Tag Archives: Acrylic and gouache

Seascape

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

I often tell myself that I will use my sketches as a basis for a painting. But I don’t do it because making decisions about a painting when I can’t see the subject directly is tough. Today I took the sketches … Continue reading →

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Figure in Acrylic and Gouache

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

I continued today with using an underpainting of acrylic together with a top coat of gouache. I did a series of 20- minute sketches, and this is the final one. I had some trouble selecting a workable thickness for the … Continue reading →

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Second March Morning at Torrey Pines

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

I painted some 30-feet away from the same spot as I did yesterday and I painted on a rectangular white watercolor board. Again, I used an underpainting of acrylic and then overpainted with watercolor and gouache. This sketch has a … Continue reading →

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Torrey Pines on a March Morning

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Sarah Sullivan

Last week I took a 30- hour workshop from Stephen Quiller and learned to use an acrylic underpainting on white paper before applying gouache. Today was my first opportunity to get out and try this technique on black paper. I … Continue reading →

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