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Published: 2009-08-05 20:00:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 2025; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 0
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Here you can see a dyptich, that uses both sheets of paper, between wich the paint stain is placed. This is NOT one stain, flipped by computer programm - these are two parts of monotyping process (and if you look carefully, you may notice that they are not identical, but slightly different).Usually I use only one sheet with a stain, but sometimes - as you may see here - I feel like making a "double" picture.
As for the story - as the title says - these are a Swamp Witch and her son - he might as well be a Swamp Prince. There's no basic story behind this, they just popped up in my head. I like swamps and slightly fear them at the same time (they are really beautiful, but I had an unpleasant experience of nearly drowing in one
) - I guess, my attitude can be seen here 
It was made many months ago - during a difficult period of life for me.
Watercolour monotype.
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When random is planned and slightly edited... Genius
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They're two very original and interesting characters
Just looking at their expressions makes me want to know more about them and explore their swampy world ....
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Same here!
But making MORE stories would kill me
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Like it
Really soft, deep and original. Great work
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Very imaginative work, like the other ones. I bet it's especially rewarding to find out where the colour basis is capable for, and to find shapes and "refine" those forms to highlight them. This technique looks very exciting, as you can clearly see the artist's attitude and affection here.
Swamp people, interesting indeed. Good colours, like a wet marsh or such.
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Thank you!
Finding out what colours can do is still an amazing thing for me - I was drawing only black-and-white for a long time, and when I "discovered" that there are different colours - it has brought sooo much happiness to me! And it still does!
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I love the ornamental desings on his face.. and the colors really reflect the different schades of greens, browns and violetts of a swamp! great job^^
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Thank you very much!
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They look so alike! Their hair is upstanding... oops! I mean outstanding... oupstanding, perhaps?
I take it he takes after his father.
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It looks like he does! %)
(There's still a question how did his father happen to fall for such a woman?.. %))
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On a serious note... she looks almost ashamed of him. And I am totally fascinated by their hair, one could lost in those forests for weeks!
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Most interesting! I like the depth that is created by each section of the figure.
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This is very inspiring to me. I hope you write the story. Just the title gives me some great story ideas. How long did it take to make this one? And, if you don't mind, what did you do here? Can you explain your process to me? It is very intriguing. To make it easy on you, would you mind explaining the process you went through for this piece?
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Uh... I'm not good at writing stories (especially in English!
The process is really easy. I put a stain of paint (or paints) on a sheet of gloss paper, and press it with other sheet of gloss paper. Then I part them - and I get two pages with stains. Usually I use only one of them (the one that is less deformed).
Then I add anything I like (in my case - faces, mostly %)) with brush and similar paints that I used for the stain. Here I added only faces.
That's all, actually. This dyptich is actually two pages in real life - I have put them together (and moved close enough) after I scanned them, in graphic programm.
I'm often being asked for a tutorial - I want to make one, but I need help with making photos during my work (because I need both hands for it %)). I'll try to make it some day
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Thank you very much for your process. I could tell you must use some sort of gloss surface. The texture of the paint is slick, almost metallic, like it hasn't been absorbed into whatever substrate you use. I have to say that is one of my favourate elements of your work. They all retain this water-like texture that is very appealing. People can tell when watercolour is used, it has a look, but it soes not look like water. Your work seems to me very mysterious and almost transcendental; and the fact you retain that slick, liquid, viscous, quality in your work reminds me of the ocean and all other things that have a glassy surface, but are deeper and more murky once you see past the mask. I really do enjoy these images. And, like the ocean, they always surprise me, as I said before, with their endless supply of shapes and ideas. The fact you use a relatively simple process (I am not calling your work simple 
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