What Medium?

Someone asked me about my abilities in different media. One thing I learned in my years of experience in animation at the Disney, Don Bluth and other studios, how to paint in different media. Yes I can paint digitally, but I have also mastered acrylic, gouache, and watercolor. None of them were a simple task, and I am proud of the versatility that developed from mastering these traditional media.

Traditional animation, background painting, Disney's Aladdin, by former Disney artist K Sean Sullivan. — Gouache is a fantastic medium.

Traditional animation, background painting, Disney's Bambi-test-, by former Disney artist K Sean Sullivan. — Another gouache background. Bambi.

1.Peter Pan_gouache_test — This gouache test background was one of several that helped me win employment at Disney's as a senior painter.

1.Lilo and Stitch_watercolor — Watercolor from Lilo and Stitch.

2.My Peoples_Digital — Digital from My Peoples. The film Disney refused to make.

perfectArtwork_v0502 copy — Another digital. This one designed to look like a hand painted piece.

2.Thumbelina_gouache wash — Perhaps the most difficult of all; gouache wash. Used as a transparent wash, like watercolor, all the lights in this gouache painting come from the white illustration board.

I know how to paint in oils too.

I wouldn’t trade my traditional media experience for all the software in the world.

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