Blue's Weight, gouache on Somerset Black Velvet3" x 1 5/8" (image size)
Sparkle, gouache on Somerset Black Velvet3" x 1 1/4" (image size)
More gouache paintings. I'm having too much fun painting at the dining room table to stop! It's so satisfying to see the colors swirl together, as I did in the second one, using a wet-in-wet technique to start with, and then adding more opaque layers on top as I lighten and brighten the colors. This medium is very nice. I love the flat colors when it's dry, like the paint version of pastels. And working this small is fun, too, because they don't take long and they don't cost much to produce, so I feel as if I can practice more.
All in all, a good start to the New Year!
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Deborah,
I am so glad that you are enjoying gouache. It is a nice medium, isn't it?
I love the second one, and know exactly what it feels like to get some wonderful accidental blends happening, then over painting. It is like pastel, but so much more unpredictable, because the element of water to pigment can create some very surprising results.
Hi Maggie--Yep! I'm enjoying it a lot. I like the lushness of it, but the color shift still baffles a bit. I like thinking of it as being slightly risky and unpredictable because it frees me from worrying and brings out the adventurer in me! Those surprises keep me going with it.
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