Artwork-Miya Arts Gouache on Stonehenge Aqua ColdPress Black watercolor paper (review). Brushes: Jack Richeson 713995 Watermedia Pocket Plein Air Brush Set Photo reference from Alexas_Fotos on Pixabay.
… too dark! Too light! No! Too dark …
If you are having that kind of conversation with yourself, that’s probably a clue that it’s time to put your painting away for a while and come back later with fresh eyes.
With this bubble, I didn’t do that. I kept fussing, trying to get a certain look. I never did get the look, but I discovered that gouache on Stonehenge black watercolor paper is very forgiving and it let me noodle on for quite a while.
Finally, I got the message, and let the painting sit for a couple of days. Now that I’ve forgotten what I was trying to do, I like it much better.
I need to try it again with watercolor. I think what I wanted was more of a feeling of transparency and gouache isn’t the best medium for that.
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This is great Sandra, I think you did fantastic on the transparency. Like a glass ball on the Christmas tree.👍🏻
Thank you, Mary! I’m not sure exactly what it is. Probably why I can’t quite get it to be what I want, lol.
I don’t know – I think the transparency is there. I can see what looks to be a bubble, floating over trees, perhaps a road or bridge and a small town! It’s perfect!!!
Thank you very much, Mariam! I’m still not sure what it is that I was looking for with this, which is probably why I can’t find it, lol.
Beautiful! I am glad you have left it alone- I think it has such an ethereal quality!
Thank you, Kim! Sometimes I think our discontent with our art has more to do with what’s happening in our lives than with the art itself.
I love it, but if you do try again with wc it would be interesting to see side by side.
Thank you, shaninge. I’ll try to remember to show them together if I get the watercolor version. I know it won’t be soon – lots of stuff coming up and I’m going to be busy for a while.