Figure in Gouache: New Month New Focus and a little lost

For this month I have decided to focus on the figure in gouache and the transition to this medium from a month of charcoal drawing is difficult.

I’m not really sure exactly what I’m going to do for the next few days. I just know it’s going to be all about experimenting with gouache. Although I don’t want to do 3 hour long paintings of the figure in gouache, I would like to be able to keep each painting down to about 20 minutes, forcing myself to focus on simplification. I still hold to the idea that a good piece is made in the first few minutes and this is where I want to improve.

figure in gouache, wipe out 1 — wipe out 1

I didn’t like where that was going so I wiped it out. I liked the wiped out version better actually.

And the second attempt was even worse, I think I need to really slow down and focus.

figure in gouache, wipe out 2 — wipe out 2

Maybe charcoal along with gouache? like I said, I’m experimenting.

Session Details

Session: 1315
Work: 1141
Width: 5
Height: 7
Medium: Gouache
Art Time: 1 hrs

Figure, From Photograph, Gouache

Chris Beaven

I'm an artist on a mission to do at least 30 minutes of art every single day for the rest of my life and track that progress on my website for all to see. I'm past the 10 year mark and I'm still going strong. Now it's time to give back and help other artists create a life long habit of creating.