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Alright! Presenting the final painting. Took me a couple of days to finish but I’m quite pleased with the results :) (of course I had some doubts during the process (see previous post)) I think I learned a lot creating it. You need to remember I’m relatively new to the acrylics and still experimenting with them.  The things I’ve noticed here: I think I was using too much water to dilute paint and then I learned I should have been using special mediums instead :)  Glass palette is working perfectly … but paint dries extremely quickly even when sprayed with water mist. On the other hand, homemade Stay Wet Palette is making paint really runny... bugger. Art Shop masking tape was really bad and tore off some of the paper so bought FrogTape in a DIY store and it worked much better for me. I need to make (or buy) an artist value chart. It’s like a piece of paper showing scale from white to black. After removing masking tape and comparing to the white paper edge I think my values could have been better spread across the range. Same story with Dragon painting. That’s it for now. I hope you like this art-blog style post. If you do please comment and I’ll try to give you more insight next time as well.   #acrylicart #acrylic #originalpainting #painting #acrilicpainting #arcylicpainting #acrylicillustration #acrylicink #fantasy #fantasyart #walachnia # fairy #fairies # ghibli #radoslawwalachniaart #creature #illustration #originalart #artoninstagram #artblog #artist #forrestspirit https://www.instagram.com/p/B9rIU1tn-0n/?igshid=6gnt6tmga41x

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Lonely Bot by walachnia

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A quick dragon sketch in pencil, then ink and very expensive but rarely used colour pens :) Should I do it in acrylics now? :) #dragon #dragonsketch #smaug #inkart #inksketch #radoslawwalachniaart #walachnia #erebor (at Lonely Mountain) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9EX7YNndma/?igshid=8pcifd39qc55

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There's still some paintings left and I'm willing to part with them...for a good home ;) Come and visit me while they last @artistsmarquee in @burwashmanor Barton tomorrow - Sunday and next weekend 10am - 5pm. #walachnia #cambridgefantastic #artistsmarquee #cosart2022 #camopenstudios #inktober #shopcambridgeshire (at Burwash Manor) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgE9QSOI67i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Painting finished... and also framed. Enjoy 😊 30x40cm - oil on canvas panel. #oilpainting #oils #walachnia  #radoslawwalachniaart #illustration #originalart #artoninstagram #artblog #artist #originalpainting #painting  #arttutorial  #oilonpanel #radicalradek #oilillustration #oillandscape #landscape https://www.instagram.com/p/CJgxhFqntrZ/?igshid=7qj194hpy2z

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Would you like to see any of those as a small painting? Please vote if you do :) #radoslawwalachniaart #walachnia https://www.instagram.com/p/B-sJhVkH_uk/?igshid=bioa87c6vyt7

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Gouache variant.  I didn’t go crazy here and made just one version using this technique :) It was a bit easier for me to control the paint, to make the gradient smoother and add highlights at the end of the process and also because gouache is an opaque paint it’s more forgiving for correcting potential errors.  What I didn’t like about this paint is the fact that it reactivates rather easily. I’m sure there’s a way around it or maybe to avoid doing it… a discovery to happen :) I think in the future I’ll go back and explore gouaches more. I’ve seen some people doing amazing artworks with it and I’m not 100% happy with this first try. #walachnia  #radoslawwalachniaart #illustration #originalart #artoninstagram #artblog #artist #originalpainting #painting #gouache #arttutorial #robertromanowicz #bee #cutepainting #childrenillustration #drawing #gouachetest  https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NPEkYHqup/?igshid=1tpe48w24tder

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Starting the presentation with four, FOUR!!! watercolour (or watercolor?) pieces (1,3,4 on Fabriano Artistico Hot Pressed 100% cotton and nr3 on Arches Cold Press paper :)  As mentioned in a previous post I based this exercise on Robert Romanowicz acrylic painting portraying a Bee. I explored different watercolour techniques here: wet on wet, wet on dry, layered, with and without outlines, etc. All of them started as pencil sketches and then… Nr 1. I traced the bee outline in acrylic inks, which gave me a comic book look from the get go. Wing highlights are made with acrylic paint. Nr 2. Goal was to create smooth gradients on the bee’s body. At the end I finished with adding a bit of watercolour pencils on top of dry painting. Nr 3. Wet on wet technique with smooth gradients and patchy background. Nr 4. Is actually the first picture I made. Turned out quite OK. Some people like the patchiness on the body. I used masking fluid here to protect the whiteness of the paper on eyes, wings and antennae highlights. I’m not the biggest fan of this paper, it’s not bad at all but I reckon I prefer cold press type of paper.  Not sure which illustration is my favourite, I’m leaning towards nr3… what about you? :) #walachnia  #radoslawwalachniaart #illustration #originalart #artoninstagram #artblog #artist #originalpainting #painting #watercolour #arttutorial #robertromanowicz #bee #cutepainting #childrenillustration #drawing #watercolortest  https://www.instagram.com/p/B-IKNXrH632/?igshid=1icfnof1svgg6

