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Published: 2011-10-22 15:48:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 605; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 6
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My first attempt at painting with coffee! (more soon! Suggestions?)I'm quite happy about this.
Took me around 4 hours I think (an hour and a half of which was probably spent just staring at it, I do that a lot)
Coffee, and a small amount of colored pencil and watercolor (mostly on the eyes, and black and brown watercolor to darken the coffee).
I know it's not perfect, and the background is simple, but it's because compared to my other paintings, I finished this relatively fast. So no crits, please
Inspired by the foxes that live by my house and the fall season in full swing right now.
Note: This is 2 images combined, there is a line showing that
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the lower right hand corner is blurred because that's where my real name was.
Do you guys think I could sell this? Or offer a print here on dA? Do you think people would buy it?
I'm feeling more confident since I recently got offer from people to buy one of my paintings, something that I was surprised about xD I didn't think people would actually buy them before...
PS: Get up right now and stand about 6 feet from your computer. I've learned my paintings aren't the close up type, they're actually better from a little distance due to my kind of brushstroke. Trust me, it'll look better.
My art- don't steal, copy, etc!
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hello i was wondering if you could draw me a purple fox thankz
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yesh umm white and purple if u can thnx SO MUCH
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This is great work, it's so different in style from a lot of what I have seen but nevertheless remarkable in its own right.
I'm not sure how print demand/pricing works here, but I've heard of other online stores like cafepress and etsy that let artworks be sold as various different things over the internet.
As for selling this painting as the one original copy, I might want to keep it in your position. I mean, as your art continues to improve and more people find out about it, it seems like the value of an original copy of an early artwork would go up with time. But I'm not sure- this just seems like something really exceptional to me!
And for suggestions, I would suggest perhaps landscapes. I've used charcoal and berries to make sort of mixed media artworks regarding the outdoors. Like maybe, coffee for the land/terrain. But then adding blue dye or watercolor or food coloring or some other blue pigment to the watercolor/coffee to make a river or lake. With your username, there's a lot of possibilities.
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Thanks!!
I appreciate you taking the time to write this
Yes, I agree. Earlier this year when somebody wanted to buy my Lest We Forget painting, I got really excited and wanted to jump at the chance, but my parents convinced me to wait and make the decision, and in the end I decided to keep it. I'm going to keep this one too- although I could possible go and get it professionally scanned, to make prints, some time in the future.
Thank you very much!
Charcoal and berries you say? Sounds like an awesome idea!
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You're welcome! And it's probably a good idea to get a high quality scan of something before selling an original work.
Haha, yes, I did try that once. But lately I'm trying new techniques for digital art. Like using terrain and nature models to create 3D backgrounds for animating. It's taking awhile to learn all the tricks because there are so many things that can be done.
And it's always great to see daringly original traditional media works like this piece.
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I wanna learn how to paint with coffee D:
Soooo beautiful!
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