I’m finding gouache very interesting yet difficult to work with. Its very similar to watercolor yet I feel like it wants to be worked in a more opaque manner. And for the first time I really have to think about the white of the paper and use it to my advantage. Which in tern causes a need for careful consideration before laying down paint. I have to figure out if I want certain areas to only have transparent layers and show the white of the paper through or if they should be opaque.
Also, I find that this is a very careful medium needing many small strokes and taking much time to render anything in detail. But, I also feel like if I wanted to work in wet on wet washes that I could do that also, although I’m not very comfortable with it yet to do so.
I spent two hours working on this very small image tonight, and it doesn’t even have a background to it. If any medium is going to force me to increase my longevity of nightly work, this is it.
The Painting
The Setup
The Subject
WOW. the color and detail …\(^•^)/