one of the greatest tales ever told once completed. If you can handle the violence, rough language and sex scenes you should give it a try. You don't know what you are missing until you have read it.

More info and a spoiler-free review of "A Game of Thrones" can be found in [link]

I hope that my lenghty description has made you interested in ASoIaF .
Once you are hooked, you won't regret reading these books. Ever.

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Timett In reply to miamee [2006-10-13 15:32:25 +0000 UTC]

Kiitoksia!
Värit on kyllä aikalailla erilasiset kuin originaalissa. Skannerini ei pysty toistamaan varsinkaan hennompia sävyjä kovinkaan hyvin. Pitää sitten säädellä tummuutta ja yksittäisten sävyjen voimakkuutta aika paljon, että saa ne vaaleimmatkin sävyt näkyviin.

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miamee In reply to Timett [2006-10-13 15:43:29 +0000 UTC]

Juu, niinhän se vähän tahtoo olla. Sun akvarelleissa on kuitenkin semmosta valovoimaa joka näkyy, vaikkei jokainen sävy oliskaan ihan just kohdallaan.

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