Steph
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Cemetery light
Gouache practice again! This time I tried starting with a very limited palette. It seemed to actually make color-matching easier? I aimed for a palette with the following hues:
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Myrtle Beach shoreline
Sketched from the Surfside pier on a frighteningly windy day. I had to grip my sketchbook hard to keep the wind from taking it. Lines: Noodler’s Bulletproof Black ink in Traveller’s Co. brass fountain pen Canvas: Traveller’s Co. sketchbook paper
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Rail bridge in summer
I’m learning to paint with gouache in the hopes of improving my eye for color, and my color-mixing ability. Today’s piece didn’t hit quite all the shades of brown I was aiming for, but I learned a good bit and had some good discussions with friends along the way. 🙂
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Tree-lined rural road
Medium: Watercolors on Arches hot-press watercolor paper This piece was painted “en plain air,” meaning that I packed up my paints and set up an easel to paint outdoors. The scene is a country road from the vantage point of a public hiking trail.
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Sunflower bouquet
Medium: sumi ink (charcoal based) on Leuchtturm sketchbook paper A relaxing illustration based on a bouquet I bought a friend for her birthday. It’s embellished a bit from the irl flowers. Available in shop:
