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Stav Ofer aka ´Silmarien´

"Firebird" by Stav Ofer aka ´Silmarien´

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Not much to say… a firebird standing on a bough.

Watercolor

Uploaded 6/2005




DateNameComment 
6 Jun 2005:-) Katie Anderson
I really like this, the coloring is great!

:-) Stav Ofer aka 'Silmarien' replies: "thank you!"
7 Jun 2005:-) Monica Robinson
Wow..... this is magnificent.

:-) Stav Ofer aka 'Silmarien' replies: "thank you very much!"
8 Jun 2005:-) Dawn D. Davidson
Wow. Beautiful use of watercolors. The simplicity of this is elegant and striking.

2 Stav Ofer aka 'Silmarien' replies: "thank you!"
10 Jun 2005:-) Lordvoldy
This is a stunning piece, i dont know why but it makes me want to cry. The delicate bird and the stunning colours are amazing. Kinda reminds me of Falwks (Prof. Dumbledore's pheonix)

:-) Stav Ofer aka 'Silmarien' replies: "Wow, it's really flattering to hear that it made you want to cry. thank you!"
13 Jun 2005:-) Bloodhawk
Oooh, I like very much! What a perfect choice of medium, you've really done this well...the use of colour and rendering here is great! Yeeeeah, well done! Fantabulous job! Very delicate too. ^.^

:-) Stav Ofer aka 'Silmarien' replies: "*blushes* thank you very much!"
9 Jul 2005:-) Annie-Pier Vibert 'Shae'
Another excellent piece. I like the background alot in this one, with those little blotches everywhere. It gives it a nice feel. Was taht effect intended?

:-) Stav Ofer aka 'Silmarien' replies: "thank you! the background wasn't planned - I was experimenting with "wet in wet approach" and I knew what kind of things I should expect to, but I didn't know exactly what it would look like or whether I'm going to like it or not."
27 Jul 2005:-) Taly ´TrollGirl´ Reznik
Smooth watercolour painting! *stares*. Awesome! I want to learn this wet-on-wet technique. So pretty.

:-) Stav Ofer aka 'Silmarien' replies: "thank you very much! the technique is quite simple: basically you first wet the paper with clean water and then paint on it while it's still wet."
6 Sep 2005:-) Marina "MashPotato" Siu-Chong
I really like the elegant simplicity of this picture. If I might make a suggestion though, I think this would look even better if the edges between the white and blue was sharper (to match the clean lines of the rest of the pic)... you could probably do this with a computer art program. But even without that, it is a lovely picture ^_^

:-) Stav Ofer aka 'Silmarien' replies: "actually my idea was that the "fuzzy" background would make the bird stand out more. hmmm... I'll have to think about it. thank you for the suggestion!"
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About 'Firebird':
 • Status: OK
 • Created by: :-) Stav Ofer aka ´Silmarien´
 • Copyright: ©Stav Ofer aka ´Silmarien´. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Bird, Firebird, Watercolor, Watercolour
 • Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
 • Techniques: Watercolour
 • Submitted: 2005-05-11 14:51:57
 • Views: 252
 • Resolution: 587x800


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