Cynthia Lane

Thank you Sandra! how very kind of you, much appreciated! 🙂

Congratulations! Trying to make our own with what we have sounds like a good idea. I wonder if they use specially sized paper or not? I’d be tempted to test a few different ones – freezer paper and parchment, for example. I wonder if on wc paper they would just absorb in. Do they seem to be on watercolour paper?

I love how fluffy and silky you got your chicken to look! I’m still trying to figure out how to deal with fur and feathers. Mostly feathers. I love birds.

I think you did well for a new person. I am not sure what I am doing for that prompt yet – likely not a person – faces and figures are hard, if you don’t get the proportions right they look like aliens – mine look like aliens. Your Snow White is definitely recognizable and looks human! I am going to keep working on the May prompts til I have…[Read more]

Good luck with all that, Lisa Ann! I can’t seem to process fast enough to keep with a drawing a day. So even if I am not posting I am working on them in some way. I have a few drawings done but since I am also learning to paint I have to do some fiddling about to figure out how. Well, practise makes us better, at least theoretically!

Great idea, Lisa Ann! I am behind and am so impressed you are keeping up! go Lisa Ann go!

Thanks, Mary!

Thanks, Lisa Ann!

Thanks, Sandra!

What Sandra said, plus I have heard of but not tried something called a “Posca Paint pen” which I believe is white acrylic paint – the benefit of it being you can evidently paint over it. But I thought acrylic was plastic more or less, so it seems that watercolour wouldn’t stick to it. But as I say, I have not tried it. (I try to research a bit…[Read more]

Thanks for this information, Sandra. I appreciate it. (I think I will try to stick to one type and get used to it, unless I take a class and they recommend a certain type for the technique. )

Yes, the price certainly does play a part. Someone said it is best to stick with a fairly decent paper to start with so it behaves the same all the time. I saw a video on youtube where someone showed how the purely cellulose paper swells unevenly and the paint doesn’t spread very well. I looked around and found a 100% cotton store brand – I am…[Read more]

Thanks, Mary

Thanks, Mary.

Thanks, Mary. It looks more brown in the photo but it is actually violet!

Thanks, Karen