I'm in love with Caran D'ache gouache paint I had bought when I was in England last October. When I had gotten home from my trip, I had opened the box and looked at the paint but put off using them. After reading a lot of Roz Stendahls blog,
http://rozwoundup.typepad.com/roz_wound_up,who use gouache in a lot of her work, I decided to test them out. Boy was I pleasantly surprised. The pigment was deep and rich without that chalky look that you can sometimes get with cheap gouache. Not that this is a cheap box of gouache, because it's not. I think when I bought them in the UK I spent about $50 dollars. I'm happy to say I can buy refill tubes in the US at a decent price.
This morning I painted this collage of flowers using only the gouache paint. I was very happy with the results and how well they performed on the watercolor paper.
I decided to make an accordion book which measures 6" x 19". When folded, each accordion measures 6" x 2.75". I was amazed on how quickly painting 2.75" squares at a time could go so quickly.
I'm happy that I finally used my gouache and will be experimenting with them a lot. Also this accordion style book is something I'll be incorporating into my daily painting.
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