(Stencils) Realistc Watercolor Presets for ArtRage

[nekomata]

✨✨ ink stencil pack - 7 large scans — download link

with lots of granulation, pigment pick-up, and lots of paper interaction, those are very convenient for making fast, but very artistic background block-ins for further refinement and painting over,
and they're excellent for texturizing over existing artwork with series of washes on semi-transparent layers and layer combinations of various blending modes...

a sample of texture variety this stencil set can achieve really quick:



when combined with previous stencil packs, it makes creating some pleasant watercolor compositions even faster and more relaxing than before.

[markw]

A very pleasant surprise to see this this morning! Thank you once again nekomata
Now all I need is some free time to paint and experiment with them...

[nekomata]

A very pleasant surprise to see this this morning! Thank you once again nekomata
Now all I need is some free time to paint and experiment with them...

you're welcome!

I have a new batch of painting supplies in transit, and one of the paint sets has promising pigment granulation judging by what I see on youtube from other artists who paint with traditional media fulltime;

not sure if I'll be able to reproduce the result, but it will be something to consider through the summer, along with some other ideas.

I tried experimenting with salt, but it does not look too good when scanned at high resolution, and the effect just does not translate well with monochrome washes.
maybe i need different salt, idk, but so far it looks like throwing digital glitter speckles inside of artrage and going over those with a wet blender does a better job replicating the effect, much faster too.

likewise, having spare time has been an issue, but I hope I'll find some eventually.