100 things no 3

[hrymfaxe]

The first art post in the 100 meme!



Back when I was painting Summerbike, I apparently had the presence of mind to take pictures during the process. So I give you a small walkthrough of how I did it:



I hope you enjoyed it! And please feel free to ask any question you'd like.

Comments

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

SO COOL!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was fun, even the slightly panic inducing moment of looking at the page after pouring the paint on.

[dawn_felagund]

That's beautiful! What a cool idea--I love how it turned out.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :) It was a lot of fun to do, and I really enjoyed the unpredictability of pouring paint on (that is in between thinking I would be unable to save it afterwards, lol)

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

What a nice bike trip (I had one today, before a storm came). Wonderful painting, m'dear :D

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Oh I miss my bike so much! It's too hot (and dangerous with the traffic!) to bike here. :)

Thank you. ♥

[switchbladesis.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that's absolutely lovely, and it was interesting to see how it was done!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love walkthroughs, and it was fun to do one myself. :D

[roh-wyn.livejournal.com]

Very cool. And every bit as fascinating as you. :)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Aw you are so nice! :) Thank you, bb.

[junkshop-disco.livejournal.com]

This is so cool. What always impresses me about artists is how you see the steps between what you have with the initial sketch and what you want to make. I couldn't do it, but I get how a person picks up a pencil and draws - but the rest? BAFFLED as to how you can see how to make that happen in stages.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! ♥ I love walkthroughs, for just the reasons you list here - it's so great and inspiring to see how someone made it from blank paper to finished painting.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I loved seeing how you achieved the effect and the final product is lovely!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

It was fun to make, but even better to share with all of you. :) Thank you very much for looking.

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic! And very cool to be "walked through" the process that you used to achieve the effect!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :D I love it when other artists share their techniques, so I thought it would be fun to do one of my own. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[ladyarcherfan3.livejournal.com]

This is awesome! As someone with no artistic talent, I really liked seeing the steps you took to create the end product. It fascinates me. It's an utterly gorgeous painting.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Even as someone who dabbles in art, I think it's fun to see how someone made stuff - it gives you such great ideas for things to try out yourself. :D So I'm glad you are enjoying this.

[zia-montrose.livejournal.com]

Wow, so glad you posted that. It seems like a very creative/daring approach and the results really payed off.

New appreciation for those spokes!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

It is a fun way of painting where you get to throw a lot of water and colour around, and basically hope for the best. ;) I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Man, those spokes! Next time I'm giving them one of those racing plate-wheels and be done with it! ;)

[sspring92.livejournal.com]

Wow1 I am forever in awe of creative talented people! That is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you for looking! :D

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

Oh my. I'm fascinated by the process where you pour paint on and swill it round, and the end result looks like the colours simply couldn't have fallen anywhere else. It's much easier for me to see such possibilities when it's with words! Do you have moments of panic when you think it might have gone beyond recall?

For obvious reasons I am saving this post. It's the light in this picture I love: impossible to look at it and not imagine the warmth of the sun and a friend to share it with. :D

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Yay! I was looking forward to you seeing this post. :) Moments of panic, I definitely had them, and I think between the day when I poured on the paint and when I actually started to work on it afterwards there was a long period of just looking dejectedly at it, and wondering how to proceed. ;)But I really liked the unpredictability of it, and the happy accidents when the colours just flowed to where they wanted to be.

Thank you so much for saying such nice things about this painting. I'm so happy to think about it being on your wall and bringing you sunshine and friendship.

[alias-amy.livejournal.com]

This was just gorgeous! And informative to a newbie painter like me! I haven't used masking fluid yet, and I love your technique of painting the negative space. Really awesome -- I'm truly inspired!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you, and I'm really happy to have inspired you. Go have fun with those paints!

Masking fluid is widely debated in watercolour circles. I like to use it, but others feel it is too hard to control and prefer to paint around the areas they want white (obviously this was not possible here lol!). And I love negative painting, once I wrap my head around it, it has some great effects. :)

[duck-or-rabbit.livejournal.com]

How long did this process take?

I love seeing the intermediate steps. I hadn't realized my badass hair was the effect of dumping paint on the paper.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

It took much longer than it had too, because after the pouring of the paint, I kinda had to take a couple of days of looking at it out of the corner of my eye before I was brave enough to start painting again. ;)

It's fun to see the piece evolve even though I was there myself when it happened, lol!

Your hair is always badass. ♥

[katyscarlett76.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! I've always loved that picture and it's so cool to see your process set out like that!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I love to the step by step from other artists, and I'm glad you all are enjoying this one too! :D