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Livestream and HELP ME watercolorists! (Updated!)

Tue Jul 28, 2009, 2:15 PM

ETA: Sorry if you're seeing this more than once in one day. I'm a nerd. D:

~~I signed up for livestream but I'm too afraid to use it. XD Would anyone be interested in watching that bullshit?~~

~~Okay so I am going to do this livestream thing in about 30 mins (5ish PM EST)~~ More like 830PM or 9PM EST. if you're interested and want to come and watch or chat or give me pointers

jfaklj [link] Hopefully it works out alright.

Also, okay so I love water coloring but I hardly do it because I rarely get the results I want and even when I do, photographing them doesn't really do them justice when I actually feel proud of a piece. That said, I have a normal sized scanner, is there some trick to scanning in really large pieces without bending/ruining them? I'd loooove to hear any tips on that.

Also, my white ink has turned to bullshit and I'm wondering what others who use water colors use for white, since white water color only ever smears and I only use it for mixing. Booork. Thanks in advance if you can help me ;3;

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~rockstarREMIX Jul 25, 2009, 7:49:11 PM

Ahaha. I love watching people draw/color/paint via stream. <3 I'd totally watch.

D: Can't help with watercolor-related things as I don't do watercolor....

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~jmoran Jul 25, 2009, 7:58:58 PM

I'd watch your livestream! xD

ALSO, I use white acrylic for white in watercolors. Mostly because I'm too cheap to buy ink when I run out. I don't know about scanning and what not though. I'm sort of a novice at this shiz.

=Melii Jul 26, 2009, 2:57:56 AM

Hmm so acrylic is cheaper than ink? I'm not used to buying art supplies since I do so much coloring digitally X3 But I think we might have some acrylics. Sweet.

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=Melii Jul 26, 2009, 2:59:07 AM

hmm do you have particular streamers you watch? I'm curious to find some more. I've only watched Nay-Chan's and she was awesome *_*

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~rockstarREMIX Jul 26, 2009, 3:26:31 AM

I can't remember the first person's I watched... but I drop in to watch *Tikiya when she's on. (Aha, she's fun to talk to, too.) ;_; I want to find more people who do it.

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~jmoran Jul 26, 2009, 12:41:59 PM

Well, I have a huge bottle of cheap white acrylic that I've had for at least a year. I bought it for around $3-5 dollars at target or walmart or somewhere like that. *cheap*

~InorganicBoy Jul 26, 2009, 4:30:08 PM

_{I have never watched one of these LiveStream things before, but I'd totally tune in. :3}

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~Nahalenna Jul 26, 2009, 6:40:12 PM

there is product that can be used to give white to water colours... I AM BRINGING IT And we CAN HAVE A DRUNKEN PAINTING PARTY! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

i use different products depending upon what effect i want. is i want to lighten one thing i use this masker thingy i have, i also use white ink when i need too. lately i have been using a polymer mask to keep places i don't want to paint or that i want to stay white paint free and that seems to be helping out the most as i can make things pop...

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=Melii Jul 26, 2009, 9:28:17 PM

Hmm I should have also stated I need cheap solutions since I dirt broke.

Is polymer expensive? I can see if Alice has any, though I doubt it since she doesn't do traditional art media. I guess I've been lazy as well. It's easier for me to just paint non-opaque white over something, which I used to be able to do until my crappy ink got all disgusting and useless.