Flower of Love and Hope (for Jane and Jean-Louis)

                           Gouache and gouging on paper                                                       5" x 4.5"

                                      I would ask everyone I know to pray for my friends Jean-Louis and Jane.

                                     Thank you.
 

Thunderheads

Gouache sketch on blue paper, 3" x 4"

I have been working hard on several paintings that are more

complicated . They require a lot of concentration, but leave

me little time for daily painting right now. I don't want to go back

on my resolution, but being preoccupied with painting is the point

here, I think(?). Not a daily race to see who can publish first.

So, I've posted one in the series of small landscape sketches in gouache

that I have been doing all along. Gouache fascinates me, because you

can use it either like watercolor (transparently), or opaquely, the way

it is really meant to be used. I like the leeway that gives me to experiment.

This particular study doesn't have any transparency in it, and was painted

fairly thickly, kind of like an oil painting. Anyone who loves oil painting
would love working in gouache!

Thanks for visiting today.

Sunset on a Lake

Another small gouache painting. Will they ever stop? No matter what else I am working
on, I can't help coming back to these. This one was done on light blue Canson pastel paper
and I rather like it...... Size isn't everything, you know.

Thanks for stopping by.

Imaginary Landscape #4 and a Page of Gouache Studies

I 'm glad that they let you format where the pictures go in this thing, I certainly

wouldn't want one picture sitting right on top of the others.

The smaller pictures are not as small as they appear, and are more distinct in reality. I

had a lot of fun doing them . Both pieces were done on Fredrix Watercolor Canvas. I just

can't get enough of working on this substance. It is just the greatest.

I know I have to start working in oils in a few days, to fulfill some commitments I have

made (you have to earn that money!), so I will really savor my last few days of working

in gouache and watercolor - a truly wonderful combination. Everyone should try it.

If you are at all afraid of watercolor -- try gouache! - there's no such thing as a mistake

in gouache, because you can cover everything up!

Happy painting!!

Gouache Sketch of a Woman with a Minotaur

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This very loose study after a Florentine sculpture
of a woman fighting off the unwanted advances
of a Minotaur was very exciting to do. I did it
on Canson Montval sketchbook paper, so I felt
I could let go and just experiment. I have a lot of'
those notebooks, because they always make me
feel relaxed.
This was created with a combination of gouache
(also known as "body color", or opaque watercolor)
and indelible ink pen. I also used a lot of thin
black outlines with a tiny watercolor brush,
and a great deal of opaque white. I love the
turquoise blue - I am always seduced by that!