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I was testing my new camera when I had the idea of taking photos of a few steps of my current drawing ^^. And here it is!This isn't a real tutorial because I'm not a professional artist, it's just to show how I proceed. So if you have any ideas about how I could progress, it would be very helpful
.And please excuse my English too, it isn't my native language (that's the first time I type such a long text in English o_o).
Completed drawing: [link]
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Thanks for the help!! Very useful.
Quick question: About the water colour pencils, does it HAVE to be water colour? Or could you use normal color pencils too?
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You're welcome ^^.
You can use any kind of pencils.
Though the water colours ones can be useful to "blur" some of the lines.
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that was actually helpful, i'll try it out at home...so wetting the paper before drawing, I have never thought of that d'oh
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I'm glad it's helpful to you ^^
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Thank you for the tutorial! It's very helpful
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Very nice, thanks you answered a lot of my questions. Your English is much better than most native speakers/writers.
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Thank you!
I'm glad I could be useful ^^.
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Lovely drawing~
So do you wet the paper or the colors itself...or both? i'm confused :/
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Thank you ^^.
In fact I do both, sorry if it was confusing 
Wetting the paper allows you to apply the watercolour in an homogeneous way, while wetting the colors allows you to adjust its tone (the more water you add, the lighter it will be)
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i see...so is it okay if i don't wet the paint too much? because i feel like i'm treating my watercolor paint like normal paint
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Of course it's okay, it depends on your tastes ^^.
Personally, I don't wet the paint a lot (except for very large areas).
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It's really amazing! Thank you for the good tips!
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You're welcome ! I'm glad it was useful ^^.
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This fits my style, excellent work making the tutorial!!
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Very nice composition, and use of watercolor. It was helpful!
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An impressive tutorial for a WONDERFUL painting! Excellently done.
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Thank you ! It's too much praising ^^
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this is really helpful! i always wanted to try painting using watercolor, but i suppose i'm just too lazy to find some tutorials over the net (i'm no art student, too, so.. yeah). Thanks very much!
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Thank you! I'm glad it can be of any help. Watercolor is so cool and convenient (doesn't require as much time and technics as oil painting XD).
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well thats wonderful! Thank you!
But i was wondering...did you tape your piece onto a board or something?
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You're welcome ^^.
I didn't have to tape the paper because its edges were already glued to the block. It's really convenient to prevent the paper from being distorted by the water.
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But did you have to wet the paper fully before glueing it on the block? o.0
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No, I don't usually wet the whole paper. But I know that some people do, I guess it depends on what effect you want to obtain.
In fact I didn't glued the paper myself, it was sold like that, which is very convenient in my opinion ^^.
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This is amazing! Really helped me a lot, thank you!
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u are professional indeed, thanks for sharing this
if u pardon me, may i ask what colors should use for skin?
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Thank you
For the skin, I use a mix of red+yellow (=orange) and use a lot of water so that it remains light. For tanned skin I add some burnt umber and a touch of black.
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all my pleasure!
thank u so much for your guide, i really appreciate it.
wish to see more great work from u
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This one was really helpful :] And the complete work is really pretty too <3
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Thanks ^^! I'm happy it can be helpful.
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ofcourse you're a real artist =w=; what makes an artist in your opinion?
good tutorial :3 keep on the good work ^^
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Thanks ^^. You're right, there are many artists out there that never got a diploma for their awesome work 
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Thank you! I was so afraid it wouldn't be understandable
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thank you! great tutorial and plus the only one that tells you how to make a skin color!
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Thanks, I'm happy that my little tuto can be of any use ^^
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waw, its really helpful for me.
i want to ask something, is there any big differences between watercolor in tube and pot ? cause i always see every illustrator use watercolor in pot,
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If u'll die tomorrow, what will u gonna do today ?
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Honestly, I don't know 
Sorry for not being able to answer clearly, but now I'm interested in this question too ^^
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no it isn't ! its very clearly for me 
so, its not make a big differences if i use in tube than in pot, right ??
sorry if i have so much question
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Well, indeed for me it isn't a big difference ^^. But as I said I'm not a pro so I don't really know, maybe it depends on the brand too.
There's no problem with questions, on the contrary I feel very honoured that people ask me
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hmmm, i understand now,, not a pro?? but your art is great...
thanks anyway...
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I am ALWAYS torn about watercolors -- I want to use them more, but I never know what to do about all the pencil I use, and no one has ever offered an explanation. Thank you so much for answering the question that's kept me from them! <3
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You're welcome
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