Indoor Scene

 I sketched at Gene's PT on Monday and forgot to post it.  Sigh....  The reception counter with an assortment of "stuff" on it.  This is in a small Master's Touch Mix Media sketchbook I had in my purse.  It was one the great grandson, Owen, sketched in.  I'm sketching on the back of his sketches.  He took out a bunch of pages and they are on the fridge.    I used the Ohuhu 0.2 pen.

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Still working on getting a routine going here again.  One thing after another.  At least we are both feeling pretty good even if we can't do all the things we would like.  We must be old folks! 

Outdoor Scene

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.

Number 2 outdoor scene - the storage shed next door.  I call it a fishing shack so it is more inviting but no water behind it at the moment.  

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Tree in Gouache

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.