@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoWhat's your hobby that people should check out?message-square47fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
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minus-squareNinalinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoIt’s been awhile since I’ve used it, but gouache is pretty fun in terms of getting a bit more fluid/rewettable pigments than acrylics, but not as unwieldy and intimidating as watercolor. And also not as smelly as oil paints :)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoDefinitely! I have actually seen gouache used to great effect when combined with watercolor as well. There is a guy who does some really excellent watercolor/gouache stuff on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JamesGurney
minus-squareNinalinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoI feel like saying he does good stuff on youtube is underselling what an amazing artist James Gurney is historically, haha. He’s very great!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoLol I think you are right, I really don’t have enough words in my vocabulary to describe the quality of his art properly.
It’s been awhile since I’ve used it, but gouache is pretty fun in terms of getting a bit more fluid/rewettable pigments than acrylics, but not as unwieldy and intimidating as watercolor. And also not as smelly as oil paints :)
Definitely! I have actually seen gouache used to great effect when combined with watercolor as well.
There is a guy who does some really excellent watercolor/gouache stuff on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/@JamesGurney
I feel like saying he does good stuff on youtube is underselling what an amazing artist James Gurney is historically, haha. He’s very great!
Lol I think you are right, I really don’t have enough words in my vocabulary to describe the quality of his art properly.