D: I would so attend this if I was going to FC...

Cool!

I've worked more with oils than WC, but if I'm at FC I'll stop by and check it out!

I've switched over to gouache and acrylic paints, which can be used like watercolor. I may check out your panel - and I'll be running a panel myself about perspective.

can't attend to FC :c

i'm from South America and it's an expensive trip u_u

i wish to go :,C

Stretching paper (I'm so clueless!) and the background washes is what I'd really love to see, but looks like you're already planning to do it! I hope it'll be scheduled at a time I can actually come at. :O

Most of what you mentioned I already know (stretching, washes, masking fluid) and I realize these are foreign to many people, so I'm slightly biased when I say I'd love to see just painting in general, how you go about tackling challenging things like... Wood or glass.
Either way I would looove to attend this, barring any memory loss on my part I'll be there!

Awesome. I hope you can make it, tho I suspect you could just as easily run the panel!
It's always nice to get a chance to talk to other artists. Plus if I forget something or draw a blank you might be able to help me out! ;D

Haha I'm not so sure about that! Even with the basics that I do in my own art, I'm fairly certain I'll still learn something from you ;)

Dammit.. wish I could attend!

Oh.. and I was hoping to ask you about the badge commissions from FWA last year. I'm still happily waiting.

Make sure you tape it for Youtube or something.

Ooo! I can't wait to go to this! I'm not comfortable at ALL painting, so to learn something from you would be amazing!

I vote for fur and feather techniques.

Hmm, good idea, I'll add that to the list! :D

I would LOVE to see the basics, from stretching to masking fluid and all the foundation stuff. While I've used the medium before, I haven't done it "right." This is going to be a PACKED panel. Thanks for offering to do it!

I hope to see you there then! :D

My hope is to try and cover most of the basic technical stuff that often takes some practice to get used to. Stretching for instance took me a while to work out and I finally found a way to do it that works every time. It's nice to get someone to demonstrate how to do stuff like that, especially if you haven't had the chance to practice it yourself first-hand, otherwise you can end up wrecking a lot of expensive papers and things to get it down! I can't even count the times I destroyed pictures with repetitive stretching until I figured it out. I'm figuring most people attending will already know about art itself (probably more then I do ;) so it'll most likely focus much more on the tactile element of the medium.

I may also cover topics like how to flatten wrinkled paintings in a crunch by using a plastic bag, 2 Werewolf manuals and a Toyota 4-Runner, but that might be straying off topic a bit! ;]

Different properties of different paints and when to use them and painting brickssssssssss.

;o; I would only hope that your panel is not during dealing hours, though I know this is probably wishful thinking..

do you know when it's gonna be, yet?

Not yet, it is all a mystery still. But when I do find out I'll say something!

I would like to see you do a demonstration your coffee-as-paint method.

I believe I saw this particular technique at FWA :P

Just when I'm not at FC, aaagh! Here's me hoping somebody will film it.

I think it would be good to discuss color and mixing them. When I first started water color I thought I needed a million colors, but I'm finding out that only actually I use about 4, 6 if you add a brown and black. So it might be nice to give a pallet suggestion and how to get other colors using that pallet. Oh and how to make shadows without using black to darken the color.

Also it might help to talk about brushes and which ones are good to start off with. Speaking from my own experience it took me a few paintings until I learned and fully realized how important and useful BIG brushes are at the start of a painting.

Some other things that I would have liked to have been shown is dry brushing, being pointed out that a paint brush doesn't have to be held like a pencil, different ways to use a brush. Wasn't until the recent painting I am working on did I figure out how much a large-med flat brush can be used to make lines and marks that a round can, nice not switching brushes all the time when I don't have to lol.

Well that is just about all the mistakes I have made so far that would have helped to know from the start, and I'm sure there is more. Wish I could go to FC, that panel sounds fun alone.

oh something that I never see, but kinda borrowed from Samurai sword scabbard makers. When stretching paper use mashed up cooked rice on the edge of the paper to act like a glue and glue it to a slick smooth board. I use this cause it is cheaper than gum tape and less destructive than staples, plus I can paint edge to edge of the paper and still take it off without much damage. Just find a thin metal strip or tough plastic to work between the board and paper and it should pop off. make sure the paper is completely dry or it will not let got and tear the paper. There may be more to it as I am still playing around with this method. Also there will be some rice stuck to the paper after removal, I don't know what that will do to the archival properties of the paper if anything. I know that museum in Japan will still use the same rice glue for scabbard restoration, but that might be to keep with tradition.

Wow. I had no idea! I'm totally going to have to try this now. :D

Oh I forgot to say, I don't use butter or salt. Just rice and water. Using salt or butter might change the properties, for better or worse I do not know.

These are some excellent suggestions, I guess brushes can be quite confusing initially and I know a lot of people end up buying way more paint colours then they really need. I'll make sure to cover these in the panel or some accompanying literature. Thank you for your feedback! :D

I would talk about appropriate paper and paper weights. That is something I wish I had known earlier. I was never successful at watercolor and really hated it until I realized that it was mostly due to inadequate paper that was under 140 lbs.

(I won't be attending, I just wanted to suggest this, though).

This too is a great suggestion, thank you!

I'm afraid I cannot make it. Is there anyway you might allow someone to record the panel and if so would anyone be willing to do so? I'd understand if you have to decline but I would be willing to pay handsomely! PS thanks for all the great art from AC! "Outlaw" is sitting on my desk and everyone comments about it! I'm saving even more money to buy your arts (and Teagan's) next AC! *hugs*
Thanks for everything!
-Mike-

Have you ever done such a panel before? I'm looking on tips about how to do a panel. Ha ha.

Count me in, dude. That sounds rad <3

Hopefully we won't have any timing conflicts!

This sooo awesome!!! I can't wait!! When is the panel going to be? At what time?!?

If you'd be at all interested in reprising this or any of your other panels at fc2012, I'd love to have you guys back! I fired off an email earlier this week, drop me a line. :D