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With the Obsessions class, you pay by year or by month. I was late to the game this year, and paid for July and August because she is doing techniques that interest me. July was using watercolor for faces. August is using Neocolor II and gouache. I have a set of 30 Neocolor II crayons, and wanted ideas on how to use them effectively. Never tried gouache, so after watching part of the first video this month, used a coupon to buy a student grade set of Reeve's gouache at Michael's.
Oh. My. I now have a new addiction. The above journal page was drawn with cheap mechanical pencil from Dollar Tree. I then used the Neocolor II crayons to put down about 50% of the hair, almost all of the top, and the under shading of the face. Then, following Christy's example in the video, started layering gouache. I LOVE THIS PAINT! And this is the cheap stuff. It dries matte, for one thing, but once dry it can still be manipulated. So if, like me, you have to get up to let the dogs out so they can then come back in in exactly 3 minutes, you can still go back to the part you were working on and move the paint. Say what????
If you add a lot of water to gouache, it is semi opaque. If you don't add hardly any water, just enough to move the paint, the colors are bright, vibrant and gorgeous, opaque. AND THIS IS THE CHEAP STUFF!!!
I was so excited, I did a second girl last night sitting on the bed while the dogs watched a rerun of Castle. Haven't applied the gouache yet, but did the under coat with Neocolor II. Can't wait to get in the studio this morning.
Linda
Love this.
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