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Latest video on youtube, I got bored and challenged myself to make a watercolour painting using only dollar store art supplies.
Conclusion, dollar store watercolor is gooey and weird!
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Watercolor 🎨
#Fanart#fan art#our life#our life: beginnings & always#cove holden#cove holden fanart#our life mc#i never got into watercolor so i'm giving that skill to my oc#let her suffer the same paint struggles i went through lmao#number one is mixing complex colors using my cheap ass lil hands paint#cove is just vibing tho he's just happy to be there
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I know exactly who needs to hear this: the reason models and actresses have smooth lipstick borders and the haggard fujoshi in our mirrors dont is because you have to get rid of all the peach fuzz around your mouth to be able to get a solid line with a brush or a liner pencil. otherwise it's like trying to get a crayon to make a solid line on top of a kiwi fruit. no one tells you this. they just expect you to either figure it out by yourself or look bad.
item 2: almost no one can easily or reliably get even, smooth, non-lopsided lipstick application by putting the actual stick of lipstick directly onto your mouth and dragging it around. I mean you sort of can, if you're just dabbing or swiping a light application or a color close to your lip color, but that thing in movies where the lady puts on a full mouth of dark red lipstick in a mirror in one layer in one movement like she's outlining a ghost on a paranormal video screenshot is a male fantasy. you have to use a lip brush or pencil (i really recommend lip brush, pencil still has the crayon texture to it on skin usually) to get a really precise border or edge and to make avoiding fuckups easier and also removing fuckups easier.
you can shave around your mouth with a regular leg razor and it's fine, I do it dry all the time and it's not a big deal. you can also use one of those twinkle razors. or an electric shaver
#pro doom strats#makeup#lipstick#also you dont need a special brush for lipstick#cheap brushes for watercolor or acrylic paint lile the yellow bristle blue handle ones are fine#usually a flat brush wuth a squared off tip is best for lipstick but use whatever works for you
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happy "i draw phoenix sad" day today and happy "i draw phoenix smoking a blunt" day tomorrow ^^ here's a kristoph doodle i did in art instead of my work
#2 years to go#ace attorney#ace attorney fanart#kristoph gavin#cw traditional art#art#watercolor#i work better with the shitty cheap pallets than i do the windsor and newtons in the class#what's that about ?
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forgot how long watercolouring a whole spread with bgs takes, so here's some in progress previews lol
#my art#fanart#traditional art#mp100#wip#mob psycho 100#reigen arataka#jerma985#watercolour#watercolor#truly this is taking forever#i dont want to switch to coloured pencils yet bc as much as i love polychromos#theyre bastards and they rub off onto the opposite page so fucking much#and im too cheap to buy fixative so like im just going to keep living with that and hating it#anyway yeah wip
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weird 2 say but sometimes i wish i was more into hobby/medium so id have an excuse or wasteless purpose to get more of it. Like. Wish I had purpose within watercolor illustration and as a medium in general so I could get those fancy artisinal watercolors just bc they look so beautiful
#(and i also wish i had a high paying job to support this bc some of those thangs are so expensive)#i know quality differs between em but i also dont care i just like pretty colors#its like how i got cheap alcohol markers i sparsely use but i dont regret it bc i love looking at them...#makes me happy to have a rainbow of pleasant looking supplies near me#i would NOT drop the money on artisinal watercolors though bc thats too much for something i wont use but god theyre so pretty#i see single pans of gorgeous colors and i wish i had a reason to Own it...and put it to use#talkys#like it would not be enough to have them i want to have them AND use them
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hater's personal maid (and still second-in-command)
#woy#wander over yonder#commander peepers#lord hater#death glare#deathglare#my art#friendship ends with professional watercolor now is cheap felt-tip pens are my best friends
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Hard year for drawing ideas, so I redrew this old one of Gale and Claire from 2009:
Proportions have improved drastically in the intervening years
