I'm in love with the painter/illustrator Mel Crawford and am attempting to learn his style. He did a bunch of Little Golden Books (Pokey Little Puppy) among many, many other things. Here's an acrylic rendering I did of one of his illustrations from a Yogi Bear book. This guy's the ranger, if you remember him.

I did it on Illustration board, rather than canvas. And I'm back to acrylics after giving gouache a real hard try. Anyhoos, my jaw is still hurting from the painting (seriously- that's how stressed out I am when I paint with real paints), but I'm getting a little more relaxed with the process.