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Quatrain 52 by *Himmapaan:iconHimmapaan:

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Quatrain LII

And that inverted Bowl we call the Sky,
Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die;
Lift not thy hands to It for help,
For It rolls impotently on as Thou or I

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lllustration for the 150th anniversary edition of Edward FitzGerald's translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, published by The Folio Society, in a limited edition of 1,000 copies: [link]

Watercolours with gouache highlights on Arches Cold Pressed watercolour paper, 140lbs/300 gsm; 280 x 150mm.
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Please do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. :pray: Thank you.

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~TheDragonCellist Oct 27, 2009, 7:46:35 PM
Beautiful. :) That's all I can say about it...

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=kyrn Oct 27, 2009, 8:04:20 PM
Is there a certain brand of paints you use I wonder?

I find I can't ink outlines well on cold press paper. You must be drawing much larger than me.

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*Himmapaan Oct 27, 2009, 8:23:33 PM
It's quite small, I think, for most people. The dimensions are in the description; is that larger than you usually work? ^^

I think being extremely slow might have helped with the inking. Although I now no longer ink first. Quatrain 48 was the last illustration in which I worked that way. For the colour pieces, I now do the linework after the watercolour stage, with gouache and/or watercolour and a very fine brush. All the Rubaiyat illustrations except Q. 48 were done this way.

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*Himmapaan Oct 27, 2009, 8:29:40 PM
Outlines? :? Oh, do you mean the white of the paper? :D

It's white gouache. ^^

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*Yonaka-Yamako Oct 27, 2009, 8:51:15 PM
Ooooo! I read their write up! Niroot! You're going to be a benchmark for future illustrators! *squee!* ^_^ Long may you inspire!

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=Flynn-the-cat Oct 27, 2009, 9:12:29 PM
Something vaguely intelliglbe, yes >.>
Ah, gouache. I wish to play with that one day. Didn't think it could be watercolour.

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=kyrn Oct 27, 2009, 9:24:49 PM
Oh, that is pretty close to sizes I use.

I usually draw most details in with ink instead of finishing them with pencil. My pencil drawings aren't clean enough. If I didn't I'm not sure I'd know what I was painting. But I leave out parts I don't need an outline for.

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=kyrn Oct 27, 2009, 9:32:09 PM
With a brush it is probably easier. Using a small nib on textured paper is more difficult.

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