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This is awesome…I love the graphics you used.

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I find that I fall into a trap with watercolor that if something doesnt work…like her hand on top…I just fade it out in abstraction.

I also find that Im not really doing any painting with a goal in mind..I just have fun and hope it ends up ok…I should probably set goals for each piece before I start.

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Oil is my goal once I have a basic understanding of color. I’m just cautious because i know it can be somewhat dangerous with fumes and overall toxicity.

I would strongly suggest Gouache over watercolor for you…I cant speak from experience but others like Proko say its great practice for oil. There is a  YouTube video ( sorry I dont think I can attach it) where he does a Gouache portrait of Santa Claus and speaks on the medium. You’ll see that very very little water is used.

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Windsor Newton is one of the top brands I’m surprised to hear your paint isnt good quality. Perhaps it was left in direct light and dried out? Either way I wouldnt worry about it based on what Ive seen of your work I think you should just keep doing what youre doing because  its fantastic.

The reason I use watercolor/Gouache is simply because its so easy to set up and at the learning stage I want to keep things simple in the work space.

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I benefited a lot from Vilppu’s course. The Spirit of the Pose looks like a terrific course here its just..as I’m sure you know, a bit overwhelming with all the amazing resources here so I’m trying not to do too much at once.

With regards to watercolor/Gouache I find that yes they can be used interchangeably but theyre actually quite different. The particles in Gouache is much thicker so depending on the amount of water used it can be more like Acrylic than watercolor. What I did was start with a tube of black just to do value studies and see how I liked the medium and shortly after bought a set because I found it much more forgiving than watercolor.

As for Perkins I’m on level 1 Complimentary colors. Outstanding course. I’ve learned why my skin tones always look sunburned. ( Too high chroma :-))

I’m sure I’ll be spending years studying that course alone.

I appreciate your time very much and look forward to getting free advice from you again..:-)

Best,

Dan

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Wow thank you thats very helpful. I’m struggling a bit with contrast and this draw over is very much appreciated.

And thank you for the compliment.

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I’ve actually been a member here for about a year. I initially joined because I wanted to learn figure drawing from Glenn Vilpuu, I never had a desire to paint until I saw Steve Huston’s sketchbook course. I picked up a brush for the first time a few months ago and I am currently studying the Color Theory Boot Camp course as well:-)

I saw your work btw…stunning.

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Josseline,that’s very helpful thank you. I’m new to color theory so your feedback is very much appreciated. I hope to get more advice from you in the future.

best,

Dan

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