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Old 10-18-2011, 12:18 PM   #1
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Bluefish watercolor

I did this recently using water colors. This is one of my first tries at this. I used to much color in spots. Overall the drawing came out O.K. I still need much practice. Lessons for this stuff start around $75.00 per hour, so doing it on my own is my only option.

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Old 10-18-2011, 12:25 PM   #2
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Old 10-18-2011, 12:33 PM   #3
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Nice Frank! Looking forward to future works. Keep at it. Impressive for your first piece!

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Old 10-18-2011, 12:41 PM   #4
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That's very nice!
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Old 10-18-2011, 12:47 PM   #5
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Wow very nice! If that's your first attempt, you have the knack. Try to blend your colors more and use more water on the paper to bleed them together.
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Old 10-18-2011, 01:01 PM   #7
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Very nice, Frank! You definitely have some talent. I'm still drawing stick figures.

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The fish and mouth etc is excellent , beetter than many I have seen from more experienced people. I do agree some of the color is too much but you really did capture what a bluefish looks like in the basic drawing!

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Old 10-18-2011, 04:06 PM   #9
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Wow very nice! If that's your first attempt, you have the knack. Try to blend your colors more and use more water on the paper to bleed them together.
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Thats the part I am really skeptical about. Didn't want to flood the painting. I know washing is the term, ande I need to work on it. Thanks NEBE

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Old 10-18-2011, 04:22 PM   #10
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Nice work Frank!!!! I've done some research on drawing and found a lot of interesting "how to videos" on you tube.... Give it a try!!!

Keepem coming!!!

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Old 10-18-2011, 04:22 PM   #11
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you did very well i think
as the shape is perfect...

colors take more time to master
but most people cannot get the form right
forever and you did it first try....
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Old 10-18-2011, 07:10 PM   #12
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Most Excellent!
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Old 10-18-2011, 07:28 PM   #13
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that looks OUTSTANDING!

two tips:
try wetting the whole sheet of paper before you start this will aid in having the colors blend or melt into eachother a bit more

and go super light on the colors as you can always add a bit more but once its on there its tougher to thin it out!

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Old 10-18-2011, 07:40 PM   #14
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Wow, very nice. I wish I has some talents!
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Old 10-18-2011, 08:35 PM   #15
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Uze got talent.

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Old 10-18-2011, 09:25 PM   #16
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That's great frank!!

Keep it up. Practice and patience will pay off.

I'd buy one!
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Old 10-19-2011, 08:26 AM   #17
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Nicely done. For blending buy a couple of fan brushes and start fairly dry. You have a good eye obviously just trust it. If you think something is going awry step away from it and come back to it. Great work.
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