I've spent the past month doing a gouache course in my free time.

I know this is super different from my usual work - with the exception of that Azur I painted before I started the course - but I wanted to share it nontheless! Especially since your support helped me finance this venture - from the materials to the cost of the course itself.

Right now, gouache paintings are something I do purely for myself to get practice with the medium. I love its versatily and the way the colors look and feel.

Getting that practice with painting and color mixing always helps me in all other areas of my art, too!

Pic 1: Followed a tutorial by Sarah Burns Studio and painted her provided reference photo. First page of my Canson mixed media toned paper sketchbook. Pic 2: Painted from a reference photo of Justin Donaldson's gouache course. Pic 3: Painted from a photo I took last year. Pic 4: A master study for the last week of Justin's course, original painting by Anders Zorn Pic 5: A spontaneous portrait of Azur on kraft paper.