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Diving Gray Whale

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Posted on October 14, 2016October 14, 2016 Full size 1000 × 786

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For all the 🦁out there! The Constellation of Leo ♌️ 🌟 Painted on cotton watercolor paper from @arches.art with watercolors by @danielsmithartistsmaterials ⭐️ painted with white pigment pen by @poscaoficial 🎶 Better Way by @kai_engel
For the Scorpio that has everything! 🦂🛀 My constellation of Scorpio (from my last video post), available as wallpaper /mural from @muralsyourway - link in my bio ⬆️
For all the 🦂 🦂🦂out there! The Constellation of Scorpio, painted with gemstone watercolors of Blue Apatite & Black Tourmaline, plus Cobalt Blue Violet, all by @danielsmithartistsmaterials. White ink for the 🌟 with a dip pen, on rough cotton watercolor paper by @arches.art 🎶Waiting by the Sea 🌊 (from the video app)
The finished test piece, painted with the watercolor paint I made in my last video. The tiny bottle contains the raw pigments of Azurite (blue) & Malachite (green), very different to the final Gunroku/Ultramarine Green paint on the paper. 🖌
There's something very calming about making your own paint. No shortcuts, just grinding until you're happy with the result! When I was in Japan I bought so many natural pigments, many of them made from crushed gemstones and semi precious minerals. This is called "Gunroku" (Ultramarine Green), and is a combination of the gemstones Azurite (blue) & Malachite (green). I added a few drops of rainwater (you can also use distilled water), and a few drops of gum arabic (to bind the paint to the paper when dry). Then lots and lots and lots of grinding. As I'm only making small batches, I use a small porcelain mortar & pestle I can cup in my hand. Larger batches you'd traditionally use a glass muller & slab, which I don't have anyway! The size of the pigment particles also plays a part in the final color of the paint. Larger particles give darker color saturation. I also bought a smaller sized particle mix of the same pigment, made the watercolor paint, and it is quite a few shades lighter. I'm loving the beautiful granulation of this mix! 💚💙 🖌
You can have my Bleeding Hearts on your wall, or, learn to paint them yourself! 🖌❤️🧡💛💚💙💜Swipe right 👉 Wallpapers from @muralsyourway Online Lessons from @miroom_official Links in my bio ☝️

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