I’ve posted a few sketches on my other blog but I’ve been so busy trying to keep my job and take care of other personal things that I have not had time to paint.
I read a post by Armand Cabrera on his blog Art and Influence about the value of doing studies. Here are a couple of studies I’ve done recently trying to get the hang of gouache.
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Bill,
The gouache station house is delish. I never saw it used this way (like watercolor) before, and I’m very intrigued!
Keep your job. Take care of your family. (I speak from experience.)
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I love the loose way you use gouache – these are wonderful.
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Hi Edgar. Frankly, I’ve been trying to use the gouache more like oil paint but, the truth is, most of the gouache work I do is 90% transparent watercolor. Thanks for stopping by.
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Thanks Casey. I like what you’ve been doing with oil.
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These are nice Bill. I started in watercolor then switched to oil. Now I’ve been doing some watercolor again but I almost always resort to a qouache technique using opaque work to try to fix stuff.
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Hi, Bill, thanks for the info on Armand. Glad to see this post from you, been wondering how things have been. Keep doing good things.
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Lovely studies. Especially enjoy the colors in the small white building – the shadow under the eave (its color) is why I paint! Thanks for the inspiration. Good to be reminded about the strong role studies have.
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Thanks Shawn.
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Hi Tina, Thanks for checking in. Things are looking better here.
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Hi Bill, Most of my gouache starts out as watercolor and I mix in a little opaque color towards the end. This is one of the few where I used mainly gouache and tried to treat it like an oil. To do it this way, I find, that you have to put out fresh paint all the time. Rewetting dried gouache is more like doing a watercolor.
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Love these studies.
Bright and light and airy….
Now… Do you do the studies to learn from the doing or do you use them to create large paintings….. or both??
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Hi Marian. I do the studies for various reasons. Some I do to play with compositional ideas or to experiment with new media. I often have in mind the possibility of doing an oil version. The studies of the bridge, included here did become an oil painting.
It’s good to hear from you.
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