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Final painting for my watercolor class. This is actually a mixed media piece, with a primarily watercolor base, prismacolor pencils on top, and a bit of acrylic for the metallic gold and highlights on the obis. It's painted from a photo I took the last time I was in Japan (five years ago now!) at one of the random matsuri (festivals) that every little town seems to have.Original is 16 x 24" on 140lb watercolor paper.
Prints available in my Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/listing/194672508…
(c) Beth Zyglowicz 2008
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Hello! I've featured this in my journal ([link] )
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Hi! I featured this in my Best of the Best journal . Please don't respond unless, for some reason, you want it taken off.
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Hello! 
Just want to let you know that your beautiful work has been featured in the news - you can find it 
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Hm... strange, I don't see it there. But thanks for letting me know. :3
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Oh, my... I think, Coco just forget to add it in the news article. 
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Yeah, she did her own version of it, 'cause she couldn't find anything cool in her own pictures.
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lol... no offense because I know she only had four hours, but I way like yours better
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It's very lovely! The coloring's splendid. I almost thought it was real when I saw the image on my deviantwatch.
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Beautiful, it's always nice seeing some of your more traditional stuff
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this is simply amazing, I couldn't believe it when I saw it in the pile of paintings she was handing back... how on earth can you do such fabulous things in so short a time? It's beautiful!
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Thanks. 
I don't know about the time, thing, I've always worked fast... but if it helps any, this was the only project I actually got finished. All my final projects for other classes ended up only half-done, because I kind of killed my creativity with the stress I was under. >_>; Hehhe...
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that is fully understandable, all things considered, but I still think your work is amazing. I was so sad she didn't put up your greenhouse studies/landscape at the critique, but it's probably because she didn't want us to feel bad about our own progress...
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Wow and wow. It must have taken ages for you to do the highlights and shadows! Very very good job! I really like this.
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very nice
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Wow, that's pretty good. Hopefully you're finished with everything art related now for school as Japan approaches in a few days.
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Well, not everything got finished, but I turned in what I had. Now I'm gonna curl up in a ball in bed for a few days...
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its beautiful
it reminds me of the girls i saw when i was in japan
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Wow, a beautiful piece!
I can't imagine how long it must have taken to do all the details, especially the fabric o.o Also, I really like how you mixed your medias. The pencil on top of watercolour really stands out.
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The fabric of the kimonos wasn't so bad, but the obis... yeah, they took about an hour, hour and a half apiece. This was about three solid days of work altogether so... I don't know, maybe 12-16 hours total?
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Wow, that's very impressive! The result was certainly worth your time and effort though. Once again, great work! : D
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This is very impressive. I love when artists talk about how they used their media together!
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