Gouache.

I just got a starter set of Gouache yesterday. I've never used it before, but it looks like a fantastic medium to work with. I'll hopefully post some of my experiments with the medium soon. :)


Yesterday Alex Fong came into our art class to giv us a demonstration. I was really excited for it because he's a fantastic watercolour artist and some of the stuff he does is really cool. Watercolour is a medium that I'm not particularly good at but I love the way it looks and the texture you can create with it. I've never had the patience or forgiving nature to deal with watercolour, I always want to be able to perfect the outcome and create exactly what I envision. Alex's techniques were really interesting, I loved his palette that he used, he left all of his colour dried on it to allow it to meld with eer other colour. He explained something that I have always known, but never put into use. Colours in real life are never vibrant. They always have some sort of greyish tinge to them. If you were to try to purposely mix a certain colour, even if you were to try to add some sort of grey to it it would simply look unnatural. 
Why? Because most greys are made up of other colours blending together. I was really inspired by Alex's palettes and decided to get one of my own. I'm going to play around with watercolour and gouache this week to try to get some sort of handle on the techniques in watercolour. 


Currently I'm at the college relaxing because in about half an hour I get to go sand and paint the bag of my big piece and put some supports onto the back of it. Hopefully, when Greedy takes it to the art gallery tomorrow he'll be able to convince Renee to hang my piece in the main room and not in some secluded area. I'm worried about the specific area that they want to hang it, it will bleach the wood and wreck the piece altogether. It'll be something to think about for sure.