Watercolours

Yesterday I bought a set of watercolours, a box with 12 half pans that can hold 12 more. They are great if you want something more transparent rather than the opaque gouache. So now I have quite some options with which to fill my sketchbooks. I can choose one or the other or combine them. Or combine the watercolours with coloured pencils. 

I also bought a watercolour sketchbook that I will use when my mixed media sketchbook is finished. 

All I need now is lots of ideas what to paint. 

Gouache

I have bought some Schmincke Designers Gouache and some Hahnemühle watercolour paper. I need to start practising with the good stuff, because my older niece has asked me to paint something for her 16th birthday in October. So I have done this little painting in my mixed media sketchbook today.

The paint is great, so much smoother and easier to handle than the cheap stuff I have used so far. After getting to know it better and practising a bit I will also test the new paper.

I‘m looking forward to more painting adventures.

Painting

I have started to experiment a bit with painting. Until recently I stayed away from wet media for different reasons. My sketchbooks are not really made for wet media, I couldn’t imagine handling much water on paper and I liked the feeling of something stable like pencils and pens gliding over the paper. Now I have some cheap opaque paint and a set of synthetic water brushes.

I think it were Jessica Wesolek‘s classes on Skillshare that made me wonder if I should try it. She shows how she controls watery paint in her sketchbooks. Also, I‘m not very patient with covering big areas in coloured pencil.

My new brushes provide enough stability to feel comfortable. The paints are actually not so bad. I will go on experimenting with them and then see if I may try some good gouache.