Oh my God Secret City, I haven’t thought about that show in ages.
Lovely loose style, detailed without details is a challenge, looks great.
You nailed the metallic look of the armor. Kudos
Yeah, I used Lamp Black, Neutral Tint, Fr. Ultramarine, and Burnt Sienna. I wanted to play around with some warm and cool greys but I’m not sure if it loses a little cohesion as a result but I’m happy with most of it.
This one in contrast has that cohesive feel I was talking about since it uses only Lamp Black and Daniel Smith Moonglow.
Good is kinda relative. I like Arches cold pressed ($$$) or Baohong academy ($$). Any 100% cotton 140lb paper is probably good. Pulp paper is cheap enough I use it for watercolor sketches or studies which means I paint more but the quality is all over the place. Pulp paper is harder to paint on, it’s less forgiving of moisture control. Jackson’s has some good cheap blocks I recommend.
A wash, just being a separate, distinct layer of color or colors which is allowed to dry before a second wash may be applied.
I must have misunderstood when you said “flat”, just getting that even coat of color. Sounds like you’re using a bead to get an even wash, slowly working down the incline of your surface which is how I do it. On good paper using that method has always given me the most even wash if that’s what I’m going for.
flat water color
Might be your paper, getting an even wash has a lot to do with your paper. Your technique might be good but wood-pulp paper is tricky to get an even wash.
I’ve ordered Jackson blocks a couple times now. I’ve found the smaller Jackson blocks perfect for quick studies, practice, color checks, etc. The price is cheap enough on the smallest blocks that I just have them around the house, at work, in the car, I can pencil sketch something to paint later or whatever. Versatile.
I’ve been painting “real paintings” on Baohong lately, specifically the rolls. The price seems good for the quality/quantity but requires me to stretch the paper which I don’t like doing so we’ll see.
Just realized I was getting cross posted. Thank you.
Beautiful, love the light skipping across the lillypads and where the water disperses the light so you get those rich colors in the pools, ripples and koi are just icing. Lovely.
Also the composition flows really well, kudos there.
I had one of these when I was a kid, passed down from who knows, I used to love taking photos when I could get my hands on film.
Maybe the family brought it in…
I mean yeah, some might use the feature to create an echo chamber for themselves and all the toxicity that can bring is a concern, the alternative is a user experience plagued with content you literally cannot read. I exclusively browse via an app, Google Translate isn’t an option. I have no problem with Germans, if they want to contribute to discussion on English speaking instances- great, I want to see their contributions. I’d just like the ability to cut content that I will never interact with.
The concern that people are going to block instances and complain about the death of Lemmy due to a lack of content feels a bit like a straw man. One could argue that the inability to control content they consume might drive people away and lead to the death of Lemmy. That seems just as plausible but equally unfounded.
I’m sympathetic to your concerns but if someone wants to dodge an instance they don’t want to view for whatever reason they should be able to do that. Blocking posts on an instance from showing up in your ‘all’ feed seems reasonable however, I agree, the members of that instance should be excluded from blanket blocks.
Edit- also, sorry you got downvoted. And I’ll look around for the language options. Thanks.
I’ve got “English” already set so not sure what I’m doing wrong.
Or I could block German language instances. Why do you care what I block?
I don’t speak German.
I post here only so other people would feel encouraged to post. I’m flattered, but… no, no website. I’m just someone trying to paint their anxiety away.
Right on, thanks!
It’s actually a Halloween decoration.
I ordered half a dozen blocks from Jackson, thanks for the recommendation! It’s as good or better than any other cellulose paper and pretty inexpensive. Cold press and Rough finish is nice, have not tried Hot press. Definitely recommend this paper.
Thank you, I decided to paint almost entirely wet on wet to capture the softness of babies but I worry it’s a bit blotchy. Appreciate the comment.