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Description
16 x 22
Gouache paints with coloured pencil on watercolour paper

*** This is technically a re-posting of this illustration. I plan to do so with all of my Potter art work, building up to (hopefully) having some new stuff to share there after. So if you feel like you've seen this before - you probably have. On the upside, I'm sharing it at a larger resolution and without the DeviantArt watermark on it now ***

This is one of those paintings that should have been better than it is. I felt the scene so strongly, and could visualize it in my head vividly. But the final version just didn't come out how it was in my head. Don't get me wrong, I'm still happy with it. But I just wish that sense of "Oh my gosh" as Harry calls out to Malfoy to give him the Rememberall - I didn't see it as brash as it was in the movies. But rather the only reason Harry was heard at all, was because he was the only one who said anything at all... does that make sense. Harry isn't the hero yet, but this is his very first moment wearing the shoes of the hero... shoes that he grows into so well.

All that said, I was happy with the way the kids all turned out.

Fun Fact: When I did this painting, I didn't yet know that Blaze was black, so as much as I hate doing it, I went back in later and changed his skin tone. And as mentioned earlier, before the Troll attack, I added the hat to Hermione. I figured as long as I was doing one thing, I might as well go all out!

Description
16 x 22
Gouache paints with coloured pencil on watercolour paper

*** This is technically a re-posting of this illustration. I plan to do so with all of my Potter art work, building up to (hopefully) having some new stuff to share there after. So if you feel like you've seen this before - you probably have. On the upside, I'm sharing it at a larger resolution and without the DeviantArt watermark on it now ***

This is one of those paintings that should have been better than it is. I felt the scene so strongly, and could visualize it in my head vividly. But the final version just didn't come out how it was in my head. Don't get me wrong, I'm still happy with it. But I just wish that sense of "Oh my gosh" as Harry calls out to Malfoy to give him the Rememberall - I didn't see it as brash as it was in the movies. But rather the only reason Harry was heard at all, was because he was the only one who said anything at all... does that make sense. Harry isn't the hero yet, but this is his very first moment wearing the shoes of the hero... shoes that he grows into so well.

All that said, I was happy with the way the kids all turned out.

Fun Fact: When I did this painting, I didn't yet know that Blaze was black, so as much as I hate doing it, I went back in later and changed his skin tone. And as mentioned earlier, before the Troll attack, I added the hat to Hermione. I figured as long as I was doing one thing, I might as well go all out!