Some of my students were asking me about a rub-out technique and I ended up doing a little demo. These were done on a 1 3/4 strip of illustration board that I pulled out of the garbage. I did a very quick sketch, then I covered it with some acrylic gel medium. I tried to leave some strong brush strokes for texture. Once that dried I did a heavy wash of gouache, using warms into cools, over the whole thing. Then, with a wet paintbrush, I would lift out the highlights. I added some color and some darks back into them and did a little more lifting out of paint. Done. It is a very quick process, but it has some neat results. The girl was done in a more traditional way with gouache. See guys, it's not that hard. Now get crackin'!
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Thanks for the demo. I spend more time lifting the watercolour off mine than I do putting it on!
Thanks for the demo Guy, they turned out great concidering you did them in about 5 min a piece...
M. Scott
Wow! Looks awesome. Love the cowboy....and the girl.....and the old guy! Wish I had your coloring skills:)
Hans
Wow! great blog and great art! this is exactly the style i've always wanted to learn to do. Beautiful stuff!
Thanks for the technique tutorial... gonna have to give this a try. Your monsters were awesome as usual!
I, too, teach art and have fully enjoyed your work for some time now. The "lifting" techniques are quite effective, and I prefer them over the traditional approaches. Graphite wash is amazing, but with high schoolers, we leave out the toxic solvents. Just know that we in PA are enjoying your stuff!
fortwertz
Cool watercolors, love them!
Very nice, can't wait to see more of them!
These are very cool painting techniques!! Love the different effects and styles ... thanks for sharing these!! Neato, have to try that someday ... I haven't done seriously paintings with traditional medium for a long time now. There are textures and looks that very charming on paper, which computer doesn't have.
Wow! Really fantastic colors you got there done with the technique.
Salve, scusami se scrivo in italiano ma non sono brava con l'inglese.
Sono una tua ammiratrice italiana, ed ogni giorno passo un po' di tempo a guardare in tuo sito e questo blog.
Avrei una preghiera da farti: potresti spiegarmi la tua tecnica?
Per esempio quale materiale usi? Acrilico? Acquerello? Tempera? E su quale supporto?.
Se mi risponderai, anche in inglese, te ne sarò molto grata.
Ciao Viviana
Gorgeous images, I love the colors... You really make it look effortless.Gorgeous images, I love the colors... You really make it look effortless.
Wonderful stuff, thanks! Hard to believe this was done as a quick demo.
I have to admit though, I couldn't exactly imagine how the steps you wrote about would look. I wonder if we can get you to sometime post a series of images showing the process?
great style, color and texture in your images, I share my work to you:
http://neoplastic.blogspot.com/
thanks for sharing the technique! I notice you used gouache and not watercolor or acrylic wash. Is that because gouche is still water soluable after it dries, or could you get a similar effect with another medium?
Again, thanks for being so generous with your talent and knowledge ;)
great designs! Love the monsters!
Thanks for the technique info. I'm gonna try it!
wow!!! awesome!
I don't remember any cool demos when you taught my class. If there had been one, maybe I'd be able to paint now. Just kidding. Actually you were quite an inspiration to me when I was a student because you were the only one doing fun, stylized stuff. And it looks like you still are. I'm glad I finally found your blog. You're still amazing!
-shane
This is one of my favorite techniques too! You should do a demo using the oil paints next. The results look a little more darker! Nice art blog!
Wow, dude. That sounds like a great demo....wish I could see a demonstration from you.
You got some top stuff on this blog. Great Work!
-Jose A.K.A MOJO
wow! I gotta try this! Really really love your stuff.
okay guy i could do that on my brothers stomach, you arent that great okay...just face it like move or something
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