Garden shack and trees in autumn colors, gouache sketch
At the end of October and beginning of November the colors of autumn seem to peak in our forest and gardens here. I was on the way into the woods but decided to stay on a meadow with some fruit trees and an old garden shack near the forest edge.
I am experimenting with primed paper in one of my sketchbooks. This gouache sketch was “hard work” as I had painted the paper first with some abstract acrylic colour pattern which then was covered with a layer of white wall paint. The wall paint is hydrophobic to some extent. Some spots on the sketch need hours to dry. I had to apply a bit of gouache color, that floated a lot on the surface of the paper. The next time I will sand the wall paint layer to see whether gouache colors will connect easier then.
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on 13. November 2011
Delicious colour and mood, Martin. I’m about to trying painting gouache on an acrylic ground too. Bet it doesn’t turn out as well as yours.
on 13. November 2011
Hello Robyn, thanks for the compliment. I am anxious to see your painting and I would not be surprised if it is great (just like this,which is a must see). I think acrylic ground is fine to work on, the wall colour is nice in a way, but also difficult to paint on.