💐 I painted a bouquet of flowers with gouache paint. 🎨 But this isn’t any ordinary bouquet, this one is for someone. A few years ago, when my first daughter was born, I painted two bouquet paintings for her nursery. Well, this painting is for our second girl, who was just born last week! I might need to make her one more to make it even. I decided a blue background for the March birthstone which is Aquamarine, and I used yellows and oranges to contrast with the blue. 👀 Check out the full vide

Think gouache is just opaque watercolor? Think again! 🙂 Both are water-soluble, and both are used on paper. But beyond opacity, there are also some key differences in how they’re used. 💧Watercolor’s ethereal stained-glass quality requires that color is applied in thin veils, leaving layers visible. This mean that the source of white (and light ☀️) come from the paper. 🤍 With gouache, white paint is used to achieve tints and highlights—just like with oils and acrylics. 🎨 With its quick drying

Gouache vs Watercolor #comicart #artwork #creativeprocess | Alex Ross