Belle Tempête

In all my art classes, I was never taught HOW to use the various tools of art.

Like yes, form, and shape and space and color theory and figure drawing is important, but so is KNOWING what different tools do.

I’m 29 and I JUST learned this past month that India Ink is fucking waterproof when it dries. Why is this important? Because I can line something in India Ink and then go over it with watercolors. And that has CHANGED the ENTIRE way I art and the ease I can create with.

-Yo painters, use pencil if u must underdraw beneath an oil painting, the lead is archival but ideally you should be doing underdrawings in a muted earth tones (siennas, umbers, ochres or earth green) with some titanium white added to it. (The white nearly matches the canvas and earth tones naturally blend with all colors on top unless u do super thin glaze washes).

-Trying to make a natural looking warm black? Don’t use black straight from tube, Mix alizarin crimson and viridan. add raw umber to adjust for light depth.

-If your into mixed media ALWAYS use acrylic first and oil on top (the gesso on primed canvas is acrylic based and oil sits on top of it great). NEVER put acrylic paint on top of oil, the acrylic will crackle/decompose and fall apart/off the canvas.

-India ink is permanent and if your using ink from a jar it should say it’s permanence. professional art grade pens usually have there permanace listed either on the pen or the companies website.

-Red cinnabar is poisonous, DO NOT EAT IT, no matter how much like fruit loops it smells.

-Translucent and transparent are NOT the same. translucent is *shiny* and a cloudier color, ideal for mixing usually ordor making vibrant colors like for eyes, cars, etc. Transparent is matte and usually a 50% transparency from an opaque color.

-ALWAYS DO A TEST SWATCH OF ANY NEW MATERIAL.

-any paint made with “true alizarin crimson” “red lake” and “chrome yellow” pigment is a fugitive paint. Fugitive means the pigment fades dramatically and disappears over time, (usually 5 to 15 years) lots of van goghs paintings have this problem. be very careful with these pigments. Alizarin crimson especially smells extremely sweet and like fruit loops or fruit loops, don’t eat it.

-gauche is a mix of watercolor and ink, proceed with caution as this material can be an asshole.

-Watercolor can be made darker/thicker by letting it dry slightly in cake form or in liquid form and can be dry brushed if u get the timing down.

-Paint liquid rubber or lay down thin pieces of painters tape on edges in watercolor paintings to Prevent bleeding between lines if u need super sharp edges.

-always tape down the entire paper edges when u paint with watercolor to a board to prevent the paper from curling as it dries.

-add salt directly into wet watercolor paintings to absorb pigment and make shit look like space.

-Always paint in well ventilated areas and avoid getting lots of paint on your hands. lots of paint is made with heavy metals and can cause cancer.

-natural materials aren’t always safe, especially

-Ones u collect yourself, do your research before grinding, burning, sanding these things especially indoors.

-natural sable is good for watercolor if you can afford it, i have two smaller brushes i shelled out for to try it, and while i probably didn’t treat the finer point one right, the other one is a miracle i’ve had for nearly 20 years.

🦉 Do you listen to Blathers talk or skip over his dialogue?

🎶 If you were a villager, what KK song would be playing in your house?

🏝 Describe the aesthetic you have/wish you had on your island/town

🐱 A species of animal you wish you had on your island?

🎇 Favorite in-game holiday/event?

💡 What's a feature you wish would be added to the game?

🏠 What kinds of rooms do you set up in your house? (ex. Kitchen, display room, maybe a secret laboratory?)

👔 Show us your villager's outfit!

💰 What's your strategy for collecting bells?

💭 Share a memorable moment you have from playing the games

🌄 If you've played multiple games, do you like to look for villagers you've previously had or are you always looking for new faces to befriend?

🛋 Do you hoard items/clothes or are you a minimalist?

💌 Do you write letters to your villagers and friends?

📦 How willing are you to let go of a villager?

kaitlyncrossing’s New Horizons Giveaway!!  

Since we are FINALLY getting the game we have waited so long for, it’s time for a giveaway!!  The winner will receive:

A copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

A Hydro Flask & Hydro Flask straw lid (to match the special joy-cons!)

Resetti amiibo

Lottie amiibo

Assorted Animal Crossing stickers

2 small towels

a set of Re-Tail themed reusable plastic bags

a Blathers/Museum themed luggage tag

AND a K.K. Slider pin & Animal Crossing stickers created by @birduyen 

Rules!

no giveaway blogs

must be 18+ or have parental/guardian permission

you may reblog once and like once for 2 entries!

you DO NOT have to be following me, but I’m an Animal Crossing blog, if you’re interested!

Other Info

I am paying for shipping, and ship from the U.S.!  I am willing to ship worldwide!!  This is the North American copy of the game, for reference!  

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And just write the ideas down until the story starts to shape itself. Then when you’re ready, go back and delete everything before the point where the story actually starts.