Winter's Night (Two) for Ignipes

[krisomniac]

Artist: krislaughs
Title: Winter's Night (Two)
Characters: R/S more or less
Rating: G
Medium: Watercolour
A/N: This was painted with a little drabblet written when it was very cold outside.

Comments

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

Oh that's a lovely, haunting watercolor. Lucky ignipes!

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

:) thank you. I wish it were bigger and 'popped' more, you know?

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

I love it so much! And I love the little drabble too. Beautiful.

Thank you!

*hugs*

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

hehehe no prob. I had fun playing with watercolour, even though I probably should have stuck with the standby pencil... ;)

[bogfrog.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's heartbreaking...and beautiful!
I think this is my second favorite (the thestral being my first, of course!)

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

awww. thank you! I really really need to work on the watercolours.

[riibu.livejournal.com]

That's such a heartbreaking scene. You're a talented artist!

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Although I'm definitely NOT a talented watercolourist. I can try ;)

[nassima.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm very glad you directed me to this xmas cards tag! This painting is wonderful. You can feel the night there, the cold and the smell and noises of the sea.

Remus' pose and Sirius' shape are so well done!


And the colouring, though unorthodox for watercolour, works very very well here.

I'm wondering though, because watercolours can take different meanings in different languages. Are you using a paint that is closer than gouache than regular watercolour (aquarelle)? Because with regular watercolour, it's very difficult, even sometimes impossible, to paint in white on a dark background. And this would explain why your colouring looks more solid and less watery than usual watercolour paintings.

But anyway, and I don't say it just to please you, this colouring works splendidly!

[krisomniac.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering though, because watercolours can take different meanings in different languages. Are you using a paint that is closer than gouache than regular watercolour (aquarelle

Probably. It's marketed as watercolour, but it comes in tubes. Also, I definitely tend to use it more like acrylic than watercolour.

And, yeah, this one came out better than the others, but overall, I wasn't pleased with the effect.