#p; painted in water and ink [art]

[fangirlinglikeabus]

Anne Brontë’s heroine is a professional artist, a painter in a period where women painters were rare, for they could acquire no training. Branwell Brontë had attempted to enter the Royal Academy Schools and had set up as a portrait painter in Bradford, neither of which was a possibility for a young woman: Anne here usurps this privilege for her heroine. However, although Anne Brontë makes her alter ego practice a different art from her own as novelist, she herself was competent at drawing in pencil and ink and water-colour: her sketches survive from the age of nine (see Chitham, Life, p. 29). She tended to prettify her subjects, which, like Helen’s, were chiefly portraits, landscapes and buildings, both representational and imagined. She had a light, soft touch with the pencil, and a classicizing tendency. In her novels, she is fond of word-painting descriptions of localities and seasons. Helen, as an artist on a larger scale than anything to which Anne could aspire, uses the ‘male’ oils in which Branwell had received training.

-Stevie Davies, note to p. 46 of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

[cjsketchmonster]

Your water color art is so lovely! And the lines!! How do you do the lines so well without smudge, what pen or pencil do you use? <3

For the paint not to smudge it you need waterproof inking pens :) some people prefer doing watercolor first and then doing lineart but i personally dont.

As for pens i use a uni pin fine liner for the smaller parts of my lineart, i use a mangaka flexible fine pen for lineart and then a pentel pocket brush pen for black, and thick lines. The unipin is quite cheap and you can find them anywhere, the mangaka flexable last i got them is p cheap also and you can easy find them online, the pentel brushpen is a taaddd more expensive but its a good investment ive had mine for like 4 years and you can buy refills relatively cheap and they last a good while :)

Also Thank you!! I am working on improving my color skills so that means alot :D

[pandaerica]

I’m super happy, almost giddy about this pet portrait. Here’s why…swipe along for an interesting tale about mistakes can turn into wonderful opportunities for creative solutions. 💜 1. Final cleaned up digital scan 🥰 2. Close up zoom of digital art file 🔎 3. Zoom out of actual illustration 🔍 4. The illustration IRL (in real life) 🥸 5. The final presentation with a flap splash page on top. I haven’t cut/taped a presentation page on a piece of art since Don Brandes’ advanced media class back in college. 🤓 6. I mounted the water soluble crayon and colored pencil illustration on Strathmore recycled sketch paper to a thicker card stock and glued down the lavender construction paper die-cut on top because guess what…? 7. The original had the dog’s name spelled incorrectly!!! 😱🫣 8. Quick behind the scenes showing a looser study of Rhodey’s head in my sketchbook. Comparing the two makes me want to paint and draw WAY bigger from now on. Something I was forced to understand every day at college was how much more impressionistic scribbles and looser mark making can look. You can only achieve that kind of free flowing movement and looseness when you paint and draw BIG. I drew that study of Rhodey’s head in like 30 or so minutes. So freeing, so quick, & it looks amazing and fun (IMO, in my opinion). 9. The culprit prep ink sketches I was practicing at 100% scale a few days before I sat down to work on the final…clearly I was distracted that night…that pesky random “D”! Who the heck is Rhodney?!? 🙈 10. I swear I knew Rhodey’s name from the get go. Y’all saw my post of the original sketchbook explorations, right? 😳 Long story short, I would like to thank that erroneous N because it made the final illustration like 10000x better!!! Don’t you agree? 💜 • • • #PandaErica #kidlitart #petportrait #dog #dogsofinstagram #gooddog #crayon #colorpencil #constructionpaper #beautifulmistake #lifeofanartist https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqc5rshOmKM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lgcsoyoun]

MIN SOYOUN - The Beauty of the Enchanted Waves Sanctum

TW: mentions / allusions to child trafficking, prostitution, murder

Born to a family of fishermen, Soyoun barely recalls what her parents were like outside of being money-hungry and driven to get them out of poverty. After her father had gambled away what little savings they had, five-year-old Soyoun found herself and her infant younger brother Myungsoo being sold for a price high enough to pay off his debts. Soyoun wouldn't have minded, as long as she got to keep her infant brother by her side... However, it was not meant to be. They had meant for her brother to be raised as a soldier or a fisherman, while she had been sold off to one of the brothels that supposedly had ties to the ruling class, to be trained to become a performer meant to be played with by the men in power.

After initially struggling to adjust to her new life, Soyoun had learned to adapt. She always told herself that if she did what the brothel's Madam wanted, she would find her younger brother sooner. Years pass, and although she barely gets scraps of information, she refuses to give up. Throughout the years of learning the value of equivalent exchange, all Soyoun gathered was the following: her brother lives; the ones who had initially bought him have lost him, and some people have found him. But his whereabouts, his appearance, and his conditions are all unknown. Perhaps he has even forgotten who she is.

