This is a gouache study of a Shishkin landscape. First attempt using gouache for landscape. The biggest take home on this was not how to use the paint but the design of the composition. To me it seems there was a lot of design going on here - layering multiple darks against lights. It seems to me unlikely that you would find so many elements so well composed. The next biggest learn was how important it is to hold onto the lights in gouache - once they are gone they are gone - I lost them in the foreground.
A diary of my adventures in art from painting to 3D animation. I have added work over 10 years so it has become a record of my changing abilities and interests. Contact me if you have any questions.
Monday, January 18, 2016
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Healer
Monday, January 4, 2016
Dog Portrait
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Monday, December 21, 2015
Goats in a Barn - After John Frederick Herring
After John Frederick Herring |
A gouache study of a piece by John Frederick Herring. Really pleased with this one. In part because I know what it looked like about half way through. I thought about ditching it at that point but pushed through. I think I worked on it over 3 days going back in and reworking passages. Thats ability to rework is what I find great about this medium but really I should be getting it right the first time.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Its a bit wet
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