Fedodika the Koala

[Fedodika]

Darkiste: yep, i noticed that, and its a problem with not tiling the strokes and like swishing it around with the brush thats dry. Gouache looks best when its very opaque and laid on thick. Of course, my habits from digital carry over of itchy strokes, so its somethin to be self aware of. The video you sent was not helpful, but it inspired me to look into gurneys stuff which i finally can appreciate for my endeavors so thanks anyways

Joseph; Watch a few gurney vids on youtube, hes excellent at gouache paintings and soon ill be doing some studies of his plein air stuff since its got me inspired :) try to drop the use of "turp" what you may be used to and think in larger blocks of tone, use the biggest brush possible, loaded with a very premeditated mix. and of course priming the canvas with a yellow ochre, say watercolor helps kill the white and make the process flow better

Sooooo, lots of quick sketch, im loving these so much, i really really really really really love how jeff draws and i cant believe he does these in 3 minutes, it takes me 6, but im absorbing loads of good stuff from them and its very inspiring. Next week ill be doing a really big picture, that'll take a lot of time and effort and will be really daunting. But im ready! itll be a journey, ill keep ya updated 50+ foot long asian dragon on fabric with black paint, fun fun fun <3

after the dragon, i plan to blast through a pose book, and a mech (Sketch) book, then do some portfolio stuff for a month because i think ill have a decent skillset then to knock out pieces in a reasonable time with the accompanying elements i want. And just to think... 4 years ago, i thought i was here lol