In the meantime, Soyoun devotes herself to becoming the best performer she can be. Of all the arts offered, dance and calligraphy were the one Soyoun had excelled in. This was evident as ink and water have responded to her more powerfully compared to the rest of the girls in the brothel.

Other than the arts such as singing, dancing, calligraphy, and entertaining, there was another art the Madam had expected Soyoun to excel in: the art of seduction. "With a face and body like yours, it would be a waste not to turn you into one of the finest performers in the sect."

As an apprentice performer, Soyoun had tailed an older, more established performer, who introduced her to many clients, including a painter who had taught her how to channel her abilities into ink and paper talismans, as well as encouraged her to pursue her affinity for illusions which she manifested through writing on her talismans in exchange for her virginity.

This encounter taught Soyoun at an early age that her face and body can get her anything she wanted in life, as long as she gave in to the whims of the men who were willing to pay the right price. Soyoun endures it all, knowing that the more powerful she is, the likelier she can find her lost baby brother, who she hopes is still alive.

Because of this training with the painter who she had given her virginity to, Soyoun has become powerful enough to paint any hallucinations that reveal the target's deepest hidden desires and fantasies. These illusions are tangible enough for all the target's senses to perceive as long as there is a source of water, at least until Soyoun calls off the spell. This ability is particularly useful for disguises and distractions when she performs, especially when the men she's entertaining want to be taken to someplace far away from reality.

With Soyoun reaching a higher cultivation stage compared to the rest of her contemporaries in the brothel, she finds herself the Madam's best pet project yet. "I paid a lot of money for you," she said as explanation when Soyoun asked. "And you're proving that you're worth a lot more than I paid for you."

Despite the many men of power and prestige who wanted to keep her, there was only one man brave enough to try winning her heart for himself: Choi Daeho, the son of one of her many generous patrons. He had been a constant in her life ever since her days as an apprentice performer who shadowed her mentor. Initially hired as a companion to help Daeho strengthen his cultivation abilities and a trophy to parade in public, the two of them had developed a genuine affection and friendship. Over the years, Daeho would tell Soyoun stories of the pocket realms that had the power to grant any of their wildest dreams and give them the answers they seek. Eventually, Daeho's dream to visit those pocket realms as his ancestors have done became Soyoun's, too, as she continues her ongoing search for her lost younger brother.

Although Soyoun's body, time, talents, and life were for sale to the highest bidder, her heart was the only thing that was not for sale, no matter how many have tried and failed. In between their harmless banter, rigorous training, and flirtatious touches, she had somehow allowed Choi Daeho to take her heart without realizing it. She would have been fine with just quietly pining after him for the rest of her life, knowing that performers like her were never allowed to marry into nobility. However, years into adulthood and becoming a respected performer and healer respectively, Daeho defied expectations and declared his intentions to marry her and get her out of the brothels.

The noble heir's desire to marry a common, lowly performer had caused a scandal in their circles, until Soyoun had proven her worth by achieving immortal enlightenment and defeating all the other potential noblewomen the clan had attempted to challenge her with. In the end, the family realized the advantage of having a powerful cultivator in their clan instead of letting her slip through their fingers, they accepted the engagement without much issue.

However, by moving to remove Soyoun from the brothels, Daeho had made himself an enemy to many of Soyoun's former sponsors and jilted suitors. On the night before they were to publicly announce the engagement, Daeho was found murdered on the way home from a diplomatic mission. There are many suspects, but no one ever figured out who the true murderer was.

All this lead Soyoun to moving back to the brothels, now that the Choi clan no longer has a reason to keep her. But their generosity and patronage remain, as this is what Daeho would have wanted. As she recovers from a broken heart, Soyoun devotes all her time to becoming the best cultivator she can be as she nurses her broken heart.

Just months after Daeho's death, the pocket realms opening and being among the chosen cultivators to visit and attempt to conquer them, this is the moment Soyoun has been waiting for: a chance to fulfill the dream Daeho had given her and to find the baby brother she had been searching for all her life.

[impulsivelycontentious]

New art project:

Wirdly Specific Pride Button/Badge

Pt 1 and 2

I learned a lot going from the demi-aroace bisexual dragon to the trans nonbinary bigendered rat. This is my second and third time using water colours respectively. Only one of them is for me :P

Rat is archive ink brush oen and watercolour with a pencil sketch; dragon is more obdviously pencil sketched and also watercolour and ink AND acrylic paint. Most important fact learned? YOU CANNOT ERASE PENCIL FROM UNDER WATERCOLOUR.

