Make a Better Painting than Your Reference

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Tad Retz
Sometimes artists have to work with less than ideal references. This can be frustrating, but it doesn’t mean we have to end up with a terrible piece of artwork. Let me show you what I do to fix this problem.
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D Adonis/Ordóñez
Starting to use gouache again. . .this was very helpful.
Laurie c Clark
Really interesting to see how you work. I picked up some good tips! Thanks.
Deborah Masterson
Oh, how I admire your looseness and freedom of expression! Sooo difficult to achieve. I got lots of great tips and encouragement from this video, thanks so much.
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4yr
This was the best. Just what I needed. I hope he does more video to share. Tad’s truth in painting is inspiring.
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