I had to miss my oil painting class yesterday as I had some things to do and some workmen to work. I had planned to use gouache while I waited. The workmen came, but I didn’t get around to painting at all. This afternoon I made up for my missed paint time. Spring is nearly here, so Spring it is!
As with any medium, if I have not used it for awhile, I need to get used to it again. As I was playing and it was lying around, I picked up my pad of Strathmore Vision watercolor paper. This is not a great paper for watercolor, but I love it for pen and ink. Why not gouache?
What I like about gouache is that it is opaque, yet diluted it becomes transparent – or certainly thin enough to show the colors beneath it. I painted with an angle brush and thin paint, laying in colors. Details were done with a small, pointed round. Additionally, as this is artists’ gouache and non-acrylic, the colors can be re-wet, and thus some fun blending can happen. I used all my little tricks to refresh my gouache memory, and here we are.
Gouache, Strathmore Vision paper, 9×12.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
Oh, this is so pretty! Right now it’s raining and windy outside, so this painting is so refreshing.
That’s lovely!
This is a sweet painting, and tells the story of Springtime very well.
Thanks, Laura Kate! So glad you like it!
Thanks, Fraggy! I had some doubts, but in the end was rather pleased with it.
Glad you like it, Anne! Just imagine the wind blowing all those blossoms around and petals flying everywhere!
That happened one year. The trees were absolutely bare.