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I think you did a wonderful job on the watercoloring! The face ppossible needs a bit more work, but given how difficult watercoloring is for me, I admire your results. Keep at it! :)
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Its great to see other people working in trad! I love your sketches too. Im so jelly of that visual library. And I find holding down a job and the facade of a social life while juggling art is HARD. Great job sticking with it and keep it up.
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I can only agree with Adam about the traditional art part (:
I like the two designs you made for the CHOW, in the first especially the expression, in the second the hairdo. Although you say that in the first one the colours came out muddy, I still like it (sometimes those palettes work out as well) - although the shadows have a greyish tint, but that could be a wrong impression due to the fact that it's a photo.
About the colours becoming muddy tho, this can have different reasons. (I don't know if you take ready colours or mix your colours) In general, if you mix complimentary colours you will get neutral hues, and the more colours you mix together, the duller the results will be.
Also, what happens to me sometimes: the layer isn't completely dry and I already paint the new one, this also sometimes messes up my colours. For me there was also quite the difference between pans and tubes.
Mixing and layering watercolours needs quite a bit of knowledge about your colours and hues, as well as a ton of experience and trial and error, it's really rewarding though, so keep up the good practice!
In case you have a question about watercolours, feel free to ask me! I'm by no means an expert and I can't promise that I have advice if you have a specific question, but I've been working with watercolours for quite some time now and it's my favourite medium (:
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Man, thats sucks about your tablet getting stolen. :(