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I am having a real tug of war lately between my oils and my gouache.

I have things I really have to get done in oils. Paintings that are unfinished

make me very uncomfortable.

This morning I painted all morning, but I noticed that my heart just

wasn't in it. Have I become a "gouche painter"? Who knows? But it

sure seems like it. For one thing, it's just so much easier. No solvent,

no washing the brushes when I'm done. And, there is something about

the particular mercurial characteristics of the watercolor and the

gouache that I just love.

We'll I'll just keep this up like this for a while and see how it goes.

Today I asked the angels to help me. I believe that they did.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Imaginary Landscape #2

This is another example of a completely painted gouache landscape that I made for my

new class today. I was pretty happy with it, although I don't think it really comes across

very well in the photograph. I just love working in gouache. It is so forgiving. I even did

a decent demo in class in it today. Demos are ususally problematical for me, but I find this

medium very "friendly" and also intuitive.

I almost feel like it's "guiding' me to do the right
thing in a piece.

I could do this for twenty-four hours a day.