Yesterday I painted a pronghorn in gouache for the one-hour Quick Draw event at the SKB Workshop.
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Other artists shown: Guy Combes, John Seerey-Lester, Jeanne Mackenzie, Mort Solberg, John Phelps, Greg Beecham, Heiner Hertling, and Tom Lucas.
Pronghorn expert: DeVere Burt, Cincinnati
Ancestral cheetah-like predators: "Did False Cheetahs Give Pronghorns a Need for Speed?"
Taxidermy by: Lynn Stewart
Event: SKB Workshop in Dubois, Wyoming / 5 days, 15 instructors, 150 students.
Music by: Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech.com
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Surface: Arches Watercolor Pad
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Wow. Immediately one of my favorite videos of the ones you've posted. Sped up hand motions can be annoying in painting videos, but using it in service to documenting a "quick draw" felt cheerfully apt to me. The voice-over -- telling us the pronghorn is the sole member of its genus, surviving beyond its natural predators, current land speed record holder for North America -- subtly affects how we view its portrait; the animal's alertness and power become more visible. Your final small touches of colored pencil -- the highlights on the eyeballs -- show the power of telling details. As always, thanks for sharing your journey.
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