I have 9 more such paintings on the topic, but every time I try to upload something in the “body” of the post, it fails with an error… so I just uploaded just this one. Enjoy!

  • sigmaklimgrindsetEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I love this!

    Also…how does one pronounce “gouache”? Wikipedia was very informative on the technique, but not the pronunciation

    • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
      3·
      1 year ago

      I went to art school, used the medium. Its pronunciation is similar to the word “squash” except with a “goo” or “gwa” sound at the beginning. Sort of like “gooawsh” or “gwash”.

      OP, good work, gouache is one of the more difficult mediums out there as essentially it’s opaque watercolor. Gouache is a very unforgiving medium, as it’s very easy to end up with a washed out mess the more you try to fix mistakes.

      But there’s a reason old masters used gouache as it refined their technique and forced them to think carefully. They generally used it to sketch and prepare studies for an oil painting.

    • Eugenia@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Not sure how to write it in a way that informs pronunciation, since English is not my first language. But a way to do it is to view a few videos about it on youtube. :)