April 16, 2013

Random film photos





I finally scanned my latest roll of film. It's always fun to find these random photos I've taken in the studio and had completely forgotten about. In the third one, my drawing board had already arrived from the UK and Maggie decided it was a good place to sit like a lady. Then she had to make up for it with her silly signature box pose. She just loves having her picture taken, can you tell? :D

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    1. haha, thank you Charlyn!
      Don't let her fool you, she's a goofball ;D

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  2. My Karl is the same way. How funny?!

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    1. Your kitty is the cutest, Mckenzie! And he seems to have a tendency to photobomb your shoots too. Ahhh... cats! :D

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    2. haha, actually Karl is a GIRL. Can you believe it? ;) Her old name was Belle, but my dad named her that after our other dead cat named Belle which I thought was creepy. By the way, I've been thinking about your art lately and wondering if you can advise me on gouache paint. How does it compare to painting with watercolors and what brand do you love the most?

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    3. haha, I love male names on girl cats, and Karl sounds pretty cool for her. I know a girl who has a girl cat named George :D

      As for gouache, I'm really no expert since I've only got the hang of them in the last months, but they behave like very opaque watercolors. You can make them more watercolor-like by adding more water, or use them in a thicker layer to get the gouache "look". And you can paint lighter colors on top of darker ones, which is awesome! I've seen that you paint with watercolors on top of inked lines, so I'm guessing that gouache wouldn't work for this style because it would cover the lines completely. But you can paint on top of the pencil sketch and later on add the lines with gouache?

      As for brands, I started with a basic 5 tube set from Winsor & Newton and like it, but the tubes tend to dry out easily. I've bought several more colors in pots (Talens brand) instead of tubes and I like them much better. These would be them http://www.sfpintures.com/ventaonline/estuches-cajas-y-sets/1697-set-tempera-talens-gouache-5-frascos-50ml.html

      Phew! That was long! If you want, we can follow this convesation by email? :D

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  3. your cat photos are amazing. but please tell me your cat doesn't sit like this (in the last one)? did you photoshop that? it looks so weird and cool. she looks like the QUEEN!!! love it!

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    1. haha, she sits like this ALL the time, it's so funny! Here's an Instagram photo from a couple years ago http://instagram.com/p/J3que/# and here she is in digital, instead of film http://juliabe.blogspot.com.es/2012/09/lately.html

      She's definitely the Qenn of the house :D

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