I decided I needed a new profile picture and thought I'd draw one! This is referenced from a photograph my sister took.
Painting
Alp
Three sketch studies and the finished painting, created on commission. Though I like the looseness of the quick studies I really enjoyed spending time adding detail into the final picture.The pink sketch I rejected for being too pink, though I used some of the light...
Mount Hood
Using some family holiday photographs for reference, I painted Mount Hood (vaguely based on it) for my father's birthday present. I used gouache and a stencil made from paper which gave interesting gloopy results, especially each time it was reused. Here are the final...
Dunes
I got some new paintbrushes for Christmas, so I played around with gouache this morning! Close-ups below.
Gouache II
I had fun painting with gouache last night! I bought three more tubes of paint as last time I only had yellow, red, and blue. Also I planned ahead a bit more, taking some designs from my sketchbook to paint instead of attempting to make them up on the spot.
Gouache Doodles
Since I began playing around with digital gouache brushes I wanted to try out the real thing. I bought some paints today and smudged them about in one of my sketchbooks. I like how they're a combination of acrylics and watercolours! And yet, unlike either, gouache...