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.
For Scavenger Hunt from Life 200 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-200-sep-18-30.9291/
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.
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