View Poll Results: Thoughts on watercolor paints
Absolutely love! Yes please! 2 100.00%
They're nice, but I prefer other paint mediums. 0 0%
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Old 05-14-2015, 05:16 PM

Watercolors! You either love them or you LOATHE them from what I gather. I love em. They're my preferred painting medium. It's been a while since I've whipped them out and played around, but I was hoping chatting about them would make me want to paint.

What do you guys feel about them? Any trade secrets or cries of 'HAAALP!!'?

Do you have a favorite brand or is it kiddie watercolors all the way?

Want to share any pretties you've made? I'll reserve a post to pop up any art you want to share, whether it be a work in progress, a finished piece, or something you want Woody to put up on her fridge and pat you on the head for (and I might give you a cookie too. ;) )

Please keep all comments constructive, kind, encouraging, and follow the usual Mene ToS. Ya'll are good, I trust you. ;) Thanks! <3



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Old 05-14-2015, 05:18 PM

RESERVED FOR WATERCOLOR ARTS!


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Old 05-14-2015, 05:31 PM

To start, here's a Froud-esque goblin I did aaaaaaaaaages ago with watercolors:


He's a little wonky...but that's how goblins do, right?

I have a 24 set palette of nice semi-wet Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors. Yarka St. Petersburg Professional Watercolor Pan Sets - BLICK art materials I love them and they've lasted forever. That being said, they don't take well to cool tricks with salt...so I have to get a cheaper set for that. I also have some iridescence watercolors that I ordered online. I use them for illuminating manuscripts and for little faery pictures (and landscapes).

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Old 06-20-2015, 01:39 AM

I actually teach a basic watercolor class at the park I work at right now. Every saturday I let folks play with what we have and they leave with something they made. :3
Personally I have some small kits for field art and some basic colors in tubes for larger pieces.


A bit of field art I did back in college. roly poly geeses.

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Old 06-20-2015, 02:30 AM

Oh that's fantastic! I love the geese, Longcat.

Was the field class like nature journaling? Cause I took a class that was half science/half art. I'll have to upload some pictures.

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Old 06-25-2015, 08:39 PM

I actually don't like painting in watercolors, but I do like making prints in watercolors.

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Old 06-26-2015, 03:44 AM

How do you do prints in watercolors?

 


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