Bunny In Strawberry Clothes Gouache Painting

Hello, how are you? I was cleaning my art materials earlier, and I saw the gouache I bought years ago. I was planning on buying another gouache for me to practice with, and I am deciding on choosing the professional one, like holbein or the more budget-friendly one, the himi miya that I've been eyeing for a year.

I tried painting a cute bunny I saw online, using it, and I guess I got better from watching the artists I watch online, mind you, my whites are all gone, but I miraculously finished it LOL.

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Materials I Used:

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Craft Time!

I sketch the reference first with a blue color pencil.

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And then I start painting by doing the darkest parts first, which are the eyes, the nose, and the lip, and some parts of it first.

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And then I start adding layers of strokes in shades of yellow, red, and green.

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Then I added shadows to add dimension to the painting.

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I am testing what background color I am going to add, so I did strokes of color first, and then I thought it would look good if I added, like, light violet as an accent color, but I guess I still need to practice more LOL.

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I added highlights and some strokes of a darker color, and then I decided I would go to a mauve, purple, or violet color as a background.

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And then I added the seeds of the sunflower, and then for the final touch, I added a black stroke outline. I am contemplating if I do it or not, I guess I like it hehe.

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I think the higlights is not enough, so I added more, and the portrait ideed pop out.

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Done! I hope you like it :D

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Thank you for visiting, see you on my next blog. :D
Please take care of your mental health as well.
I hope you are okay today :))

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