A remembered field in gouache

I’ve been doing some gouache studies from remembered places this week to keep my hand in while I’m at the digital stage on a few pieces of art.

Getting away from reference photos helps me focus on the possibilities of the medium, and this piece was a test of using 100% cotton paper, which will keep wet areas wet for much much longer than cellulose or other substrates. That’s how I could get gouache to blend the way it does in the clouds.

It does mean that any techniques requiring the paper to be dry – which is most gouache techniques that I know – become way more important to time properly. also, you can get away with adding so much more water than you really should without realizing until it’s too late! Definitely a new challenge.