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[2010-02-18 04:00:28 +0000 UTC]
"Austin Ryan"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 29; Deviations: 5; Watchers: 6
Watching: 20; Pageviews: 3492; Comments Made: 166; Friends: 20
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Abdi FarahFavorite movies: The Music Never Stopped
Favorite TV shows: Fringe, American Horror Show, New Girl
Favorite bands / musical artists: The Maine
Favorite books: Brave Story, Harry Potter, The Old Man and The Sea
Favorite writers: Ernest Hemingway and J.K. Rowling
Favorite games: Jak & Daxter series, Devil May Cry, Shadow of the Colossus
Favorite gaming platform: PS2
Tools of the Trade: Acrylics, Natural Media, Household Items
# About me
deviantART has become plagued by pornographic illustration, suggestive mammalia, and fan-produced anime art. I can't remember the last time I saw good art on here.# Comments
Comments: 37
Im looking for a muralist, care to make a little money?
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Im not sure yet. Im looking for ideas. but i need it done by thursday at some point.
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What if I did a stencil portrait of Camila?
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ndkjsbfdbhsikdbhfhjksbefdhjksrfg. msg me. ima send you some pictures.
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Well, you seem pretty cool. C: I'm not a creeper, I swear. D:
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Thank you! Tell me, how do you get so exact with your watercolors?
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You're welcome!
Sorry, what do you mean by exact?
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I mean your paintings are very precise, and you have plenty of finely controlled lines! I'm jealous, I always get at least one mistake with my watercolors
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Aww, well. Maybe you mean the ink for the lines? Because I do use a pen holder and a very fine nib for the lines that I do. Other than that, I really like using the size 12 round brush, and some flats.
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haha no I meant that every time I draw an outline and try to paint with watercolors, it doesn't stay inside the lines.
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Hmm, what kind of paper are you using? Brushes, and watercolour brand?
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I vary with the kind of supplies i use. the last time I made a watercolor painting it was...paper a bit thicker than printer paper, with either roseart or crayola watercolors (it was all my school could afford) and some round brushes
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If you're serious about wanting to try watercolours, paper is very important. Especially if you intend to do layers of colours. I would suggest getting about 140lb paper at an art store (Arches is the brand I like, but it's the most expensive, you might be able to find something a little more affordable - just try them out!). They come in large sheets I think it's either 20x30 or 18x24, and I would get the coldpress (it's rough to the feel).
As for watercolours, I would get the kind in the tube. I use Cotman (by Winsor Newton) because it's a little cheaper than the Winsor Newton. The difference is that the Cotman pigment isn't quite as strong as the Winsor Newton brand, so you have to use a little more paint. It's about 3-5 dollars a tube depending on what series you get. I would start with a Cadmium Yellow Light or Lemon Yellow, Sienna Brown (or it's called Burnt Sienna), Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue or Cerulean Blue (depends on your preference, Prussian makes nice greens), Cadmium Red, and Alizarin Crimson. Some of these are a little expensive, so you can get the "Alizarin Crimsom Hue", the hues are a bit cheaper.
Instead of getting black, you can mix Ultramarine blue and burnt sienna to make gray colours.
In terms of brushes I would get a size 10 or 12 (I prefer 12 with a nice fine tip) a 3/8" flat is nice to have, and maybe a larger flat, some small detail brushes, and a Hake brush. The Hake brush is nice for background washes and it holds a lot of liquid, that's why it's nice.
Anyway, all of this stuff is pretty expensive, so I'm not sure you can afford it all at once (I know I couldn't!). But I hope this information helps, none the less! Feel free to ask if you have anymore questions, and good luck.
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I actually do have a book of 140 lb. cold press 11x15 watercolor paper. Its just that they didn't have any watercolor paper at school (it was also a multimedia project)
Okay, I'll have to look into the tubed watercolors 
I didn't know brushes came in sizes? /fail. My parents always bought me those variety packs of brushes, so i have all kinds haha...
thanks for the information
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Okay, usually the ones that come in pads are fairly bad quality, and I will let you know that is does make a pretty big difference to get the sheets, but if it works for you, use it for now.
Oh yeah, you will probably want to get some better brushes. I think sometimes they are good when they are in a pack, but I've never purchased them that way before you can't feel them beforehand. These ones are good: [link] I have the round one on the top. You can see the brush size on the brush itself, there will be a number.
No problem.
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Yeah I had a feeling that the variety pack of brushes wasn't really the best choice, and I would personally rather check them myself. Just to be sure 
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Yeah, they definitely aren't. Yeah, the pads of paper are generally not as good of quality as you were get as a sheet.
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I forgot to mention also if you have are having issues with control, are you drawing your picture right on the water colour paper? It's important to note that the paper will get disturbed if you erase on it too much, it will lift the fibres and make it so the paint bleeds.
What you want to do is draw your picture on a separate piece of paper, and then use carbon paper to transfer it onto the watercolour paper.
I'm not sure if you knew that, but I thought I'd mention it.
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yeah i've got plenty of tracing paper. I forgot if that's the same as carbon paper though!
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Carbon paper is the transfer paper you use to transfer the sketch onto the watercolour paper.
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I use the penciled paper method constantly
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Its all thanks to cheap teachers!
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Yes but it's like 20"x30" or 18"x24", and then you cut it up.
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Oh! Well i could handle that
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