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This was an assignment from a few months ago. A 'master copy' assignment, we could literally choose any artist and art style we wanted. I went for James Gurney, because I've been practicing oils. I agonized ad nauseum about what painting to choose but eventually just had to pick one cuz I was running out of time!
This particular painting is from "Dinotopia: The World Beneath".
We had to mimic the artist's medium/technique as well, and while I had Gurney's book that listed the surface, prep, media, etc... well, technique is just damn hard.
THAT SAID, here is my inelegant copy of a James Gurney painting.
15x18", oil with a light acrylic underpainting on illustration board over a matte-medium-sealed pencil drawing.
ORIGINAL (thanks to
skadjer)
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/.....rdthefalls.jpg
This particular painting is from "Dinotopia: The World Beneath".
We had to mimic the artist's medium/technique as well, and while I had Gurney's book that listed the surface, prep, media, etc... well, technique is just damn hard.
THAT SAID, here is my inelegant copy of a James Gurney painting.
15x18", oil with a light acrylic underpainting on illustration board over a matte-medium-sealed pencil drawing.
ORIGINAL (thanks to
skadjer)http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/.....rdthefalls.jpg
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Fantasy
Species Dinosaur
Size 1000 x 638px
File Size 507 kB
Thankfully yes! He didn't even run away!
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4082342/ <--
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4082342/ <--
You have good taste. :)
I'm comparing it to my copy as I write this, and the differences are only discernable enough to prove it's an honest-to-goodness master copy. That looks like excellent practice.
And props to you for full-out emulating Mr. Gurney's oil technique! (He makes it look so easy.)
I'm comparing it to my copy as I write this, and the differences are only discernable enough to prove it's an honest-to-goodness master copy. That looks like excellent practice.
And props to you for full-out emulating Mr. Gurney's oil technique! (He makes it look so easy.)
James Gurney is one of my favorite artists evarrrrr (which is why I'm super-jealous you got to meet him, haha!). <3 His cityscapes make me want to cut myself, even moreso when I found out much of that stuff was painted with a model he had built.
You did an awesome job with this! :'D Oil copies are hard to do, and I cannot imagine how long it took you to mix the colors to match the original.
That was my least favorite part of painting class, anyways. Lol~
Just curious... how did sealing the pencil with matte medium work out? I've never tried it, but I figure it might be better than pencil smearing all over the place.
You did an awesome job with this! :'D Oil copies are hard to do, and I cannot imagine how long it took you to mix the colors to match the original.
That was my least favorite part of painting class, anyways. Lol~
Just curious... how did sealing the pencil with matte medium work out? I've never tried it, but I figure it might be better than pencil smearing all over the place.
Thank you! Yeah, the colors were a battle even beyond the drawing, not to mention the actual painting and brushstrokes. AUUGH.
But yes, sealing a pencil drawing was a revelation. It may smudge very slightly when you apply the wet medium, but if you dab/brush lightly instead of pressing hard and dragging the brush, it's totally good to go. It really allows more versatility with rubbing away the paint, too, which is like... YES
But yes, sealing a pencil drawing was a revelation. It may smudge very slightly when you apply the wet medium, but if you dab/brush lightly instead of pressing hard and dragging the brush, it's totally good to go. It really allows more versatility with rubbing away the paint, too, which is like... YES
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