Gouache is an opaque form of watercolour. It is made from a pigment, binder and an inert filler. It dries to a flat matte finish and used to be loved by designers in the days before Photoshop and digital illustration. watercolourists use white gouache to recapture small areas of white if they’ve been lost in …
Thought you might like to see the finished Tui, from the idea sketch in my previous post. Here’s the ink work And here is the watercolour added Always with the aim of making 2+2=5 with the pen and wash.
I’ve been asked how I come up with ideas and concepts for paintings, so I thought I would share my process. Though for me it is usually an animal subject, the same goes for landscape, portrait, still life…. So by way of example let’s look at a commission I have been asked to do – …
I love using pen and watercolour together – either under-drawing to then add the washes, or over-drawing to help redefine if it has gone a bit too loose. I ran a workshop this weekend with a lovely group and did these as demonstrations of both approaches. Luckily that also gave me day 9 and 10 …
I like pen and wash, as I enjoy the structure the drawing gives and the freedom that delivers to use watercolour. I think it is important not simply to colour in your drawing but to add more, so that the paint and drawing add to each other. Once I have done the pen part, I …