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    FINISHED! Artist Study: Mark Teague

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    study artist copying traditional gouache
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    • Rob Smith
      Rob Smith last edited by

      It will be interesting to see the difference between your traditional work and digital. Nice job!

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      • bharris
        bharris last edited by

        Good work! I love copying and then I love taking the work in another direction. Can't wait to see your final!

        www.brittanyharrisillustration.com/
        www.instagram.com/britillustration/

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        • Dan Tavis
          Dan Tavis last edited by

          Great idea. Learning from the masters is a great practice. Can't wait to see more!

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          • Ben J Hutchison
            Ben J Hutchison last edited by

            Round 2. I focused on the girl and I feared this the most because her face is so small and I didn't want to over or under work the paint. When I use gouache, I tend to block in color and then almost immediately add water and begin pulling pigment and pushing the color to blend. Though sometimes you can work the blends later in the process with gouache, I've found many times that adding water say a day or two later just pulls up all the pigment leaving you with a gaping hole in your piece. My next step is to work the background together by adding trees, sky, shadow, and light to the ground.
            Also, for those of you interested, this is from a book called Pancakes for Supper.
            pancaketeague3.jpg
            pancaketeague4.jpg

            http://www.benjhutch.com | https://instagram.com/benjhutchison/ | https://twitter.com/benjhutchison |

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            • bharris
              bharris last edited by

              Keep it up!

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              • Naroth Kean
                Naroth Kean last edited by

                looking good!

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                • Will Terry
                  Will Terry last edited by

                  Love to see artist copies like this! This is where the learning really ramps up! We've had this sort of thing beaten out of us since grade school and I struggle to get my students to understand that it's not only essential - it's OK!

                  SVS Instructor
                  http://willterry.com/

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                  • MOO
                    MOO SVS OG last edited by

                    Wow! It looks really good! I will have to look at the link you sent. I also want to learn about gouache as I have never used it. I have done acrylic and water color mainly.

                    Marsha Ottum Owen

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                    • Ben J Hutchison
                      Ben J Hutchison last edited by

                      Thanks for the support everyone. @Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Gouache is a versatile painting medium but can be frustrating at times because of its versatility. It can work like acrylic but it can also wash well like watercolor. I find that I tend to push and pull a lot with the paint. The original was done in oil, so there were some qualities that I struggled to reproduce, but overall I was happy with the results.

                      http://www.benjhutch.com | https://instagram.com/benjhutchison/ | https://twitter.com/benjhutchison |

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                      • Ben J Hutchison
                        Ben J Hutchison last edited by

                        Finished! I really liked how this turned out. I wrote out a little more about my process on my blog
                        HERE. Up next, Digital version!
                        PancakeTeague6.jpg
                        Pancaketeague5.jpg

                        http://www.benjhutch.com | https://instagram.com/benjhutchison/ | https://twitter.com/benjhutchison |

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                        • Naroth Kean
                          Naroth Kean last edited by

                          that look really good! I don't have any experience with Gauche but I like this.

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                          • MOO
                            MOO SVS OG last edited by

                            Perfect! You really nailed it.

                            Marsha Ottum Owen

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                            • Leontine
                              Leontine last edited by

                              well done! Beautiful. A tip when your working on the digital version, try a green that fits the yellow more, like a green in the yellow section, rather than in the blue section it gives it more harmonySchermafbeelding 2015-11-24 om 09.51.53.png

                              Leontine
                              "A picture is worth a thousand words."

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                              • Charlie Eve Ryan
                                Charlie Eve Ryan Pro SVS OG last edited by

                                Beautifully done!

                                Happy Creating
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                                • Ben J Hutchison
                                  Ben J Hutchison last edited by

                                  @Leontine Thanks! Yeah the highlights on the tree ended up a little too minty for me as well.

                                  http://www.benjhutch.com | https://instagram.com/benjhutchison/ | https://twitter.com/benjhutchison |

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