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Published: 2013-06-23 01:29:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 1634; Favourites: 106; Downloads: 0
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Inspired by a recent visit to Palomar observatory ([link] ), and by a photograph of the milky way galaxy ([link] ... ).Painted with pure transparent watercolor paints (W&N) on 140Lbs CP Arches paper. Original size 11Γ15β³
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Thank you very much, that's so nice to hear! Keep watching, I will post some more soon
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Wow, that's really hard to do with watercolour! I mean, color over color, stain over stain, and obtain this effect... U must be working with watercolour for a time now...
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Thanks for the enthusiasm! Yes, I have been doing it for awhile, but only in recent years I have had enough time to focus on my art. Make sure you have really good paint and really good paper. I know people try to save money thinking 'I'll use this till I get better', but it's almost impossible to get better with bad materials. The next most important thing is to be bold and experiment a lot, Also, watercolor paints do a lot of exciting, maybe unexpected, things on the paper. Dont treat it as an error, make use of it, incorporate it in the final result. Watercolor is a wonderful medium if you give it a descent chance, like a duet between you and the painting
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Wow, thank you for the hints, haha! And yes, my material is really the worst, cause I thought exactly what u said.Β
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Thanks, glad you liked it!
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Your fantastic work has been featured in Friday Night Features .
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Thanks for the feature!
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This is amazing. I was scrolling through the group and this immediately caught my eye. Β I am not usually a fan of water colors but you have changed my mind on the potential of this medium. Β This is outstanding and you should be very proud!
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Thanks for your wonderful comment! It's particularly rewarding as I used to have a low opinion of watercolors too, till I encountered the bold and free paintings of the Β 'california style'. Watercolor doesnt have to be wishy-washy
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Thanks, glad you like it!
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This is quite an amazing work of art. I'm find myself exploring my thought at the sight of it. It build a scenery for me to let my mind elaborate on and it's wonderful
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Very glad to hear it inspires you to imagine more, thank you!
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Great!!!And I thought first that it is my native village)))I was born and raised in the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in the Crimea,my father-astronomer.And there among the many telescopes have one exactly like this one in Your picture!)))))
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Thank you! Nice to know there are common features at distant places!
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This makes me think as much of underwater as of sky. The free form of the composition definitely conveys the feeling of floating.
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I think photos of space also have this 'underwater' feeling. Perhaps because the stars/nebulas seem to float in space, with nothing to hold them in place. Only things on the ground seem bound by gravity...
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