gouache

Yellow Poppy field painting in gouache. 7" x 10" Mix Media paper. April 30, 2020.

recently been v inspired by prints and drawings from ancient japan n china

Water colour and gouache on paper. if you can write your own fortune

Magnolias are spring harbingers in our garden, as well as our annual ornamental cherry display. Star magnolias are over, tulip magnolias are in full swing, and the occasional Southern magnolia is starting. Perhaps I should have done this with a gouache paint, but I used colored pencils. Oh well. Outlined after with various sizes of Pigma Micron pens. Our garden: www.edgewoodgarden.com

Sketchbook book page

I started with watercolor and watercolor, but then realised I needed a more opaque black and switched to gouache, acrylic and brush pens for the final touches. Most of the original looseness was lost after that, however he looks more accurate now I think.

A sketch!

Quartz crystal. Another prompt that became a value study. Watercolor and gouache. March 8, 2020.

Amethyst Cluster... Watercolour with some gouache on cold pressed paper, 6" x 8".

It's official. I've gone to the dark side and fallen in love with acrylic gouache - specifically the Liquitex one. If you'd like to read my detailed thoughts I've put them in my blog ( https://www.lindsaymadeit.com/2020/03/05/acrylic-gouache-review-new-portrait/ ) , but otherwise, here's my first painting with them.

Gouache on paper, 5x7". Wanted to see how far I could go with simplification without losing a sense of three dimensional form.

Auras :)

Penguin. Studio Ghibli inspired... Gouache painting for an artist friend. :)

I stated with a rough pencil sketch then inked it with a brush pen and colored it with watercolor and gouache on a watercolor postcard. Reference I used was this excellent photo - https://www.pexels.com/photo/tree-wild-squirrel-monkey-97827/ photo by Mike from Pexels.com

Postcards of my work, mostly from the last two years. Available at https://www.gouacheandink.com/ :)

I look at way too many carefully decorated spaces on Pinterest, so I painted one of them and then opened up the room to nature. Also a way to experiment with "gouache painting" in Adobe Fresco.

Going into the unknown, You are not alone

Skip. Mercenary Demon. This is one of my favourite characters from from Angel (TV series 1999-2004). I used watercolour and gouache. January 30, 2020.

A gouache painting I did of some amethyst Crystal's. Wanted to draw something other than flowers today.

Fiery sunset painted with acrylic gouache on canvas board. One of my breakthrough works, developing into my own creative style.

This is an old Formula 3 race car built by Joseph Potts ltd, Lanarkshire, in 1952. They have it in the National Museum of Scotland, where I drew this a couple of weeks ago as a part of Urban Sketchers meetup (as it’s too cold to go outside yet). This is pretty mixed media: pencil, watercolour pencil, white gouache and some acrylic markers. Drawn on spot.

The Seasons. Acrylic Gouache on Wood Skateboard Deck. 7.75” x 32” Almost finished! I’ll be donating this hand-painted skateboard deck to support the Kansas City Artists Coalition’s 37th Annual Benefit Art Auction taking place on February 29, 2020. This is an extension of my steam of consciousness sketchbook practice. Having fun!

Watercolour pencils and gouache on A4. I did this today at a Urban Sketchers meet up in the National Museum of Scotland - although, I guess, strictly speaking it does not fulfil the urban sketching requirements :D