5/5 ART CHALLENGE. DOOR DAY 2. Oh, Gouache. I love gouache. I love to say 'gouche'. So fun. It's never my GO-TO paint, but every time I use it I remember how much I love the chalky texture and the watercolour-like feelings. I also really, really love the velvety opaqueness. And the quick drying. Gouache is a beautiful and flexible thing. I had this idea that I would apply the technique-of-the-day to each of the 12 door photos (keeping them aligned and delightful) and life would be full of buttery unicorns... but that might have been a bit ridiculous because it's just 12 times the amount of work. I get that now. Oh, well. I roughly drew out my door collection in in pencil and then started attacking the doors with gouache. And then not one kid at my house was napping and there was so much going on that it was impossible to concentrate. And then I decided that I liked the mix of painted + unpainted - finished + unfinished. It was the choose your-own-adventure idea again. I wish that I had more patience yesterday - but at the same time I love the gestural-ness and looseness of this piece, too.
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DAY3 is INK. I love ink.
Today: Wednesday! I'm working hard in the morning and then off in the afternoon to scout out some more inspiration. I was just thinking about how unproductive and uninspired I am in March - and then I realized that my productivity has simple swung over to family and house things. It's the ebb and flow of the creative mind I think. I hope because if it's not then I'm hooped. ;)
GO!
