Gouache Resist – Oh Please!!!

Gouache Resist – Oh Please!!!

I am such a two year old!  Enough said…

There is a long blank wall in my dining room.  The art from our Atlanta house is out of place here.  In moving “things” around, in and out of boxes, I came across two brand new 12″ x 36″ Showbox Gallery Wrapped canvas’s (there’s a small, 3″ x 18″,  niche in the center of each one).

I’m going to stack them on top of one another (end to center – not end to end), connect them in the back, paint a Gouache Resist picture of a garden on them and then fill the niche with miniature people picnicking and gardening (as though they live underground).  Granted it may be Winter again before I’m finished – but I have a plan!

To make sure I “got it”, I painted these two individual flowers the next day after the mini workshop I took at Random Arts in Saluda.  I’m hoping with time and practice I’ll loosen up a bit – kinda doubt it – but I’m going to try.

Sharpie Marker, Casein Paint, Micron Pen and FW Black Ink – 5″x 5 1/2″

Sharpie Marker, Casein Paint, Micron Pen and FW Black Ink – 5″x 5 1/2″

Then, having only used water color paper with Gouache Resist I decided to experiment with a 10″ x 10″ wrapped canvas to make sure I could use this technique on the dining room art project.

Here it is… this my interpretation of a photograph I saw of a woman holding an umbrella.  The title, which I’ll print or collage somewhere on top is “I’m wearing the smile you gave me”.

Japanese Umbrella – 10″ x 10″ wrapped canvas

On this one I used Golden acrylic (super pigmented), casein paint, white pen, black Sharpie marker, various 01 and 05 black pens and FW ink.