#the traditional painting is gouache btw but i used it

[beanmochiii]

the chara dreemurr + the asriel dreemurr

[montydrawsstuff]

Been a bit down so I did some painting tonight. Felt like trying a more organic pose

[noxchievous]

Wanted 2 test out some of my new art supplies so I made this :) gouache on paper which is absolutely not meant for gouache + my silly brush pen

[doomedclockworkdotmp3]

i drew a unicorn!

[sylenth-l]

Hi hello, I love your art so much LIKE MY BROTHER. IT'S SO YUMMY, THE SHADOWS THE EXPRESSIONS, I love how you draw Timur , Felwinter and Osiris together 🙏 little bird with his two funky adoptive parents. I stare at your art like , I'm always ready and hyped to give traditional art another try ✨

If I was to go back, any tips for which watercolours to pick? I so far got only aniline colours.

Aah, thank you so much!! 😳💙

Hmmm, the thing is, I use fountain pen inks almost always for painting. I don't use watercolour much, so I can't really suggest anything in particular… I have a selection of colours from different brands, of course, I know quite a lot about pigments, and I like using watercolour from time to time to add some special effects to my works. For sketching outdoors it's also the easiest to use among all other paints, probably. But painting a whole artwork with it……… I try doing it sometimes, but every single time I end up thinking "God, I wish I used inks instead, I hate this so much, why is it so BLEURGH". I guess watercolour just isn't my medium 😂 

I can share my thinking process when building up a palette though, I use it with all mixable mediums I use, be it inks, watercolour, gouache, etc. I found it to be the most effective (and money-saving, lol) approach for me.

So what I want for my main mixing palette is to have 3 sets of primary trios. All colours also must be as smooth as possible, with no surprises or unwanted colour separation. For watercolour - not granulating ones.

(my camera tends to make all colours brighter and also fails to see the subtle difference between some shades, but you can still get the idea)

The first trio is extremely vivid, consisting of bright cool colours - lemon yellow, cyan, magenta-leaning pink. It gives you access to all the bright, open colours.

Second is the classic they teach in all art schools (probably, from what I've heard, I never went into one alkjdshfk) - sunshine yellow, bright warm red and ultramarine blue. This gives you a huge selection of warmer, natural colours, like all shades of golds, eggplant purples, olive greens, etc. It also allows some nice selection of wood browns.

Third is my personal favorite, the muted trio. You kinda can get similar colours from the previous trio, but I prefer having these separately, because of how often I use them all. It consists of golden ochre-leaning yellow, dark bloody red and dark indanthrone blue. It gives you the most beautiful browns, beiges, blacks and other rich, deep colours.

On top of that I also like to have at least one decent black (in my case it's Quink Black ink, I cannot live without it).  And these 10 would be my essentials. Other colours I add to my mixing palette are basically shortcuts to the shades I find myself mixing the most - like a few browns and violets. There are also a few inks that I need for some very specific purposes - like, I have a very vivid cold magenta ink to mix a certain bright cold shade of the Void, and also a fluorescent orange for adding shiny Exo LED lights. And etc.

(Actually I'm currently in the process of re-organizing my main palette and also considering making a few small sets for painting some characters specifically)

I also have a separate selection of chromatographic inks, which can probably be compared to granulating watercolours… But not quite. A few examples:

Here I don't have any special notes or advices, just get the ink you like and enjoy it. Some of these I use so often that I always keep them in my main palette, and others I only get out for some special occasion. These are also mixable btw - I constantly add other ink in Quink Black to get different shades of it.

However, I must say that not all of the ~special effects~ inks are polite and well-behaved, some will agree to work only on some specific paper after a significant amount of coaxing, and others will straight out say "fuck you" at the most crucial moment, even if they worked perfectly just a moment ago.

Btw, when working with inks, I really recommend to put it into smaller bottles with a dropper, so you don't have to open the big bottle each time. It's both easier to use for you and much safer for inks! 

ANYWAY, I hope this post was of some use for you 🌈

[atanerrum]

what brands of traditional materials do you use in your sketchbooks, may i ask?

currently I use Arrtx acrylic markers, mungyo oil pastels, koh-i-noor watercolor pencils that i have for 12 years now lol they will live forever. as well as some off brand alcoholic markers, you know those from aliexpress etc. Whatever graphite pencils i acquired over the years, I've never had one pencil run out ever... for lineart, i have pigma micron liners and brushpens, they're waterproof, but I can line with whatever, so. But they're good! I sometimes use gouache paints and watercolors and dry pastels, but they're from russian brands and not that much outstanding that I would recommend to seek them out, but yeah I use them sometimes in sketchbooks with thicker paper; I don't like the mess that comes with all the paint, so they're just somewhere over there, drying up lol! I'm not much of a high end branded materials guy, I can work with whatever, but I really wanna invest in some professional color pencils, I tried my friend's set not long ago, I don't remember the brand, but they were goood. Btw if you're interested how my pastel and high softness pencil works don't smear all over the pages, I set them with Mr. Superclear sealant!

[giritina]

hello i’m lazy to send message i was looking thru ur beautiful art and wanted to ask what are your favorite traditional mediums to use? I saw some images from your sketchbook (like the toys!) that looked almost like gouache or maybe acrylic, have you ever used gouache? LUV UR ART BTW AS ALWAYS

IM BAD AT GOUACHEEEE i barely have used it but i love it in theory

my sketchbooks are usually posca!!! sometimes rly thick acrylic but mostly posca... I guess my fave mediums are fountain pen, watercolor, posca, and acrylic paint hehehe

[gowendrawing]

Starts with a little question and answer entry. Because I've been drawing for a while. (Since 2007...)

Q: Can I draw something for you?

Gowen: Sure!! Of course. I would be very happy.

Q: Can I use your artwork as a tatoo template?

Gowen: ask me for a tatoo commission. Don't use my other artworks.

Q: Do you have any tips for me?

Gowen: Draw what you love! Take enough breaks and look for challenges.

Q: Do you ever frustrated?

Gowen: Very often! Sure. That is the daily life of an artist.

Q: Do you prefer digital or traditional art?

Gowen: I love to draw with watercolor on paper! It's relaxing. But I prefer digitally with because it's cheaper, more options and I love the colors palette and brushes.

Q: Where do you get your ideas?

Gowen: From the nature, other people, my own experience, my dreams, film/game/music, other artists and pinterest. I collect a few pictures on my pinterest. :)

Q: Do you use photos for reference?

Gowen: Of course, why not? I can't know all things in this world.

Q: Do you draw me a picture?

Gowen: I take commissions. Ask me. :)

Q: What program/Material do you use?

Gowen: I use Clip Studio Paint with a Wacom Cintiq. Brushes? Default brushes that comes with it. (You don't need to buy brushes...).

And for traditional art I work with watercolor and Gouache (Winsor & Newton), Colour Pencils (Faber Castell), Pastell Crayons (Faber Castell).

Q: Favorite animal?

Gowen: Red Panda and Cats

Q: Favorite game?

Gowen: I played alot. But... hmm.. Journey.

Answer not here? Feel free to ask me! :)

Btw. I love tea, dancing, studied grafik design/photography...