2024-05-17
Painter's block
2024-05-15
What a difference a style makes
When I visited California in 2016 our group - of course - went to the Grand Canyon. I even dared to particpate in a Helicopter ride which showed us the gorgeous landscape from above.
Now, that AI gives us the opportunity to create amazing images I wanted to recreate the Grand Canyon.
Here I used Openart AI with the prompt:"grand canyon in winter in the style of art deco"
2024-05-12
Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
Other than that it looks quite realistic, a bit too realistic I thought. So I decided to play with the image a bit.
I used it as a starter image and added in the prompt:
2024-05-08
Enjoying color mixing with Gouache
Brilliant Red (Reeves), Ultramarine (Reeves), Blue Lake (Reeves), Golden yellow (Lascaux) and White (Lucas Nerchau).
I tried to mix a darker red with adding Ultramarine to the Brilliant Red; I also mixed Blue Lake with a bit of Ultramarine in order to reduce its greenish hue. I did not do test swatches as I consider all these paintings to be test or practice paintings. I allow myself potential failures - after all every painting I do will teach me something.
I also noticed that I enjoy every painting I do and that I am looking forward to every new one I will do. I do not know how long this joy will last - but just now I am very happy with it.
2024-05-06
Using a gouache painting as starter image
Some days ago I did an abstract painting with gouache:
2024-05-03
Gouache and Colored pencils
As you can see I am still down the "Gouache" rabbit hole. This time I used "Golden Yellow" from Lascaux. The smallest size it comes in is 85 ml, and it is not cheap. However: I bought this bottle almost 10 years ago, and it still works fine. It is very creamy, and: it can be rewetted without losing quality. I also used "Indigo" from Schmincke (Akademie Gouache), and I noticed that there is a significant difference when you try to rewet it. So I think I will rather buy Lascaux Gouache when I need to restock my Gouache paints.
Another thing I learnt is that you can successfully apply colored pencils on gouache. Here I used a deep blue,