paddflask's Painted Arts

[paddflask]

Here's a wood elf that I made some time ago. My scanner has messed it upp. It's painted with watercolor.

[sinzi]

I love how you did the tree. is this from your own imagination or did you get inspired from somewhere ??

[paddflask]

It's from my own imagination but I was inspired by mythology and fantasy. I'm glad that you like it.

[Lianne Issa]

cool Pad, you did much better than i could from my imagination! having said that i'm useless with watercolour too! beautiful pose

[paddflask]

Thanks.
Hehe think it's still difiicult to draw from your imagination too, but watercolor is my favorite way to paint.

[rachel]

Stunning - just stunning

[paddflask]

Thought it could be fun to show one of my work in progress. And of course it will be painted with watercolor. The idea to the drawing is taken from the game, Warhammer.

The sketch

Half-painted

Here I've changed some things and it ended up like this.

[rachel]

again stunning.

[Lianne Issa]

wow. great detail! my brother used to into warhammer i used to sneak into his room and paint the figures when he wasnt looking heheehe

[paddflask]

Thanks, think the game have a lot that can inspire fantasy or sci-fiction drawings. Some drawings are just incredible.

[ktalbot]

Looking good, I used to paint the lead miniatures for warhammer and various other games. Have you ever tried painting in acrylic or gouache as your watercolour technique looks like you use the paint quite thick and opaque, which is more of an acrylic technique.

[klpdesigns]

Looking good, I'm not a Warhammer wiz but my husband is now reeling out a ton of names which probably mean something to you & Keith!!! Space-marines from some chapter or other!! :-)

[paddflask]

Jepp I know that my technique with watercolor is a little bit strange but I like that way to paint. I've tried acryllics some time ago but didn't like it, my brush were dry and the color messed up them.
But I dont really know what gouache is for kind of paint?

[ktalbot]

Gouache is like opache watercolour, its basically a thick watercolour in a tube it would probably suit your style quite well.

[paddflask]

Ok is thats the name of them, in that case I already use them accually in this painting, didn't know what they were called. Thought it was just watercolor.