Monday, September 7, 2015

Zebeck After Haag- Gouache Study

Zebeck After Haag- Gouache Study
 Tried another gouache study copying Carl Haag again.  Like the ease of establishing edges and unlike acrylic can go over dried areas and rework.  




Monday, August 31, 2015

City Hall -Gouache Study

City Hall -Gouache Study
 Another gouache study from a photo.  Did something architectural.  The photo is of San Francisco city hall after the 1906 earthquake.
 Looks like they rebuilt keeping some of the major features.









Monday, August 24, 2015

Mountain Top

Mountain Top 
A practice piece to try and get some atmospheric perspective going.  

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Portrait study 28


Portrait study 28


Some more practice.  Did these a while ago.  The reference was from pixellovely.  I did them just before the site went down -  a result  of an attack.  Glad to see site is back up.  I think these were from a 2 hour class. 



Monday, August 10, 2015

Archer -Gouache study

Archer -Gouache study

Another gouache study. This one done from photo reference.  

Monday, August 3, 2015

Study Gouache After Carl Hagg

Study Gouache After Carl Hagg 


Trying something different.  
James Gurney has been running a series of articles on his blog about gouache. As part of that series he launched a competition to paint a gas station using black and white gouache.  I bought the paint but missed that deadline.  I haven't used gouache before or watercolour so I thought I might study first before trying something more challenging.  



Still Here

  A year since my last post here but that does not mean I have forgotten.  I stop by from time to time and this still remains the most compr...