I wouldn't dismiss it!
...though, it's virtually the polar opposite, as this is mostly carefully smudged, practically modeled and lit with a kind of stiffness you would likely never encounter in Pud's brilliant masterpieces. I was merely having some fun with one of my favorite ways of making something in Verve.
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First I'll just switch to (=) paint mode to do something like a pencil sketch.
Then I'll make a new layer in white for highlights.
Then I'll make a new bottom layer for coloring the sketch. Likely switching back to (>) buildup mode.
And this time I've added yet another bottom layer for the background color.
This is a somewhat backwards way of working, but it's quick, fun and somehow intuitive for me, too.