My smallest Gouache Painting of mice (5 progress steps)

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Hi all 😊

I wanted to show you my Smallest painting and some progress steps / step by steps of it. (SBS)
Two little field mice.
Title: ”Curious”

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*A photo of me holding the framed painting so you can see how small the actual painting is. *

I finished this painting 9-2013 and is one of my earlier Artworks, so far the smallest I have painted. I started my art in 2011, and I am self taught.

This painting is part of a large miniature project in The Netherlands, where a lot of Dutch artists in participate. All had to use the subject: mouse, on a 7 x 7 cm underground or dimension. One day the project will be exhibited with the little miniature artworks. Mine included 😊

More info about this unique project can be found here: Muiseum

~The Dimensions are 7 x 7 cm / 2.8 x 2.8 inch
~Frame is 25 x 25 cm and 4 cm deep. The painting is floating in it.
~Underground is a museum quality mount-board.
~Gouache paints I am using are from Dahler Rowney and Winsor and Newton
~reference; various photos from David Webb.

Step 1
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I blocked in the background. As you see I used the gouache paint like watercolour paint, thinned down really well.

Step 2
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More layers on the background and the wheat grain.

Step 3
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Finished the top mouse and started the underground from the bottom mouse.

Step 4
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Here I finished the second mouse.

Step 5
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Finished the painting. Title: ”Curious”

I combined some steps together as a collage
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After framing it:
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You can clearly see the painting floats/ hovers in the middle.

Another photo of me holding it from 2013 😉
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Thank you for looking and reading. I hope you enjoyed my Step by Step of this gouache painting. In future new artworks I will make a more detailed step by step 😉

Any questions or comments, let me know. Always happy to help.😊 And talk about art.

Have a great day all 😎👋🏻
Grtz Jackie

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