This looks damn good

Dayum. I SUCK at watercolor. :c I suck at everything but ANYWAY.

This is lovely. :3

Just keep at it. I worked at watercolor (in seriousness, too) since I was a freshman. You start to learn how it works after a few projects, and remember that it layers like any other kind of paint.

I can't paint either. I can only pencil sketch traditionally, and even then it looks wrong.

So work on that. :>

I sketch out what I'm painting first.

As beautiful as always.

I need to experiment with Watercolors in actual reality.

I need to do more traditional medias period!

Lookin great, Ratte. c:

Watercolor you say? How on earth did you get those lovely pastel overlay hues? I've never seen an opaque white watercolor! It's just gorgeous, Ratte.

I have a tube of white watercolor that I use sometimes. Helps to keep the paper from getting really saturated and it helps to keep the paint on that's already been applied.

Basically I'm terrible and don't use the white of the paper as white for the image. :B

I neeeeeeeed to try this! I use pan watercolors, so this could be why I've never seen one.
Shuddup, it's not a terrible thing to do >:O It's inventive, if anything.

Reeves has good pan watercolors. They're high in pigment, unlike a lot of other pans, and they blend well. Since I can't find any of my other tube watercolors (also Reeves) I'm using pans that my last art teacher gave me.

If/when you get some money or something and you really get into watercolor, try getting Grumbacher. Their paint is amazing, but each tube (at least online from what I see) is a little over $2. If anything, get their burnt sienna, phthalo blue and green, and Grumbacher red (they have their own red, how awesome is that). I used these a lot at my first high school and they're amazing.

Haha, I'm still using a small set of semi-dry pans that my HS art teacher gave me too, I can totally relate. Reeves and Grumbacher huh? I'll have to look into those. I've never heard of Reeves, but I did get the opportunity to test out a partial set of Koi tube colors once. It was neat, but I didn't like the feeling as much as a pan. I guess I'm just accustomed to it.

Thanks for the tip!
(actually, I ought to get around to doing some water-coloring myself, it feels like it's been ages.)

Reeves pans are pretty cheap.

http://www.dickblick.com/products/r.....ckw=00320-1009

This is what I have.

I'd avoid DickBlick because their shipping rates are terrible.

Very pretty and yet melancholy.

excellent piece of work. I'm sorry your having such a hard time hun, but I tip my hat to you. the emotion this invokes is so real, considering I sleep 4 hours a night because of all the stress I am under.

On a side note, I think we need to up your price on the next book ok, plus I need you to send my your paypal again so I can give ya a bit more on this one.

This work is awesome hun, mad skilz getting stronger every piece.

Sleep is nice, but you don't realized it until you lack it, hnng.

I'll note you with my paypal when I finish this chapter. I'm on chapter six. Sorry it's been so slow, but between the book, making game stuff, mom and college, I'm doing what I can, haha.

its ok hun, the depression in my life had kept me from doing any editing, I however am on chapter 3 now and should finish it tonight. Thanks for all the good work, I need to be a better technical writer. But I really just want to be a story teller.

Nothing wring with that. Take it slow.

wring lol

wrong

fuck i'm tired

I love these watercolors so much

watercolors are gorgeous :3

You're so lucky to be able to do watercolor. I took a damn class on it in college, and I didn't understand any of it. Seemed like the class was really only meant for those who intended to do watercolor as their job rather than for fun. Why would the average joe need to know the difference between brush A, whose bristles are made from the fur of this kind of weasel, and brush B, whose bristles are made from a synthetic and apparently inferior form of that fur.

Blech.

But the pic looks nice, even if the story behind it is sad.

I actually use nylon brushes, which are synthetic.

If you do use them for fun you learn about different brushes yourself and how you prefer to use them. Liiiike:

Nylon brushes have springy bristles that are soft, yet flexible. They don't hold as much water, but because they retain their shape very well and are good at holding color, they're great for detailing if the brush is small (round), or great for blocking in a dark color if the brush is flat or bright.

Horse-hair and sable brushes are typical and are good at holding water, but I find it works best to use them if they're large. They're great space-fillers, but because it's hair, the bristles have no spring. If you need a quick layer of something, they work well.

Avoid "camel hair" since the quality is generally shit.

Head type matters. Longer bristles will have a more "free" feeling, shorter ones are able to be used in a more controlled manner. IE a round brush has better control than a rigger.

Since I work on small images, I usually use rounds, riggers, angles, and brights. All but riggers have shorter bristles and they also hold less, which is nice if you don't want your paper saturated. Pretty much all of my brushes are nylon. I don't really care for hair.

:3

It's Greek to me. The only watercolor I'm any good with is the kind that says Crayola on a little plastic container with a little plastic brush.

I could never figure out how to get the little bead of color to flow the way it was supposed to :p

I suppose that's why I failed watercolor. That and after I got sick of absolutely not getting it, I skipped class to play Magic with a buddy of mine.

ahahaha

Hey shut up! MAGIC IS AWESOME!

Heh, I really like the perspective and sense of texture going on here. The monochromatic blue color scheme leaves the viewer with a feeling of peaceful calm and tranquility. Excellent job rendering the shadows and the creases/wrinkles in the blankets too. :]

Keep it up Ratte.

This is...damn good. You are very skillful! Good luck with the whole sleep thing too.

This tugged at my heart a bit.

Well it's doing its job, then.

Why must you remind me that I have emotions? '_'

:3

This song attracts appropriate images to it I swear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaVNfZWBVhQ
Awesome picture

haha yeah that's a p good song for this image