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GreenPartyVoter

(73,092 posts) Mon May 11, 2020, 11:32 PM May 2020

Mother's day art haul. No idea how to use gouache or a canvas, but I'm game. I've used [View all]

Strathmore visual journals. This is a 500 series. Truth is, I am such an insecure perfectionist, I can destroy any paper, and mixed media is no exception as my test run showed me. Draw lines. Erase, erase, erase. Lay down paint. Scrub, scrub, scrub. Anyway, this is Church and Main, Belfast, ME. I am working on another pic on the back. My first full page spread. Pic one was still damp, so didn’t like my plan. Still looks ok, but had to be careful about smudging.

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Mother's day art haul. No idea how to use gouache or a canvas, but I'm game. I've used [View all] GreenPartyVoter May 2020 OP

I really love the Buildings MLAA May 2020 #1

A moose crossing! Generic Other May 2020 #2

The snowbanks are too orange jpak May 2020 #3

I prefer using gouache over both acrylics and watercolors. BigmanPigman May 2020 #4

I've used it a bit to augment watercolor, but never for an entire pic. I do like that GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #6

What a charming painting! Tanuki May 2020 #5

The buildings are terrific. A lot of charm & character. nt tblue37 May 2020 #7

I like how you're exploring lunatica May 2020 #8

I like! Nitram May 2020 #9

From one artist to another Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2020 #10

I love it! You have taken stagnant buildings and they seem to breathe! Great palette! Karadeniz May 2020 #11

Lovely cate94 May 2020 #12