Joanna, Gene and I sat on the porch this morning. Enjoying what seems to be the last of the hummers. There seemed to be just 3 of them. The others have gone South I guess. I sketched in the Conda regular paper sketchbook with a fine line Sharpie. About 1/2 page in the large book.
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Joanna gave me a new set of goauche paints. I've been wanting to try them as they are the in tools to use for plein air painting. You can have a small kit and only carry a small sketchbook and the colors with a brush and water. Pastels are heavy and oils are wet. Acrylics are OK but different.
The set I got is in pans like watercolors so not easy to get the opaque look I was after. I did have white in a tube which is more the consistency of oil paint or acrylic. I ended up painting more like watercolor and then adding a bit of texture and opaque color using the white. The finished sketch when dry feels a bit waxy ?? and has some texture unlike watercolor.
I always thought of gouache as glorified poster paint and that is what it seems to me. I do see beautiful paintings done with it online so will watch some videos. I will need to practice .. always something to learn.
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Number 1 tree - Gouache, ink from a Micron 02 that fizzled out and is now in the trash. In the large Canson Mixed Media sketchbook, half page. I sketched on my footstool in the living room looking out the window while we visited. Cody (nephew), Joanna, Gene and I. Cody was visiting from Arizona. So nice to see him and catch up.
I was looking for jam or jar that I hadn't sketched. I decided on the grape jelly. Then I thought I could sketch another item on the list, "right in front of me". These are sketched in the large Conda sketchbook with an Ohuhu 0.2 pen.
Number 5 jam or jar and Number 6 right in front of me.
It was good to play in the ink.
This was sketched on the porch on Saturday. We were going along smoothly. Then...Saturday night Gene had a seizure. It didn't last long and I had no idea what happened so another night in the hospital. They wanted to do a few tests and Gene was too agitated in the hospital so we just brought him home. He is doing OK and I am recovered pretty well, so all good again in the Castillo household. Check up on Monday then back to PT and schedules. Thanks to wonderful kiddos and we can get caretakers when needed.
We will celebrate our two birthdays tomorrow. Will be back soon....
