Gouache Book

Finally - out of my head! The Gouache book I started some 5 years ago is finished - available now as an e-book and VERY soon to be available in print.
I've worked with gouache for a LONG time, now and still love it. I'm hoping to help others discover the joy of this wonderful medium.

Great for teachers and students alike.

Check it out or get yours (or one for someone else) HERE, or at www.hranilovich.com

Lunch with a Purpose

One young man had an idea and within days had a movement. Lunch with a Purpose - take your lunch hour on Thursdays and use it to make the world a better place. Be a fan on Facebook.

I really wanted to support the whole concept and they needed (in my humble opinion) a logo. They agreed and here's what we have, now.

I can't wait to see where this all leads!

And maybe done

This is it for today. I always like to go back the next day and usually find something to touch up or tweak, but basically this is the finished art. It will be used for the Capital Area Humane Society 2010 "Walk for the Animals" campaign.

step 5

Nearing the end. Still needs a little snap.

Step 4

Getting the light source and shadows established to be sure we have the sunny feel requested.
I'm underpainting, now, because I'm going to want to both model and add some fur with drybrush and I want there to be a sublte contrast between the flatter background and the figures.

Step 3

Since I don't ususally work in this coloring-book fashion, it's a bit new, but interesting. The event this is for takes place in a woodsy park in September, so the colors should read late-summer/early fall, but still feel sunny and inviting. It's now time to get some color in the animals, so their values/temperature can be etsblished. I'll probably need to tweak what I've done so far to pull things together, then.

Step 2

My client wants this piece to be bright and sunny, but because the animals are very cute, it runs the risk of being cutesy, which I want to avoid. So, I've taken the background in a more graphic direction and chosen a background color range that's a bit muted and subtle.