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Submitted: September 20, 2011
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Make:NIKON CORPORATION
Model:NIKON D90
Shutter Speed:1/25 second
Aperture:F/5.6
Focal Length:35 mm
ISO Speed:400
Date Taken:Aug 3, 2011, 2:03:42 PM
Software:Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh

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From This House of Glass, a series of intimate and psychological nude portraits.

A Note on Medium
- The painting is watercolor on Arches 260 lbs. cold-press watercolor paper.
- It measures 16x20 in (or 40x50cm)

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~uff-uff-Kroha Nov 7, 2012 Student Interface Designer

beautiful work, full off light .love it))

~cobotenuss Nov 13, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you! I really took a chance on this one blowing out so much of the room. I'm happy I did.

*kiechi1256 Sep 28, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

how do you make it so your colors don't run ( or leave dry marks 'blooms')? ...I'm still trying to figure that one out; especially getting my paints to be darker (similar to yours)

---please have a look at me water sketches and tell me what I should do, please. I greatly appreciate and love your work.

~cobotenuss Oct 15, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Hi there! So I basically do two things to avoid those "blooms" you're talking about: painting wet into wet and dry brushing. Painting wet into wet means exactly that - I paint my colors into each other before they dry completely so they mix and bleed together on the paper. It takes some practice and depends heavily on how much water you have on your paper and in your brush but I'm sure you'll pick it up quickly. Also, one thing you can try is to wet the area you want to paint before you add the pigment so that when you do the paint spreads evenly. I do this when trying to add washes to areas (for skin tones for instance). Dry brushing is when you use very little water on your brush and paint more opaquely with your pigment. I do this a lot for textured areas such as blankets, walls, feet, hands, etc... anywhere where I don't need smooth transitions of light and color. Also, the type of paper you use plays into it as well. If you use thin paper you're going to see more staining as the paint seeps into the fibers and dries. I use a minimum of 300gsm cold press paper which helps in the equal spreading of water and paint!

I hope that helps!! Let me know how it works out and if you have any other questions.

*kiechi1256 Oct 17, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

yes that helps dramatically. Thank you so much for your advice; I look forward to more of your work in the near future.

~cobotenuss Oct 18, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Woo-hoo! Glad I could help. Let me know how it goes.

~sasha-r84 Mar 19, 2012

Love the fact that it's a woman of colour, generally ignored by many artists

~cobotenuss Mar 20, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

It's sad isn't it? I didn't choose to paint Donna because there is a lack of minorities in fine art - she chose to be a part of the series and there was no way I was going to turn her down. But still, I'd love to get a more accurate representation of my world which includes people of all races, not just white.

$mudimba Nov 18, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I think this is my favorite from the series.

~cobotenuss Nov 21, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

It's one of my favs too.

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