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TheGeekCanPaint — Harry Potter: Book 1 Chapter 11 Painting

Published: 2017-08-27 00:07:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 3251; Favourites: 78; Downloads: 0
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Description 16 x 22
Gouache paints with coloured pencil on watercolour paper

*** This is technically a re-posting of this illustration. I plan to do so with all of my Potter art work, building up to (hopefully) having some new stuff to share there after. So if you feel like you've seen this before - you probably have. On the upside, I'm sharing it at a larger resolution and without the DeviantArt watermark on it now ***

I think my biggest disappointment with this painting was how the rings of the Quidditch goals turned out. They could have been better. That said, that's not a huge piece of the illustration and the rest I was quite happy with. I think it's got a nice kinetic feel for a game of Quidditch and most every member of the team. And if you read what I wrote about the vignette drawings for this chapter, you'll know that the Harry in it wasn't my original plan... but I really liked what I came up with and how it works in the piece.
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Comments: 9

JoeMerl [2017-11-19 01:04:34 +0000 UTC]

Nice work! I like how chaotic it is. 

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TheGeekCanPaint In reply to JoeMerl [2017-11-20 13:17:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! Chaos is the key to Quidditch

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JoeMerl In reply to TheGeekCanPaint [2017-11-20 16:25:35 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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MoonyMina [2017-09-14 04:42:14 +0000 UTC]

totally awesome!!! the movement, the perspective,... it's wonderful!!

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TheGeekCanPaint In reply to MoonyMina [2017-09-18 17:51:22 +0000 UTC]

I'm so happy you enjoy the scene... it was a fun one to illustrate!

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LightworkerLeader [2017-08-28 16:49:39 +0000 UTC]

The rings seem fine to me.  They look in a way like were looking through Harry's glasses.

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TheGeekCanPaint In reply to LightworkerLeader [2017-08-29 11:44:40 +0000 UTC]

It's funny, but I've been told that in the past. And while it wasn't my intent... and still won't be since Harry and his glasses can be seen in another part of the painting, it gives me the idea to do something like it in a later painting

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AmethystBeloved [2017-08-28 12:21:09 +0000 UTC]

The point of view is very cool. Nice touch of including all of the balls in the shot The details from the patches on the twins' pants and adding the poster in the crowd really adds to the painting.

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TheGeekCanPaint In reply to AmethystBeloved [2017-08-29 11:48:11 +0000 UTC]

Oh, my obsessive compulsiveness wouldn't allow me not to show all the different balls... it's such a silly thing... I feel the need to show as much as I can in a painting. But thank you for the compliments none the less - and thanks for continuing to notice the little extra details

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