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| | From:  lilyannie1 (Original Message) | Sent: 3/21/2007 11:12 AM |
Hi, I have been doodling out a few miniatures - ACEO size (Art Cards Editions and Originals) = 3 and 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches <<<<< three and a half inches by two and a half inches (couldn't find the symbols for half) I love working from one extreme to the other extreme because it's a new challenge. They are images which I took off the net and added some of my personal touches. I want to tell you that that spider which I dug out of my shed roof was released back safely though I felt like squoshing it and watch it's innards pop out! Here, from a four foot oil painting to a tiny watercolour and a touch of gouache. I have been trying to sell them on Ebay without success - wrong time of year cos everyone is poor at the moment so I am selling them at my shop, beautifully doubled mounted to fit a 8inch by 6inch or can be trimmed down to fit a 7inch by 5inch ready made frame priced £15 each. I have only churned out these so far - there will be more because it's like going back to school doing my art exam! Hope you like them. Lily |
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Hi Jodie, these were done in a few hours each. Watercolour is transparent - almost like working out the bottom layer first and this will show through as you paint the next layer, so you have to think in advance. Using white watercolour because of it's transparency, one cannot cover the undercoats well so I use white gouache (opaque) for the white feathers and add it to watercolour for the highlights = the light tints on the head and wings. I love using watercolour at the moment because it dries fast. I am using the artist quality type not the cotman (student quality) as the pigment appears more intense hence paying double the price. Not sure about poster paint, I used a dark blue poster paint once for a night sky - I was painting an owl in flight. The paper was 25years old and I used it purposely to hide the aged stain. My husband still takes the mickey and tell people that I got £50 out of a piece of mouldy paper! Well, the watercolour plus poster paint piece is over 3years old now, and I see it's owner every Friday and he hasn't complain yet! You must have a go at using watercolour Jodie or even use Derwent watercolour pencils then run a wet brush over it for watercolour effects, it's fun. Presently, I am playing on the idea of thin washes - would like to interpret see-thru material - got rude subjects on my mind <<, these probably sell better than birds with wings! Lily |
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| | | From: Jodie-T | Sent: 3/23/2007 7:21 PM |
hi Lil I have worked with watercolours - I did these 2 a few years ago just to give it a go(tho they are actually quite a lot bigger than they look). I just find them fiddly and time consuming and unforgiving if you make a mistake. But I loved doing big colourful paintings with acrylics & put on with a spatula cos you get great texture that way- I don't have a lot of patience and that was so immediate I could get what was in my head onto paper really fast before it vanished :) And I love bright colours. Plus if you go wrong with acrylics you can paint over them. I could get something I liked done in a couple of hours like that. But then I started reacting to the chems so can't use them now. Another thing with watercolours is that they are ...ummm...watery, tho you're maybe using better quality paints than I was. So i'm thinking maybe I could try gouache or poster paints and thicken them up somehow so I can get that acrylic texture again. |
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Hi Jodie, all my miniatures were painted with a tiny paint brush and expensive artist watercolours -the ones used here cost £39 99p for 18 half pans. You can shop them cheaper on Ebay now. Yes, I have noticed the quality - very strong pigment and when you do paint washes you need to do more clean water washes to remove excess layers. I am experimenting with different textured paper at the moment, just learning about the potential with each, there is hot pressed type - smooth surface and cold pressed called NOT rough to very rough surface. I have even looked at some big sheets that cost £4 + French make I think and these contained some cloth material in the mix so I have been told. Maybe you could try some poster paint on the very rough watercolour paper that will give you some kind of a textured surface. I would use the 300grams weight ones cos you can actually cut/scratch a tiny bit off the surface if you make a mistake. Finally, you need patience with each piece of art. I have been distracted so much lately, I am finding it hard to go back to oil paintings that I have started previously. Lily |
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Lily these minatures are beautiful I love the robin one  Jodie that snowy picture of yours is beautiful too, again I just would not know where to start, thanks for sharing these with us |
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