bun.sakashita
cote sens 18x24
A friend just posted a large size gouache 18" x 24" and we were discussing how gouache in large size would differ from acrylic or even oil. My thought is that gouache should behave more or less like acrylic. So, I took out my large paper pad 18" x 24" and tested it out my theory. I was not entirely correct. Acrylic flows much better than gouache and has more volume since acrylic comes from tubes, large tubes. Gouache just doesn't have enough volume in the box, and I quickly ran out of paint. Also, gouache dries faster with small dabs on the brushes. So I struggled to get it to behave like acrylic. But it really feels good to slap large chunks of gouache on with the big filbert brushes. That brought back good feelings from the oil painting days. I need to get big tubes of gouache in order to paint big.
"Côte Sens"
Rouen, Normandy, France
HIMI Gouache on 140 lb Strathmore Coldpress Paper
18" x 24"
cote sens 18x24
A friend just posted a large size gouache 18" x 24" and we were discussing how gouache in large size would differ from acrylic or even oil. My thought is that gouache should behave more or less like acrylic. So, I took out my large paper pad 18" x 24" and tested it out my theory. I was not entirely correct. Acrylic flows much better than gouache and has more volume since acrylic comes from tubes, large tubes. Gouache just doesn't have enough volume in the box, and I quickly ran out of paint. Also, gouache dries faster with small dabs on the brushes. So I struggled to get it to behave like acrylic. But it really feels good to slap large chunks of gouache on with the big filbert brushes. That brought back good feelings from the oil painting days. I need to get big tubes of gouache in order to paint big.
"Côte Sens"
Rouen, Normandy, France
HIMI Gouache on 140 lb Strathmore Coldpress Paper
18" x 24"