http://www.stuartshils.com/index2.html
Check out his gouaches
My main medium is oil paints however recently I have been playing around with Gouaches. I have been doing ink drawings also.
I like the gouache because is has a very silk feel to it. It is very seductive and the colors are really nice.
If you view Stuart Shills website (above) and click on his gouaches you will see how he is making monoprints using the gouache. I would love to try this out.
Today I went out in my car and did 2 paintings with gouache. These were my first paintings done from in the car. I'm not really sure what to think of them. I want the paintings I make to be interesting and different.
The question is, How does one paint the sky and snow banks in an interesting way?
I am proposing to do a series of sky and snowbank paintings using gouache and sometimes ink with gouache. I have been looking at snow banks for a while now and noticing the sky. Its just starting to stay lighter out later which is great.
I am also proposing to do more oil paintings of fish heads.
What does this all mean? I'm not really sure. I do know that it has something to do with being in the moment, out in the elements/on site, and having a go at it. What it is it is and no editing continues when i'm back in the studio. Constant looking is required along with the constant pressure of time running out as the light changes.
I am also thinking of doing mini 1.5x 1.5 figure paintings. We will see.
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