Last week we ended.... ...Gouache on the Fly, my course in using watercolor instead of gouache to fill a very portable sketchbook. True, we also used white gouache and a little black, but most of the paintings were done using tubed watercolor like it was oil paint. We had a great time exploring this approach and here are the demos I did for those in the class but I thought you might enjoy them also. This is my third sketchbook done this way and I'm still enjoying the processs. Below are full page (8.5x11 inch) scans that begin in value studies and move on to full color.
Black and white gouache and one from a mix of two complements. There is some unintentional green on one rock on the vertical piece which was an accident.
The top one of the bridge is on a piece of watercolor paper; the bottom one is right on the sketchbook paper and is a value study done in a warm and cool color but not representative of the color in the scene, just the values.
Sketches are out of order. Some were done earlier in the course than others and they were put in the sketchbook where I could find room. The top one is another warm and cool value study done with Alizarin Crimson and some sort of green I mixed. All are done on card stock of varying colors or watercolor paper.
Top one is another value study in warm and cool. Two colors plus white gouache sitting in our living room. Don't ask me where the fish came from....
A redo of an earlier one with an emphasis on the watercolor transparency.
Thanks for looking. Because this was an online course most of the images are fron photos. Normally this method is something I use almost entirely for field sketching.
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