Comments on: Black Leopard Progress… http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/ Rebecca Latham's Blog and Studio Journal. This area features new projects the artist is working on as well as the inspirations that sparked them. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: rebeccalatham http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43691 rebeccalatham Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:47:24 +0000 http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43691 Lene, Dennis, Artdoctor, Thank you so much for your comments as well!! :D I'm so happy that you like my work! Lene - I learned to paint watercolors from an artist from Belgium - Carl Brenders. You can see what Carl does in this book - "More Wildlife Painting - Techniques of Modern Masters" by Susan Rayfield (published by Watson Guptill ISBN: 0-8230-5747-x ). It has an overview of his painting process. He was taught in his home country. Miniature painting has deep Flemish roots....but not all Flemish art is miniature painting. Miniature painting is simply very detailed and refined artwork. ....but some early Flemish work is simply stunning, and a lot of nature influences in their work, also. (The article I wrote about the 7 tips for miniature painting is really about miniature painting in general and isn't specific to the methods that I use in watercolors.) Hope this helps... Best, Rebecca Lene, Dennis, Artdoctor,

Thank you so much for your comments as well!! :D I’m so happy that you like my work!

Lene - I learned to paint watercolors from an artist from Belgium - Carl Brenders. You can see what Carl does in this book - “More Wildlife Painting -
Techniques of Modern Masters” by Susan Rayfield (published by Watson
Guptill ISBN: 0-8230-5747-x ). It has an overview of his painting
process. He was taught in his home country.

Miniature painting has deep Flemish roots….but not all Flemish art is miniature painting. Miniature painting is simply very detailed and refined artwork. ….but some early Flemish work is simply stunning, and a lot of nature influences in their work, also.

(The article I wrote about the 7 tips for miniature painting is really about miniature painting in general and isn’t specific to the methods that I use in watercolors.)

Hope this helps…

Best,

Rebecca

]]> By: rebeccalatham http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43689 rebeccalatham Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:28:59 +0000 http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43689 Hi Madhurya & Delia - Thank you so much!! :D Best, Rebecca Hi Madhurya & Delia - Thank you so much!! :D

Best,

Rebecca

]]> By: delia bracamonte http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43668 delia bracamonte Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:54:19 +0000 http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43668 hello i just wanted to say your work is a beautiful thing... great job hello i just wanted to say your work is a beautiful thing… great job

]]> By: Artist & Painter Rebecca Latham’s Nature & Wildlife Art » Intimidation - Black Leopard Miniature Painting Completion http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43351 Artist & Painter Rebecca Latham’s Nature & Wildlife Art » Intimidation - Black Leopard Miniature Painting Completion Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:47:10 +0000 http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43351 [...] can see the beginning of the painting posted here from back in December and further progress here. The original was sold in February at a gallery [...] […] can see the beginning of the painting posted here from back in December and further progress here. The original was sold in February at a gallery […]

]]> By: Madhurya http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43324 Madhurya Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:43:27 +0000 http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43324 WoW!!! I'm totally speechless!!! Your paintings are too good!!! They are so real !!!! Guess you love animals...... excellent work!!!! looking forward for more! WoW!!! I’m totally speechless!!! Your paintings are too good!!! They are so real !!!! Guess you love animals…… excellent work!!!! looking forward for more!

]]> By: Artdoctor http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43291 Artdoctor Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:57:56 +0000 http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-43291 Wow! So beautiful! I just found this site and it is amazing! I'm 13 and I love doing watercolour paintings more than anything else. Right now I'm working on a large stag. Your work is truly inspirational! Wow! So beautiful! I just found this site and it is amazing! I’m 13 and I love doing watercolour paintings more than anything else. Right now I’m working on a large stag. Your work is truly inspirational!

]]> By: Dennis Johnson http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-42211 Dennis Johnson Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:10:05 +0000 http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-42211 One more thing. You are quite beautiful also. Just an admirer's compliment DJ One more thing. You are quite beautiful also. Just an admirer’s compliment DJ

]]> By: Lene Daugaard http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-41434 Lene Daugaard Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:31:28 +0000 http://www.lathamstudios.com/rebeccasblog/blog/2007/12/23/black-leopard-progress/#comment-41434 Hi Rebecca First - I am a great admirer of yours and your familys paintings. Outstanding and beautiful wildlife artwork. Being my favorite subjects too, I love to look at skilled artists drawings and paintings of animals. I have read your article: "7 tips for artists, how to paint miniature art", but would like to ask a bit more about the procedure itself. Somewhere else on your site (or your mothers site?) I read that miniature art is the same as Flemish painting. I have then tried to find information about that. I found a site explaning this process for oil-paintings, but actually didn't understand it very well, and couldn't quite "translate" it into painting with watercolors, as you do. Could I ask you to explain the 7 steps of Flemish painting regarding watercolors ? It seems to me this is not just what you usually call a graisille underpainting ?? cheers, Lene Hi Rebecca
First - I am a great admirer of yours and your familys paintings. Outstanding and beautiful wildlife artwork. Being my favorite subjects too, I love to look at skilled artists drawings and paintings of animals.
I have read your article: “7 tips for artists, how to paint miniature art”, but would like to ask a bit more about the procedure itself. Somewhere else on your site (or your mothers site?) I read that miniature art is the same as Flemish painting. I have then tried to find information about that. I found a site explaning this process for oil-paintings, but actually didn’t understand it very well, and couldn’t quite “translate” it into painting with watercolors, as you do.
Could I ask you to explain the 7 steps of Flemish painting regarding watercolors ? It seems to me this is not just what you usually call a graisille underpainting ??
cheers, Lene

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