It is clear that there's something about gouache that I am not getting. (Please forgive the photograph, I'm away from home) There are painters who are making great art with the blasted stuff and here I am, feeling like I might need painting special-ed.
Here's the real question, though. Why figure out gouache when I love traditional watercolor so much? Why do I put myself through this sort of nonsense? One of life's great mysteries. But I do think it's time to put away the mud for now..... Thank goodness.
Thanks for stopping by! Alice
It does look easier to make dull colors with gouache so maybe the trick is no layering, but just putting down the color and leaving it, adding another color beside it? I don't use it except for special projects or playing, so can't help you learn. But nothing will glow like watercolor and the top painting shows that :) No learning is wasted, though.
ReplyDeleteGood point, Rhonda. Instead of thinking in layers maybe think in a series of connected shapes. I may give it another go one of these days. Thanks for the comments!
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