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kokumi009 (Jul 9, 2007)

Today we had our first colored watercolor activity and I had so much fun!
We did rocks and lots of other still-life paintings.
It was hard for me to get used to a water medium since I was used to a oil and pastel ones ^^
Anyway...This was supposed to be an animated version of me (with my poor hairstyle)
I try to imagince that that drawings come to life since water gives life. XD I know it sounds cheesy XP
The brush I was using was a bamboo one cos i don't have watercolor brushes from before.

kokumi009 (Jul 9, 2007)
drawn in 46 min

kokumi009 (Jul 9, 2007)
drawn in 1 min

a little edit...
I will outline and color next time ^^

psychofox0 (Jul 9, 2007)

nice and imaginative. X3. looking good so fars.

pancakes_rock (Jul 9, 2007)

Oh thats noice :3~ i like her eye and the little farie :D.

patienceisoverrated (Jul 10, 2007)

i like this :) the idea is so cute and I'm a sucker for anything with curly lines.

Sweetcell (Jul 11, 2007)

Watercolor is a medium I'm not good at. You have to be loose and not use such a heavy hand when you apply the paint, I never learned that well and my paintings usually end up like mud. Glad your enjoying the new experience though Kokum.
This is a sweet picture and look forward to the finish. Good job on the hands, and that fairy's cute. The pupils look misplaced but you can always fix that.

kokumi009 (Jul 11, 2007)
drawn in 48 min

this is the outlined and colored version! ^^
i will shade/paint it soon when class is over tomorrow XD

kokumi009 (edited Jul 13, 2007)
drawn in 1 hour 43 min

finished! i know the bg is kinda dull but i didn't know what else to use :(
Anyway, I think I should work on contrasting the colors A LOT!
I think I got confused with the lighting...
Criticism is very much welcome bec. I really really need it O_o

Rukia (Jul 13, 2007)

Just as everyone else said, very creative! And I love your semi-solid style of painting :3

kokumi009 (Jul 13, 2007)

Thanks!!! That means a lot!
I'm really still a newbie at painting but I really appreciate it! ^^
How would a solid-style look like?...If you know someone, I would also like to take a look XD

Sweetcell (Jul 13, 2007)

Well I have to say your better at semi solid shading than I am. Just look around and you'll find plenty of examples of solid shading. This came out pretty, love the red jacket, the flower and the swirlies. I never would have thought green for the fairy. I think you did good kokumi.