Some Nice Paintings Of Woody

http://comicrazys.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/woody-woodpecker-whitman-tell-a-tale-1951-walter-lantz-studio/
I like the carefully controlled washy brush technique in these and the limited palette. Lots of neutral areas too.


Speaking of which, I am almost ready for a BG painter and/or color stylist.

If you have good technique and don't like to paint cartoons pink purple and turquoise, then I have some work for you.

Here's some stuff I like, but I'm open to many techniques:

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/11/flintstone-bgs-using-grays-between.html
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/12/donalds-diary.html
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/07/painting-technique-scott-wills.html


http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/02/hep-cat-can-funny-cartoons-be-beautiful.htmlhttp://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/12/hb-holes.html
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/02/rojankovsky-drawing-skill-plus-design.html

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/12/color-theory-montealegre-lion-hearted.html
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/10/color-theory-neutral-or-natural-colors.html
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/11/color-theory-art-lozzi-on-bob-gentle.htmlhttp://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/10/color-theory-eye-relief.html

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/03/background-painting-kristy-gordon.html



All these paintings share 2 traits:

1) Good confident stylish brush technique, http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/07/mel-crawford-cartoon-painting-genius.html
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/11/art-lozzi-scooter-looter-paint.html


2) Rich warm related colors that aren't just primaries and secondaries crammed together.
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-colors.html

These color choices paint a whole picture, not a bunch a of separate competing elements.

Here's what I'm not crazy about:

Fuzzy airbrushed screaming colors...that break up the image