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9 Reasons to LOVE YOUR INK!1. - Ink can be used for drawing, writing or painting, anything you chose! You can use it with a brush, cartridge pens or drawing nibs, even a goose-quill will do!
2. - Ink can be water-soluble or, unlike watercolor, waterproof. Once dried out, it stays where you left it, it doesn't run away from you!
3. - Ink can be watered down and used as washes, just like watercolor, but it can be used at full strength, achieving more consistent results!
4. - Ink, when dried on paper, results in a very appealing velvety surface.
5. - Ink is in many cases a lot cheaper than watercolor, even school quality (very cheap) inks bring lovely and very satisfactory results.
6. - Inks are colorful! Forget the black ink, you will be able to buy whole variety of colored inks. Also, you can mix them together to create many more colors & hues!
7. - White ink is a perfect assistant in many other techniques, use it to create highlights and special effects!
8. - Ink
9 reasons to appreciate ACRYLICS1. UNIVERSALITY - Acrylic are probably the most versatile of paints. You can thin them with water and use as watercolor (they will remain permanent upon drying, unlike watercolor), apply them in full strength, create textures.

2. COMBINABLE - This medium is very suitable to be combined with anything you wish - watercolor, ink, pencils, oils... Free your imagination and experiment!
3. NUMEROUS SUITABLE SURFACES - Acrylics can be used on paper, canvas, wood, metal and many more surfaces (this is true, even though they don't adhere towards some surfaces as promptly as oils). This is a great advantage, when you get used to this medium, you can paint at whatever material you've got available.
4. DON'T STINK - That's right, all of you that have experienced headaches caused by oil paint might just appreciate an acrylic vacation!
5. FAST DRYING TIME - Composition doesn't seem right after you put down your first layer? This is not a problem, wait half an hour
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PE: Film and AnimationAs 2012 is coming to a close we can reflect on a lot of new technologies this year. Perhaps one of the biggest advances in technology was that of filmmaking both in the professional and pro-sumer categories with a new GoPro that has 4K capabilities, the Canon 5D MKIII, the Sony F5, and perhaps one of the biggest moves was that of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. With the exception of the Sony F5, these cameras all came in under $5000, making them readily available both for the professional world and for the pro-sumer world. 
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9 reasons to adore OIL PAINT1. FORGIVING - Oil is, even today, still one of the easiest and most forgiving mediums you can work in. Creating an oil painting is in fact relatively easy compared to other mediums such as watercolor or pastels.
2. EASY TO CONTROL - Oil paints are easy to put onto a canvas or panel. You just put some paint on your brush and rub it on the canvas or panel. The paint will generally not run or move.
3. SMOOTH BLENDING - Oil paints are king of the ring when blending colors together and creating subtle blends. Wet-on-wet is the sure fire way to get a smooth transition in your painting.

4. COLOR STABILITY - One great property of oil paints is that they don't change color when they dry as opposed, for example, to acrylics or watercolor. Oils stay pretty-much the same for a long period of time (however, in a very long period of time, oil paintings have tendency to yellow).
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This comes as a very first tip for a reason. Whether it's outside your house or outside your mind, changing your perspective will help the ideas flow.
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9 Reasons to PAINT WITH WATERCOLOR

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1. - Watercolors are FAST. They dry fast and you can finish a painting within one day. Given that you learn with every finished painting, you learn fast!

2. - Watercolors don't stink. No dangerous chemical fumes, no headaches, usable around little children. Isn't that a wonderful reason!

3. - Watercolors are easy to clean. You don't make a lot of mess, and if you do, what water fouled, water will clean.

4. - There is no need for white paints. All the lightness is already given by your paper.

5. - Watercolors are practical to use outdoors. All your tools will fit into a small pocket.

6. - Watercolors are RELAXING. It must be the flooding, but whenever working with water and brush, your mind is set on ease.

7. - Watercolors bring transparent, delicate and ethereal results. Sometimes even a few well-lead brush strokes deliver sightly accomplishment.

8. - Watercolors are DIVERSE. They can be used in many very different ways and are easy to use with other media.

9. - Watercolors are CHALLENGING. You don't need to be afraid that during painting there will be no need for your brain :D



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~Adorbtables Jun 9, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Many people say that painting with watercolors is hard, but i find it really easy! One of my preferred ways to paint, definitely :)
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~ExtremeYaoiFanatic May 13, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Another reason: They are GREAT for effects. -w-b
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Mood: Love *danydiniz Jan 22, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I agree with all those reasons.
Watercolors are my favorite traditional media. They're fantastic to work with. Oh how I miss painting with those!
This was a really strong motivation for me to use them again. : )
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Mood: Love *Carcaneloce Oct 22, 2012  Professional General Artist
My beloved watercolours :love: My main media, I think :love:
I love them for all listed reasons :D
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`Gwendolyn12 Oct 20, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
All the reasons are equally important for me to use watercolors. Gotta love them:D
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*yf19-sama Oct 17, 2012   General Artist
For ALL those reasons I like to use this medium.
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~zzen Oct 10, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Watercolours are best for small spaces, no studio etc - you just need one table, you can even paint without table. Watercolours are perfectly portable and even if you buy expensive art watercolours, if you work on small scale, you can use them long time - that is why I prefer watercolours in pans/ half-pans.
Watercolours are fun.
Ten minutes work with them give me more relax than anything else.

I love watercolours, but the truth is you NEED OUALITY PAINTS AND QUALITY PAPER - even person who does not know anything about watercolours can see the difference very clearly.
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Mood: dA Love =jane-beata Oct 10, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Very true - great comment.
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~zzen Oct 11, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
You know I started to play with watercolours long after school. We did lot of different techniques, but not watercolours, only on few ocassions. Only now I realised, how complex is this media and I love them more and more.
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~whiteheaveneleven Oct 9, 2012  Student General Artist
my vote will have to go to "watercolors are relaxing" :)
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