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Kim Gall
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Semi-Nice Picture of Myself
I have been exploring all different forms of art since
I was teeny tiny, and have finally settled upon watercolors
as "my" media. I love the translucency and vibrancy,
as well as the commitment in creation. When you paint a
stroke, there's no going back, no covering it up, no second
guessing, what's done is done!
I've also had and loved a wide variety of pets and critters
throughout my life, including - but not limited to! - rabbits,
rats, cats, dogs, lizards, tree frogs, even a praying mantis
named Herman. I know we all love our creatures, big or small,
cute or "so ugly it's cute", and will do my very
best to capture what makes your pet who they are. |
Member of the Texas
Watercolor Society and the North Austin Women's Network
The Process
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I start with your picture. The
larger and more detailed the better, but in this case, the
source image wasn't much bigger than the one to the left.
I think we still got a very good result! |
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Basic cartoony outline with some areas of
value blocked in. The "box" is in place. This
is the sketch that I will email for your approval before
continuing with the painting. Obviously it takes a bit of
imagination to see it, but the idea is to convey layout
more than anything else. |
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Barely visible lines transferred to the watercolor
paper. We want as little of the pencil sketch as possible
to be visible in the final painting. The blue tape demarcates
the outside of the box to keep the lines clean and crisp. |
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Starting to rough in the value. Watercolors
are transparent, so the shading will show through the color
that is added in the next step. Theoretically, I could take
a color image of your pet and create a black and white painting
by continuing to deepen the values on this step. |
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Color has been laid over the value painting,
and the dark values have been brought to their final level
(Nose, eyes, lip, etc are darkened as a final step to prevent
bleeding). |
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