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  2010

  Jan 2
  4
  Calliope

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  Portrait from the abstract. I used a PITT brush pen and stippled the portrait over the abstract watercolour background in a watercolour moleskine.
  tags: ink | portrait | watercolour
   

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  Nikira 7:53 am on January 3, 2010 | #

  I really like your beautiful textures and stippling technique on the top. Masterful!! Can you, please, describe your way of making this amazing textures?

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  Calliope 8:49 am on January 3, 2010 | #

  Hi Nikira, the texture is actually quite easy to achieve. It’s wet watercolour, then press scrunched up thin plastic wrap onto the wet paint and let it dry before peeling it off. It’s one of my favourite techniques.

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  Nikira 9:29 am on January 3, 2010 | #

  Cool, we do it in acrylic on the wall, for faux marbleizing, use to do in oils, but in watercolor looks so airy, beautiful.

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  Nikira 9:31 am on January 3, 2010 | #

  Also did it in compound, and then in gold glazes and antiqued on the top. Very cool for accents.

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