arty guest wrote:
Oooo I've not tried the prisma colours!! I've just started trying actual watercolour paints!! It's all very new and exciting!
I tried to post something i did the other day (I was inspired after I saw your beautiful drawings) but as i'm a guesty i couldn't upload directly and my imgur has my name attached to it. I'm trying to figure out how to make my dropbox anonymous and when i do that i'll post some stuff for you!
I tried watercolours in the past and found them quite challenging, it's hard to resist loading the paint and using them like poster paints, which isn't the point of watercolour - I love the clarity and softness of colour. Strangely one of my favourite things I've done is when I did a bunch of pictures for a aromotherapy website, I painted the plants the oils came from and did this single eucalyptus leaf which I'm sure most people think is really boring but I love! It reminds me of those amazing botanical drawings done in the 19th century (not as good i hasten to add!).
After seeing your animal pictures the other day I tried to challenge myself and painted a curlew! If I can solve my image hosting issues I'll post it.
I avoided prismacolors because I heard they constantly snapped and you needed a special sharpener for them. But after trying them yesterday on a little doodle, they seem to get a much smoother blend than the polychromos do. I do love my polychromos though, and I don't think the prismas will work as well for the Disney style I do.
I use tinypic for my uploads here. Select the photo, change the size to the message board option in the drop down box and upload. Don't need an account or anything!
I have issues with watercolours. I love acrylic and oils, though my lack of proper technique means they take far longer than they should. But I've never been able to watercolour. Oh I LOVE old style botanical drawings! I have a tattoo in that style on my arm. A red poppy with a single leaf and some forget me nots. Sometimes the simplest of images are the best though.