Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Gouache Life


I started break feeling VERY ambitious. Tried to copy Harry Styles' album cover.
Harry deserves better than this!!
Bryan thinks I'm being to hard on myself, but I KNOW what I THOUGHT I could accomplish and this ... is not it!
After humbling myself I poked around YouTube and found some beginner watercolor challenges and took a crack at a few.
All of these were painted using gouache. I do get frustrated with blending and layering. For now, I'm going to assume it's not me, it's the gouache :)

Hmm, maybe I will never purchase watercolor so I can always blame the paint!!

4 comments:

  1. AlanJanuary 17, 2023 at 9:07 PM

    If you learn nothing else in this class, you will learn to always blame the materials. Kidding aside, nice work. Gouache is fun too and you can dilute it a lot giving a more watercolory look.

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  2. Uncle KenJanuary 18, 2023 at 5:38 AM

    Harry is in one of those rooms from horror movies only instead of the walls getting closer the floor and the ceiling are getting closer, but I like the painting. It is more dreamlike than the actual Harry. Huck Finn is charming too, like his shadow and that of his boat.

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  3. ekoJanuary 18, 2023 at 7:42 AM

    There's something very naive and charming about the top painting. The wet-in-wet brushwork and the landscape vs. square orientation give it an immediacy and a sense of childlike confusion. I like it! I like the exercises, too. I'm particularly fond of the sky/mountains/treeline. I think I learned something from you here--gouache is brilliant with clear, simple lines and shapes. Someone's used their break well!

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  4. sjdJanuary 18, 2023 at 7:49 AM

    Your studies are great…you’ve caught that ephemeral quality of light, especially in the boat painting. And even Harry is a testament to your ability to use gouache as watercolor…

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