My ArtVenture: Gouache portrait "@wuddi"
Hello my dear Steemians,
Today I wanted to share the product of my work for the last weekend, I had days off and decided to grab my art materials and created a portrait for the account of @wuddi, You may remember the very first letter with that I intriduce that account and now I think I have to give a face to the acocunt.
This time I thought to try gouache and to use more thick paint so that it could maybe look like oil rather than watercolour. Both of them watercolour a nd gouache require water and with that it is easy to create a layer how you want.
Gouache is opaque colour and that makes it possible to paint over if there is any mistake. I was very careful so that I do not destroy it and I hope it is looking okay, not perfect how I wished it to be but not so bad.
I hope you also enkoy it.
I used graphine pencil HB strength so that it is not too strong and smudgy.
I read that using gouache one should go from dark to light like in Oil painting, but I htink it was maybe too much, at this stage I had a frght and thought that there is no way to save my painting, but continued working.
Here is the colour of clothes.
Here is the final image and my working space and what I needed: Rough watercolour paper, gouache, different brushes and of course, water.
Beautiful, love your artwork
Thank you, finally found time, I should spend more time with drawing or painting once again :)
Yes, I miss the sailing ships
saludos te quedó hermosa la pintura. Yo estoy haciendo un taller de acuarela y la profesora dice que es mejor comenzar a pintar con los tonos claros y luegos los oscuros. Me cuesta mucho todavía el manejo de las luces y sombras....yo quiero pintar todo uniforme y no debe ser....a veces me falta paciencia quiero hacerlo todo rápido....ahí voy aprendiendo poco a poco. feliz y bendecido dia
Hi, thank you for visiting my painting, yes, I am also glad that it looks nice. Actually watercolour paints make me cry very often, it is sometimes so messy, it feels like when I mix few colours in order to get something, at the end if looks like grey, messy and as you know you can not correct watercolour.
As to the layers yes, I also try to start with lighter diluted colours but like you often I am impatient and it comes to accidents. Watercolour is the Queen of technique and that is what I am trying to reach too.
Wishing you good luck and do not give up!
SPANISH
Hola, gracias por visitar mi pintura; sí, a mí también me alegra que haya quedado bien. La verdad es que la acuarela a menudo me hace llorar; a veces resulta muy caótica. Siento que, cuando mezclo colores para conseguir un tono concreto, el resultado final acaba viéndose gris y desordenado, y ya sabes que la acuarela no admite correcciones.
En cuanto a las capas, sí, yo también intento empezar con colores claros y diluidos, pero —al igual que tú— a menudo me gana la impaciencia y surgen accidentes. La acuarela es la reina de las técnicas, y eso es precisamente a lo que aspiro a llegar yo también.
¡Te deseo mucha suerte y no te rindas!
Watercolour can be wiped out with water. Perhaps it helps working in layers instead of mixing the paint or simply more colours in cubes?
It looks good!
To be honest, I'm no art expert, but I really enjoy admiring it. I love the simplicity of this piece. The serious expression and that determined look make her seem like a very strong-minded person. At least, that's how I see it.