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As some of you know in my spare time I’m trying to get back to “roots” meaning - traditional painting. I started experimenting some time ago and when I looked online and saw plenty of amazing artists creating magical pieces in watercolours, acrylics and gouache… and I was lost… so many mediums to choose from.  I wasn’t sure which technique was right for me.  So I decided to try them all!  (surely not all of them, really, but something in between none and all ;) ) I started with watercolours, then watercolours again, then more watercolours with different approach, then watercolour and ink, later I took on gouache,  acryl… man, that was a lot of painting going on :) As a subject I selected one of @RobertRomanowicz paintings portraying A BEE and not being exact with copying I tried to recreate the same subject. In the next couple of days I’ll be posting results of this experiment with my thoughts on pros and cons of each technique.  Stay tuned... #walachnia  #radoslawwalachniaart #illustration #originalart #artoninstagram #artblog #artist #originalpainting #painting #watercolour #gouache #acrylicink #oilpainting #oils #acrylics #arttutorial #robertromanowicz #bee #cutepainting #childrenillustration https://www.instagram.com/p/B99kVVkHGMb/?igshid=1m7jzz29kwgvn

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Robot Hunter. Another small acrylic painting on watercolour paper. Initially I’ve made around six thumbnail sketches just to establish basic composition and I was so eager to paint that I went straight into it. Finished it in one go, without a colour plan, without taking step by step progress photos, I was just enjoying the painting process :) I guess I was inspired by Ashley Wood concepts but hopefully I conveyed a bit of my style here as well. What I learnt with this illustration? That acrylics are drying a tone darker than when wet. I didn’t plan for that to happen so the whole thing is a bit on the dark side (of the moon?). #acrylicart #acrylic #originalpainting #painting #acrilicpainting #arcylicpainting #acrylicillustration #scifi #scifiart #walachnia  #ashleywood #radoslawwalachniaart #robot #robots #brokenrobot #illustration #originalart #artoninstagram #artblog #artist #sniper #hunter https://www.instagram.com/p/B91VLJdnLBm/?igshid=1mgvnk0haq7t9

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Work in progress on a fantasy painting. On the last photo you can see it's already finished but I'm teasing again :) Outline made with acrylic ink, then started with proper paint. Step by step shown here. #acrylic #acrylicillustration #acrylicink #fantasy #fantasyart #walachnia #radoslawwalachniaart #creature #illustration #originalart (at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9l-0UvHMEd/?igshid=on11hckl2njc

[radical-radek]

Next painting is on the way :) A fantasy one this time. Started as a small thumbnail, then made a bigger version and made outlines with acrylic ink... and then... #acrylicsketch #acrylicink #acrylicpainting #walachnia #radoslawwalachniaart #acrylic #creature #forrestspirit #illustration #originalart https://www.instagram.com/p/B9guMNYnitf/?igshid=1grabd5ugumdn

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Boom! Finished the dragon! I was yelling "Die you foul creature" But he was laughing in my face sipping 🍷 #acrylicpainting #acrylicillustration #acrylics #dragon #smaug #walachnia #radoslawwalachniaart #painting #illustration https://www.instagram.com/p/B9T_AftHc4Y/?igshid=1jpfgzfykn9kk

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Progress... #acrylicconcepts #acrylicsketch #acrylic #walachnia #radoslawwalachniaart https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Ouez8HDeO/?igshid=1knssja99ttty

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"Friends or foes" a quick picture made in Krita. Recently I've been I'm trying to use only open source software at home. #friends #krita #opensource #quickillustration #quickdrawing #digitalart #radoslawwalachniaart #walachnia https://www.instagram.com/p/B9B8pmjnkSK/?igshid=ztyjyflmu3k1