Archive for the ‘Gouache’ Category

My new life
September 9, 2011

I had surgery in June.  I had endometriosis growth just about everywhere, including peritoneum which I hear is quite rare. Anyway, that alone would explain why I’ve been so sick. I feel much better now, of course life’s not totally painless but at least the worst is over. Now I have been able to run, [...]

More gouache work
June 16, 2010

There will be a midsummer night party in our village and I agreed to make a poster. There’s not much time since it needs to be finished ASAP, so it will be very simple. I painted this image of a dancing couple and added some flying summer leaves around them. Just a quick fun painting. [...]

Playing with gouache
March 5, 2010

I have wanted to learn gouache painting ever since I  saw a lovely painting in an art show last summer. It was a still life, painted in gouache with a lot of texture. I didn’t know you could apply gouache so thickly, and that the white is a very brilliant white. I had always thought gouache is a [...]

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