Little lost Tiki's Art Chronicles and Stuffs! Page 70!A brief Return,BUT! Some new pieces to Delight YOU!!! - Other Crafts

LLT little lost tiki Tiki Socialite Orange,CA-right near the Circle! Joined: Jun 12, 2006 Posts: 7763	LLT little lost tiki Posted posted on Sun, Aug 27, 2006 8:05 AM Aloha Dawn! Props to your mom for raising such a fab artist! What do I use? Winsor Newton watercolors and Gouaches (onto that pricey but worth it Arches Watercolor paper) do it for me! Sometimes If I want something really punchy,I'll use a wet piece of WC paper-splash down some Dr Martens ink and swirl dat around-let it dry and proceed to go over it with the gouache. Here's an example of that.... "Battle of the Fishes"-Green this one, I used black ans gold ink and naples yellow gouache with whites-you can see the background how it goes in and out...(sometimes I sop up areas with a paper towel and rewet it (you know how that goes when the colors ain't talking right...) I also use colored tissue paper and water(layers upon layers give you a cool transparency look) Also tinting your gesso here and there and slapping it around and mixing it up makes for great backgrounds for the regular paintings too! Here's an example of that.... "the Herald" For this one I mixed a couple of colors of green and blue in with the gouache-don't use too much or the colors will be VERY light...Use just a couple spoonfuls of gesso per sq. foot. Send me a PM when you post those Watercolors-would love to see them! Aloha Sister Artist! Ken

Aloha Dawn!
Props to your mom for raising such a fab artist! What do I use? Winsor Newton watercolors and Gouaches (onto that pricey but worth it Arches Watercolor paper) do it for me! Sometimes If I want something really punchy,I'll use a wet piece of WC paper-splash down some Dr Martens ink and swirl dat around-let it dry and proceed to go over it with the gouache.
Here's an example of that....

"Battle of the Fishes"-Green
this one, I used black ans gold ink and naples yellow gouache with whites-you can see the background how it goes in and out...(sometimes I sop up areas with a paper towel and rewet it (you know how that goes when the colors ain't talking right...)
I also use colored tissue paper and water(layers upon layers give you a cool transparency look) Also tinting your gesso here and there and slapping it around and mixing it up makes for great backgrounds for the regular paintings too! Here's an example of that....

"the Herald"
For this one I mixed a couple of colors of green and blue in with the gouache-don't use too much or the colors will be VERY light...Use just a couple spoonfuls of gesso per sq. foot. Send me a PM when you post those Watercolors-would love to see them!
Aloha Sister Artist!
Ken

Post #251001 by little lost tiki on Sun, Aug 27, 2006 8:05 AM