Artwork-Holbein Artist’s Gouache and Acryla gouache on a Stonehenge Aqua ColdPress Black watercolor paper.
There are two kinds of gouache – watercolor and acrylic. One of the nice things about acrylic gouache is that it has a matte surface and you can use watercolor over it. Of course, transparent colors won’t show up very well, so you need to use either gouache of the watercolor kind or very opaque watercolors.
I was experimenting with switching that around – using the acrylic kind over the watercolor kind. I’ve found when painting on black paper that I often forget to leave enough black showing. It’s the same principle as remembering to leave the white of the paper.
I decided to try adding acrylic black to bring more of the black back, jack (sorry! I couldn’t resist the rhyme).
Anyway, I used a really cheap brush when applying my acrylic lines and couldn’t make them thin enough. So I applied some of the watercolor gouache and then some of the acrylic and … well – it was gouache on gouache.
Turns out that it works pretty well.
The difference between Gouache and Acryl or Acryla Gouache was discussed in my post Gouache VS Acrylic Gouache.
Tools:
- Stonehenge Aqua ColdPress Black watercolor paper
- Wet Paint Custom Holbein Artist Gouache Set
- Holbein Acrylic 5 Color Mixing Set
I love your painting, and your ryhme. 😉 Sunflower Power!!
Many thanks, Kathy! You well know my weakness when it comes to rhymes and puns.
Oh🤗 its gorgeous, like a sunshine lollipop🍭and your cute ryhme 🖤🖤🖤
Many thanks, Joan! I love that description ‘sunshine lollipop’!
This is stunning! I love the black. It really makes your other colors pop. I just might get my gouache out
Thank you, Lori! I really think gouache would work better for you with the journaling you do.
Stunning and sun filled….for a soggy day!
Thank you, Judy! We need sun in whatever form we can get it!
Your work does nudge me to invest in a little set of gouache to use. I’m just noticing how many historical and contemporary watercolor artists combine these two without compromising either medium.
You have no fear – I suspect that’s one of the qualities that makes you so successful. Love the sunflowers – vibrant on a cool day.
Many thanks, Sharon. I do have fear, too much of it at times. Being someone who was almost to the point where I couldn’t leave the house, I decided that wasn’t going to continue. Art is one of the ways that I force myself to ignore it and just do things. That’s also one of the reasons I keep trying new things.