Did i have a lot of fun messing with flags? Yes. Yes i did. Thank you. Currently one more is planned and I'd like to do a fourth as well but it isn't sketched out

[idonutlose]

I'm having so much trouble developing my shading/rendering style in digital drawing specifically and it's pissing me off like am I just missing something? It's so much easier with traditional mediums (mainly graphite, charcoal, water based inks, and a wee bit of acrylic painting) and I know you've gotta do some work to give your digital art a bit of character since it's digital and all that but damn it's just not clicking nothing I make feels finished the same way that my physical media stuff does and I hate it :P

I know I probably just need to grind out a bunch of studies and stuff but mannnn I don't wanna I just got done with like three semesters straight of that

I'm probably just being a little baby lol just feel like I need to yell about it somewhere

[quoteoftheweekblog]

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[jambjars]

Ideation from my first MA Animation project, Red vs. Blue!

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Sale, T. and Sauls, B. (2007). Hand Holding Water Glass. [Ink, Scanned & Colorized] Available at: https://heroeswiki.ddns.net/wiki/Isaac%27s_paintings [Accessed 1 Oct. 2023]. Original work created for the NBC ‘Heroes’ series, displayed at Heroes World Tour event.

Poulin, A. (n.d.). Sunburst. [Acrylic Painting] Available at: https://www.allport.com/products/1018 [Accessed 28 Sep. 2023]. Part of an artist collective selling posters, prints, and greeting cards. Founded by artists, no date of artwork listed on site.

Gibbs, J. (2015). Hope your commute wasn’t like this? [Digital Art] Available at: https://www.instagram.com/p/9BugnVprbO/ [Accessed 3 Oct. 2023].

‌Savos, S. (2020). explosion! 💥. [Pastel Crayon] Available at: https://hamotzi.tumblr.com/post/190613779173/explosion-ig-twitter [Accessed 2 Oct. 2023].

Neumann, B. (2017). scarecrow, scarecrow. [Digital Art] Available at: https://ghostbri.tumblr.com/post/166728132830/scarecrow-scarecrow [Accessed 23 Sep. 2023].

DeLonge, T. and Martins, S. (2014). Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker - Apple TV. [online] Apple TV. Available at: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/poet-anderson-the-dream-walker/umc.cmc.6z9h825v7dpka65wa6jo82rq9 [Accessed 3 Oct. 2023].

Kiuchi, T. (n.d.). How could you? [Digital Art] Available at: https://www.behance.net/gallery/16753543/How-could-you [Accessed 1 Oct. 2023].

Lowenthal, C. (2015). N/A. [Digital Art] Available at: https://celialowenthal.tumblr.com/post/128716652888/first-illo-of-the-semester-will-probably-make [Accessed 30 Sep. 2023].

Princess Mononoke. (1997). [2D Animation] Japan: Toho.

Purdue University (2019). Boiling Point Elevation. [online] Purdue.edu. Available at: https://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/solutions/eboil.html.

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[jenringwrites]

WEEKEND ARTINGS: A SHINE-Themed ArtWalk, Kerouac’s Ghost and more

There’s a little bit of art everywhere this weekend, but there’s A LOT of art in St. Pete, where SHINE has inspired satellite art openings galore. Here’s your list of ways to enjoy the arts in the Tampa Bay area this weekend.

SHINE. Oct. 13-22. SHINE returns for its ninth year in St. Pete with 14 new murals, a graffiti-inspired beer release, and a special edition of ArtWalk.

“Far East to West: The Chinese American Frontier” opens at The James Museum. Sat. Oct. 14, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The multicultural exhibit showcases the role of Chinese Americans in building the American West. It’s family day, and kids (whose parents register in advance) can try Chinese Ink Painting with local Chinese American artist Hao Penghe.

St. Pete ArtWorks hosts artist and conservationist Tricia Lynn this October. “Lions and Tigers and Birds” opening reception is this Sat., Oct. 14, during Art Walk. Features live music, a selection of Tricia Lynn’s wildlife paintings, and live mural festival activities.

The Florida Wildlife Corridor opens a new art gallery in St. Pete. Sat. Oct. 14, 5-8 p.m.. Wild Space Gallery, located in The Factory, opens during ArtWalk with Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse’s “Circle of Water.”

Heiress showcases contemporary ceramics in “Dirt” at The Factory. Sat. Oct. 14. “Dirt” opens during ArtWalk with art from 11 different Tampa Bay-based contemporary artists.

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Wordier Than Thou haunts the Kerouac House with short, scary plays. Oct. 13-15.

A Rocky, Whorish Patter Show comes to Fringe Theatre in Tampa. Oct. 13-31.Because Halloween season is better with live theater.

Tampa Bay Coffee and Art Fest brings coffee culture to Brandon. Sat. Oct. 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m, at The Noise Box.

