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Ocelot II

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15. My art instructor swears by it. Figuring out how the original artists

Reply to bif (Reply #13)

Sun Feb 19, 2023, 01:36 PM

Feb 2023

did what they did is really useful. I did a fake Caravaggio once, starting from the verdacchio underpainting they used at the time; took me almost a year. It didn't come close to the original but it was an interesting exercise.

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My copy of a Winslow Homer watercolor [View all] bif Feb 2023 OP

I like your work. Srkdqltr Feb 2023 #1

Thank you! bif Feb 2023 #8

Nice. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #2

Thanks! bif Feb 2023 #9

Gorgeous Docreed2003 Feb 2023 #3

Actually Winslow Homer captured the mood! bif Feb 2023 #10

You certainly made it your own Docreed2003 Feb 2023 #14

It's actually very good bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #4

Very nice! Maraya1969 Feb 2023 #5

Thanks! bif Feb 2023 #11

BEAUTIFUL !!!! Karadeniz Feb 2023 #6

Thank you bif Feb 2023 #12

Nice! Ocelot II Feb 2023 #7

I never thought much of students copying the masters bif Feb 2023 #13

My art instructor swears by it. Figuring out how the original artists Ocelot II Feb 2023 #15