I’m playing with gouache today,
a medium that I am not very familiar with
It has a lot of flexibility
it can be thinned with water and used like watercolor
or it can be applied more thickly like acrylic
The Red Apples done with gouache
show watery wash shadows
and highlights while other parts of the apples
were painted opaque
Today we are visiting my friend Pam’s garden again
and painting her beautiful and colorful zinnias
I started with a very light pencil sketch to position the flowers
Then I started with light washes
I started regretting the pencil lines
I erased the ones I could before painting the stems
I filled in the spaces with a lot of leaves
Then thicker paint was applied for the darker areas
Final details
“Happy Zinnias”
I just couldn’t cover up the pencil lines that were still showing
through the thick yellow paint
so I decided to add a loose ink outline
“Dancing Zinnias”
And then I had to try a little watercolor splatter!
“Zinnia Garden” 9″ x 12″ gouache, ink, and watercolor, on Mixed Media paper
Which version do you like the best?
Thank you Pam from Everyday Living for sharing your beautiful gardens!
Have fun and
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