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Autumn Leaves-Watercolor by ~HappyDrizzt:iconHappyDrizzt:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Still Life

©2005-2009 ~HappyDrizzt
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My schedule kept me busy. I actually started this two weeks ago and finished it yesterday.

Three leaves. I arranged them precariously on my desk and hoped that no passersby would blow them away. They sat like that for two weeks. I spent considerably more time on the two brown leaves than I did on the red one (you can probably tell) because the red one was starting to annoy me. I think I need to work on shading and texture. I was very pleased with the shadows. I think I put them in just the right spots, so the leaves look real.
Maybe if I ever feel like it, I'll work more o that red leaf. It looks very out of place because I didn't bother to give it any depth.


I'm gonna do something similar to this in colored pencil soon. This one was done in Yarka Watercolors and watercolor pencil on Strathmore cold press watercolor paper (140 lb).

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~Morwilwarin Oct 22, 2005, 7:49:38 AM
Once again, Yarka pwns. This looks very nice and realistic. Especially the two brown ones.

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*robertsloan2 Oct 26, 2005, 8:55:55 AM
These are so beautiful. I love the three dimensional depth and detail you achieved with these! Way cool. I especially like the way they're curled and balanced on their points.

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~vytute Nov 19, 2005, 7:57:40 AM
very beautiful, it look like very airy.

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~yellowpokadotbikini Dec 15, 2005, 6:28:41 PM
I love how the red stands out from the browner leaves. It's so intense and beautiful.

Well done! :+fav:!

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~HappyDrizzt Dec 16, 2005, 4:11:11 PM
thanks!

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~sipsis Dec 18, 2005, 5:27:51 AM
Very nice work.
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*robertsloan2 Jan 31, 2006, 1:14:32 PM
LOL -- I saw this on =g-l-o-v-e and went to favorite it thinking "Drizzt, this has to be ~HappyDrizzt, I've seen an earlier version. I still love it."

Only to see it removed from favorites because I already favorited it. OOPS... well, I still love it that much!

How are those Kimberley watercolor pencils? I haven't tried Kimberley brand. I've got Cretacolor Aqua Monoliths and Staedtler Karat Aquarelles, both of which are very good in different ways -- Staedtlers are a bit brighter, Aqua Monoliths have their own unique texture and are woodless and seem a hair less opaque. Now you have me curious about the Kimberley watercolor pencils, which don't cost that much so I may try them later on when I do another Blick order. You were spot on about Yarka watercolors, the pencils are probably good too!

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~HappyDrizzt Feb 2, 2006, 1:42:54 PM
I have two packs, each with twelve Kimberly watercolor pencils. I've only really used them on rough, textured paper since that's the only paper i do watercolor on. I dont know if kimberly is artist grade or student grade, but their pencils do enough to get the job done. Some of the colors (especially the magenta) are a little pale IMO, but i don't use them much to cover large areas. I usually use them to outline or hide the appearance of pencil markings. Sometimes i just dip the pencil tip in water and lay it down right on the sketchbook - it gives a more vibrant color.

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*robertsloan2 Feb 2, 2006, 4:55:20 PM
Oh yes! I can see how that'd be interesting... but it's odd that you only use rough watercolor paper. I'm used to using cold press most of the time and recently a couple months ago bought a block of Arches Hot Press, which has a smooth plate surface that is nonetheless absorbent enough for watercolor -- and for fine penwork with watercolor it won't break up the penwork.

I love using the smoother watercolor papers and would have a hard time trying to deal with the full "rough" texture paper. I had some once and it drove me nuts.

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