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Published: 2008-06-03 04:05:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 1017; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 24
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Gouache on watercolor paper.This is painting #8 in my antique car series. It is a 1926 Willy Knight, Model 70. The background is actually an old fence that used to be next to my house. However, the new owner took the fence down and moved in his motorhome instead. So this is a scene that no longer exists except in my old photograph ([link] )
It was quite interesting switching back to gouache after using acrylic for the last 5 paintings. Any paintings I complete over the next 2 months will be with gouache--my mom wants to use my acrylics while I'm gone so I'm taking my gouache set with me. I wasn't sure if I could complete this painting before I left so I decided to start it with gouache just in case.
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Beautiful!! Very wonderfully done. 
I also suggested more texture because the car and the distant mountains have similar treatment, and the dirt ruts don't have much of a texture at all, while the grasses are wonderful by contrast. My eyes are really drawn to the grass. The car, too, has a lot of visual interest because of all the bits and bobs on it. I suggest more contrast because the car has the most weight since it is black and nothing else in the picture is. I see you cleverly tried to counteract the boldness of the black by adding some dark reds and dark greens in the grass. But there's not much contrast in the wooden fence, especially the part depicted directly behind the car, and since it's not so far back, it probably should have had as much detail and contrast as the car itself. The parts of the fence further in the background are fine because there's more implied space between them and the viewer.
One last recommendation for you---instead of the gray-brown smudges for the shadows, try using purpleish shading to counteract the visual weight of all the gold and yellow. Same with the mountains in the background, rather than the blue. It would add a lot more contrast to this piece, as I mentioned before. Yellow and purple, complimentary colors, right?
I know this is a really lengthy comment, but really, there's so little here to critique. You're a wonderful painter. XD Nicely done!
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Thank you so much for your wonderful comment, in fact I enjoy long comments.
You are right, those are from two completely different reference photos, most of my car photos are.
And in fact, despite this being an older painting, it is one that I still happen to have around so I could easily add some of your suggestions to it. I really like the suggestion of adding the reflections and purples to the shadows. At the time I painted this I hadn't quite gotten the idea of complimentary colors yet (and in fact I'm still working on it).
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This is one of my favorite paintings by you. If I could fave it again I would. You have such warm, happy colors in this.
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Aw, thank you
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Awesome! I'm always in awe of people who can draw since I suck so much at it. You're very talented!
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Hats off to this. It's quite amazing, I've always wanted to drive one of these
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Thanks
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Ahhh yeah i think i saw that on top gear one time. Sounds like a bit of challenge. Now just to get my mitts on one of them... Haha.
You're gallery is awesome by the way
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You certainly did not miss anything by switching to gouache. You really did a great job with the atmosphere. Of course, the Jeep is great, too!
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Aw, thank you
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You're welcome! No, the quality is the same! And my hat is off to you as i see painting in gouache on a par with painting with chalk!
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Oh, I love the affect that this paint created. Wonderful job.
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Thank you. It was hard to switch back to gouache after so many months of acrylic so what you see here is gouache paint being treated as if it were acrylic.
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very well done shannon. I agree, good job on the coloring.
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Thank you. I decided I needed to try some different color schemes, many of my other antique car painting have all become green/blue. It's about time I work some yellow and orange in there. I'm a little short on reds now...maybe in New Mexico or on my drive down there I can get some photos in that nice red dirt!
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Very nice! I like how everything flows, and the car was well done! Lovely!
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