[dsilvadesigns]

Happy Sunday! “Choose happy”. Water colors , ink, Copic marker… and a little bit of colored pencil. Request painted for my wife. #choose happy #ladybugs #cute #flowers #daisy #daisies #cosmo #wildflowers #weeds #beauty #coloredpencil #watercolor #copicmarkers #ink #pen #dannysilva #dsilvadesigns #art #artist #traditionalart https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-i5fepPFp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[taliesinian]

The open mind finds inspiration transforming encounters into something new. Towers of stone and waters is a theme I return to often #sketch #art #drawing #artist #illustration #sketchbook #artwork #draw #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #sketching #painting #instaart #artoftheday #fanart #doodle #drawings #design #pencil #pencildrawings #ink #portrait #sketches #illustrator #inktober #watercolor #creative #love #rogerdean #rogerdeanart https://www.instagram.com/p/Co8g5SMLCGT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jingmatinong]

ALL Brush Impact Brushes Bundle is finally out. Link in Bio. #digitalbrushes #artistsoninstagram Save 40% on all brush packs in the bundle. You will get ALL my Brush Impact brush packs with over 140 brushes in total, including 7 Photoshop artwork files and 10 paper textures: * OILS SET: 1 Creature Photoshop file + 13 Essential Digital Oil Brushes. You will get all brush formats compatible with Photoshop, Procreate, Clip Studio (.abr, .sut, procreate .brushset) * 46 WATERCOLOR AND PENCIL Brushes: (1 set for WATERCOLOR and 1 set for PENCILS (charcoal, grease pencil, color pencil, waxy pencils) for drawing and painting realistic or stylized art. You will get all brush formats compatible with Photoshop, Procreate, Clip Studio (.abr, .sut, procreate .brushset). 3 photoshop files of all  paintings (character, candy cane and pickle still life). These brush sets mimic various water media (see candy cane and pickle) and drawing pencils that simulate the grainy and waxy feel of handheld media (see character). 10 digital textured papers for an added sketchbook effect. * 27 DRY MEDIA Brushes (works with Photoshop and Clip Studio) * 42 STYLIZED Character Rendering Brushes (for Photoshop and Clip Studio) + Tiger and Bell Tower File. * 9 INKING Brushes (for Clip Studio Paint) + Inktober PSD Breakdown For Video Demos: Watch Me use these brushes on Youtube. Thank you for your support! #digitalbrushes #procreatebrushes #gumroadbrushes #photoshopbrushes #clipstudiobrushes #digitalpainting https://www.instagram.com/p/CosrazKSM3N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nettlephagus]

I believe it's #mrcrippy One of the subjects I seem to be coming back now and then. Anyhow, it's ready. #octopus #art #painting #drawing #artist #ink #inkart #paintingoftheday #inkpainting #dropart #weird #love #monster #imagenes #cute #beautiful #water #underthesea https://www.instagram.com/p/CoePJMkM6t0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[artistopencalls]

🖤🤍➡️ @mallgalleries #RIclosingsoon: 🖤🤍➡️ https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/social-links ⬅️ ⏰ The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Call for entries closes very soon, on Friday 3 February! We will not be able to extend the deadline so make sure to submit your work ahead of time. The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) seeks the best in contemporary watercolour and watermedia painting for the RI 211th Exhibition. 🏆 The show, in spring 2023, offers the opportunity to win prizes & awards worth over £7,500 and have your work seen by thousands of visitors to Mall Galleries. The exhibition is the largest of its kind in the world, featuring over 400 of the finest contemporary water-based media paintings from around the globe. Since its founding in 1831, the RI has become universally recognised as one of the leading art institutes. 🎨 The Institute accepts various mediums including: Watercolour or water-soluble mediums including watercolour, acrylic, ink or gouache (excluding water-soluble oils) painted on paper or paper based support. Follow our link in bio or visit our website to submit your work today! www.mallgalleries.org.uk Image: Tianya Zhou RI, 'Praying for...', 31 x 31 cm @royal_institute_watercolours @zhou.tianya (at Mall Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoJ_JJWIQ9S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[desireedelamaterart]

Walking in magical winter forests in moonlight, the refraction of light and fog and mist. Crystal cold water in the stream reflects back the night. . . . . . . . #watercolor #art #painting #watercolorpainting #drawing #artist #illustration #artwork #sketch #artistsoninstagram #watercolorart #watercolour #aquarelle #sketchbook #artoftheday #instaart #draw #paint #ink #arte #nature #acuarela #portrait #watercolorillustration #love #creative #watercolors #color #folktaleweek #winterart (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn8elBlL9tT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[santoespanto]

𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐎: 👽✌️ Plastic dreams and colors in water!!! 🌈 ✨ New Paintings !!! 👌✨ * * * * * * * * * Hastags: #pencildrawing #cartoon #characterdesign #digitalart #art #photography #book #fumettista #comic #nature #ink #style #illustration #comic #design #santoespanto #bestofthebeast (at Fantasy Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn4KTlYK05g/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=