That's a very cute foxie ^.^

Wow, very lovely style on drawing foxes! I am stunned by this, looks really awesome! Needs to be a fav of mine, good work ^^

Excellent again...

lovely guy. foxes are nice.

*Jumps on him and licks him all over*

a nice rendition of him indeed ^^

well done, well done :)

great pic ^_^

So how DOES one get the buckles out of the paper?

What you do is lightly spritz a sheet of paper towel with water (not sopping wet enough to make it slightly damp), and set the artwork on top (so in the case of a sketchbook, the page behind the artwork). Then you put a dry sheet on top of the artwork. Normally the art would then be sandwiched between boards or sheets of glass - I have some scrap flat sheets of wood lying around - but for sketchbooks I'd probably use any other flatter substitute (like those thin sheets of plastic they sell at japanese stationary shops to put behind a sheet of paper when you write or draw on top). But anywho, sandwich that, then just pile a bunch of books on top of the sketchbook so it's completely flat. After a haf hour to 45 minutes or so, swap out the damp paper towel sheet with a dry one. Squash again, then wait till dry. :) I wish I could find the link to show you, but that's the method I use to flatten out artwork i put in the show. I've never had to worry about wrinkly art ever again.

Awesome! Thanks for the info; I think I get the gist of it.

Also, how long after something is painted will this work for? I got a (very lovely!) piece from you in my sketchbook at FC'07, and I wonder if it's not too late to try...

It doesn't matter. :) The slightly damp paper towel rehydrates the paper the art's on, then once you start the drying process it goes any which way. You can kind of liken it to steam-ironing wrinkly clothing. XD Just don't use too much water.

Buckles? You mean those wrinkles that show up whenever I have way too much water soaked in my paper when I'm using watercolors? Please, I'd love to know how to eliminate those.

Also, if there was a way to control bloom... Xp

Look up one post. :) As for bloom, it all depends on how much water you use and the paper you use it on. =X Can't give much more advice than that. I just let it do its thing. XD

Ah, thank you very much. These answers are greatly appreciated, and once I get back to my watercolor pencils, I'll prolly be able to derive a lot more enjoyment from them :)

Ooh! Very nice. ;3

awesome pic