Artwork: Da Vinci Gouache in a Hahnemühle 1584 notebook.
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It’s the first day of May, so it’s time to start the new Doodlewash prompts! And, not to toot my own horn, I was the one who came up with the list this month (okay, I tooted. The horn, that is).
Doodlewash prompt: Watermelon
Earlier this year, came out with the 1584 notebook, which is a dot grid journal with 40 pages of blank colored paper. I’ve been using one with lilac pages for a while now, but recently I received one that has a section of seagreen pages!
These books are not formulated for watercolor, but I like most Hahnemühle paper I’ve used, it handles it fairly well. So I grabbed a brush and some gouache and painted a watermelon on the green paper.
I want whole books of these colored papers! I love them! I got on of the books with peach paper too, so that will be up in a day or two.
To learn more about the 1584, you can read my review here at Doodlewash.
Tools:
Hahnemühle 1584 at:
- Opus in Canada
- Wet Paint Artists’ Materials & Framing
- Paul’s Photo – California, U.S.
- Looking Glass Photo – California, U.S.
Life Imitates Doodles 
awesome! that shell looks so real! I haven’t gotten brave enough to try the green pages yet. I’m using the dotted pages to make notes from various art classes I’ve done. keeping them all in one place. I love the book so far.
Thank you, Alice! I love the colored paper. I hope Hahnemuhle does books with nothing but the colored paper! It’s very versatile paper – like most of their sketchbook range, you can’t get it too wet without curling and dimpling but it takes the color very well.
This is beautifully rendered, perfect textures. You captured the juicy fruit and the shiny hard rind, and I like the splashes of color on the ground – looks like spurting watermelon juice.
Thank you, Sharon! This green paper isn’t formulated for watercolor or gouache, but it does such a nice job with the colors.