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Fearless Friday, Palm leaves in Goauche

 

Have you ever painted with goauche paint?  It is similar to watercolor, but it is more opaque

 

 

 

 

I bought an inexpensive set of 24 colors and a palette pan

 

 

 

 

This is just like my watercolor palette, with individual pans that can be moved around

 

 

 

These metal palettes are airtight, light weight, and so handy for keeping supplies at your fingertips

You can use the inside of the lid for mixing colors, and it will wash right off

Extra pans are nice for keeping favorite color mixes already made up

The cases aren’t much bigger than an iPhone 7 Plus

I choose this Van Gogh print to coordinate with the dark blue and white daisies of my watercolor pan

You can buy these from Amazon here

 

 

 

 

I decided to paint some simple palm leaves to experiment with the paint and some of the colors

I wanted to design a palm print for my Society6 Shop

 

 

 

 

I loaded the brush and began the strokes from the center and quickly stroking up and out, letting the paint lighten towards the tips

 

 

 

 

I put an extra sheet underneath the paper so I could keep the strokes loose as they went off the paper

 

 

 

 

This helps the strokes look natural

 

 

 

 

I did the same thing on the another edge, this time starting the leaves on the under paper and letting them finish on the painting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Touches of blue

 

 

 

 

A light blue wash around the edges

 

 

 

 

More colors and smaller palms

 

 

 

 

“Breezy Palms”

 

 

 

 

“Breezy Palms” is available on 21 different items in my Society6 shop here, perfect for summer!

See the Summer Collection here, the Take Me to the Sea Collection here and the Tropical Collection here

 

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