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1 STUDY
A Verhoeff painting does not come easy! In fact, before the actual painting starts, most of the work is already done. To begin with, photo- and videofootage, wild and captive animals and museum specimens are thoroughly studied to learn the anatomy, colours, behaviour, variation and locomotion of a chosen animal.
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2 BLUEPRINT
Next a so called blue print is made. This consists of a side view, a dorsal/ventral view and a frontal view of a nice looking specimen. Nice looking? Yes, the more you study an animal, the more you realise pretty ugly, average and very handsome individuals of the species exist. Jeroen Verhoeff mostly prefers the handsome kind.
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3 MODELMAKING
This blue print is the basis of making the animal models. These can be made out of clay, wood, metal, hard-foam, soft-foam, plastics etc. A spine is made out of aluminum which helpes the flexible body to be fixated into every possible pose. This way the model can be used again and again for different paintings. If the details are in place the model is painted to life.
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4 MODELTABLE
Then the model is placed in a modeltable, a kind of miniature film-set where composition, lightfall and surroundings can be controlled. Because the modeltable can be viewed from all sides the ideal angle for painting the scene is easily found. Desired lighting is achieved through manipulating a studiolight. Also possible is creating reflecting watersurfaces, trees, rocks etc.
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5 PAINTING
The final found three dimensional image is then put to paper in a working sketch. Here one tries to reform the model orca into a real orca again. This working sketch is then transferred onto a prepared wooden panel. Then the first layer of acrylic paint is applied. For achieving a rich and natural colour you need at least five lyers of acrylics. When the basic colours are in place we reach the final phase.
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