#kirehn draws#art#artists on tumblr#my art#redraw#digital art#original was copics and really cheap watercolors and some colored pencil#now it's just ipad I've forgotten how to use actual paper#proportions have improved but there are definitely still issues that got me squinting#but I'm at the point that more hours isn't going to make me like it any better#sort of tempted to do the UV thingie to it I really enjoy doing that#but I've never come up with how it would look for claire#we'll see#I'm very busy with cross stitch v_v#I do really like the redesign on their wings since then but I've always been kind of meh about the horns#but I can never come up with a better alternative I like :/#I need to get a bunch of art put up on the sideblog I think I'm waaaaaay behind on that#how do folks keep up with sideblogs#pk:ocs#pk:gale#pk:claire
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Catboy 141 ^_^
#I got new nibssss I used the 日本字ペン for this#so cool so fun.#if ur able there’s literally no cons to getting into dip pens. They’re relatively cheap and easy to use and so fun…#catboy#catboy art#daily art#traditional art#sketch#doodle#doodles#artists on tumblr#watercolour#watercolor
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The wind in summertime 🎋
#jjba diu#josuke higashikata#okuyasu nijimura#koichi hirose#duwang gang#tanabata#yes i use cheap watercolors meant for children#I'm really rusty lol#trying to put more time into art since social media is such a letdown#I'm not sure if i'm feeling this one or not#I'm very on the fence about it lol#jojo's bizarre adventure
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PIKMIN 😊
#persona fanart#persona#persona 3#persona 4#persona 5#yu narukami#makoto yuki#p5 joker#pikmin#ignore how absolutely terrible the watercolor is these are CHEAP
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A couple more watercolor esk, testing out some new paper! It turns out that uh, using high quality watercolor paper has some benefits huh.
#watercolor#twwm#quirk#drawing stuff#i did find that the 300lb cotton paper was way more ink-smudgy than the cheap paper i had been using#which took some adjusting#and the bottom one is on hotpress paper and the smoothness was almost a little disconcerting#but i have these sitting on my desk and the paper is SO flat. beautiful#these were just sample cards but maybe i'll have to try picking up some more#really entering my watercolor era....#also i saw a new gall and gave it to quirk :)
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I've been trying to get back into painting this year, watercolors in particular. I feel extremely rusty on them, so most of my painting has been stuff like stain glass windows or other very geometric sectioning of the paper as I remember how to mix colors and smush them around, but I'm really pleased with how this lil guy came out, I love that he looks like a friend coming to say hello.
used a technique called 'accidental watercolor', which is where you first soak the paper and blob 3-4 colors on it, then decide what you want to paint over it. for example, this is my sketch over the first stage of painting;
I just really love doing this sort of painting. it always has a really cool color and texture effect for any nature paintings, especially if it includes water. plus it's really nice to have a step in the process that's just turning off my brain and letting the colors go wherever, it's very therapeutic.
#december posting#note for anyone who wants to try something like this: it works best if you're using ink or reallyyyyy good watercolors#unfortunately cheap watercolors tend to lift and muddy your top coats :(#i use ink watercolor pencils instead of my actual inks for my bottom layer because those are a lot cheaper but.. yeah!
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Hello everybody. If you are interested in my art, you can DM me.
#comission#art#fanart#my art#drawing#anime#atla#avatarthelastairbender#avatar#fantasy#commission open#fanarts#katara fanart#buy me a kofi#buy me a coffee#avatar katara#katara#atla katara#originalcharacters#ocart#oc#writers on tumblr#watercolorart#watercolor#books#book characters#cheap commissions#fictional characters#ink and watercolor
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some watercolor work + closeups!
#cobra kai#john kreese#doodles#barrett carnahan#close friends know ive been obsessing over this man’s shoulders and sad dog face… AND IT NEVER STOPS!#anyways shoutout to the 5 year old’s birthday party i snatched my watercolor paint palette from. best party favor EVER!#cheap (free) enough for me not to feel guilty about messing up while experimenting#and alright enough of a material for me to make something cool :-)
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The sorceress: there and back again (empty handed)
Magica De Spell and Ratface vs Scrooge Mcdragon.
Originally posted here.
Not the title I gave it, but a title I like.
Scrooge definitely has a dragon soul. I am convinced he is a sragon trapped on a cute little duck's body.
#for this I used those watercolors who have to activate with water. the cheap kind but I was satisfied with the result over all#scrooge mcduck#magica de spell#Ratface the crow#ratface the raven#madsteph's art#duckverse#disney ducks
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