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The movie is Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Some very nice artwork there. If you have not seen Tim's movies yet, I recommend starting with the "Corpse Bride", preferably in HighDef. A must see.

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I suppose I should at least know the name of where my sketch came from. I'll have to check out those movies. Maybe Amazon will have them on Prime.

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This is one of the most fun threads here, imho ~ so much talent!

 

You all are inspiring me (but that won't make up for my lack of talent, lol) to give this a try! I'm off to buy watercolor cards and batman stamps!!!!

 

Great work, people!!

 

Anyone gutsy enough to try an Anatole Krasnyanski? :P

Love the artists you've all chosen to 'represent' and the movies, too!

So, what's your point?

(Mine is a flexible F.)

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Anyone gutsy enough to try an Anatole Krasnyanski? :P

 

 

Guts is not the problem - talent is. I've sketched one out. Have to see if I can make it presentable before I ruin his work. Then again, if Macy Gray can get a record deal . . . :P

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ROFL!!! Point well taken!

 

...can hardly wait to see what ya come up with! ;)

So, what's your point?

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I need to start using erasable ink. Dropped the brush while painting the ghost face. :angry:

 

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Napalm, you have started a craze! I love it. Thank you!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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May just paint on card stock...couldn't find the watercolor cards. Beware.....

So, what's your point?

(Mine is a flexible F.)

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Go for it - all of mine are done on mixed media paper which sucks up water like you wouldn't believe. I went out and bought watercolor paper today and used it for the first time ever, though.

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... mixed media paper which sucks up water like you wouldn't believe.

 

Been there, done that, never again. If you're drawing on it with pencil/marker etc and then use watercolor just for a small accent here and there, it's OK, but if your main tool is the brush, it's terrible. Go for 140lbs "cold press" watercolor paper, any brand you want, and it will be vastly better.

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Been there, done that, never again. If you're drawing on it with pencil/marker etc and then use watercolor just for a small accent here and there, it's OK, but if your main tool is the brush, it's terrible. Go for 140lbs "cold press" watercolor paper, any brand you want, and it will be vastly better.

 

The biggest problem is that is wicks too quickly so it's impossible to get any color gradation unless you practically soak the paper with water. I had had enough so I went to Michael's to poke around. I had forgotten how cheap Michael's is - they always have 40-50% off coupons that you can have them scan from your phone. Cost me about $9 for 12 9x12 Canson sheets and 30 11x15 XL.I used to use the mixed media notebook for practice with acrylics, which worked pretty well as long as I painted some gesso on it.

 

I picked up a really cheap 90lb Canson student grade watercolor paper as well as a book of 140lb by XL, both of which are labelled cold press. The Canson is much better than media paper, but still warps quite a bit. Have not tried the XL yet.

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That's really beautiful, Napalm! Is this watercolor? So precise!

 

Thanks Lou, it's watercolor on 4"x6" (postcard size) paper. I used a Sakura 01 light blue fineliner for the outlines and it probably contributes to the perceived sharpness.

 

I'm thinking of loading my Pilot 912 with PO nib with some permanent ink and using it instead of markers but I'm reluctant as I don't want to clog it with some "carbon" "nano" or otherwise clog prone stuff. Maybe I should get the way less expensive Platinum desk pen for such purposes. :eureka:

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i don't know if this PIF is still running. I tried this with inks (this one) and another one with watercolor pencils which is still drying. i would definitely love to try some papers to do this on a small scale as cards for family. I am hooked! This being the first in some old samples from Blick, which i requested for same project in the future- is not perfect. I am hooked!

 

Parchment paper (this curled up)

 

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Unfortunately the following had already some written words while i tested the paper and i wrote over the washed out letters to cover them.

189 lb wt. (better)

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Will you be mailing these to me? I was trying to use it as an avatar...Also, am I missing a few?

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That is too funny!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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