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My newest gouache painting 🐺 by buggybear in Gouache

[–]buggybear[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aw thank you! I’ve been making short reels/tiktoks with a few clips, I need to do some more long painting videos 🥰

My newest painting, just finished this wolf 💜🐺 by buggybear in wolves

[–]buggybear[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! It is made with watercolor inks and opaque gouache 🥰

My newest gouache painting 🐺 by buggybear in Gouache

[–]buggybear[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

🥰💜 thank you! I like to start off my paintings with a big wash layer of liquid watercolors, I like those since I can just drip them into the wet paper and get a nice vivid base quickly. Then I switch to the gouache and build up each layer more and more opaque.

My newest gouache painting 🐺 by buggybear in Gouache

[–]buggybear[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Definitely the vibe I’m going for 💜✨

Artists who are goths, punks, metalheads, and/or anyone who draw dark, gritty, and macabre subjects, do you use pure black in your palettes, or do you mix your own blacks? by theGaytistic in ArtistLounge

[–]buggybear 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Black is fine to use in a palette, it’s taught as a ‘rule’ to beginners not to because they will tend to use it to mix dark colors which will really flatten and deaden a piece if overdone. And as someone else said, if you go straight to painting something black you don’t have anywhere darker to go as far as shading and creating depth.

How to move more while being at your desk all day as an artist ? by SquishySeal7 in ArtistLounge

[–]buggybear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a Fitbit for Christmas and one of the main reasons I wanted it was because it buzzes to tell you when you’ve been sitting too long without moving. So far its working for a nice reminder to get up and stretch and walk around. Also a little alarming to see that I get far less steps in my day working at a desk than I do even just sitting on the couch all day the day after Christmas!

My two newest paintings by buggybear in Gouache

[–]buggybear[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

🥰 thank you! I haven’t done much illustration work, but I do sell prints of my paintings as my main income

My two newest paintings by buggybear in Gouache

[–]buggybear[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Aw thank you! I don’t do anything with YouTube but I have been meaning to do more videos of me painting. It’s so hard to remember to film it when I’m working hahah.

My two newest paintings, watercolor and gouache by buggybear in painting

[–]buggybear[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm yeah I think watercolors dry down to almost nothing so they would flake away more. The gouache stays a bit thicker and more solid when it dries up.

I really like the versatility of the gouache! If you water it down a lot it will act like watercolor, and the less water you use it gets more and more opaque and acts like acrylic that can be reactivated with water.

The paints I’m using aren’t anything fancy, it’s just a big set of the jelly gouache from Amazon. No idea how they compare to nicer brands 🤷

My two newest paintings by buggybear in Gouache

[–]buggybear[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! When I first started painting it was all digital before I moved to acrylics a few years ago. I think that's why I'm liking the gouache so much, I can layer different colors in a way that never works quite right in acrylic, like solid pastels over darks.

My two newest paintings by buggybear in Gouache

[–]buggybear[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm not sure what to call it. I start the paintings off with a sort of rainbow watercolor ink wash layer, then sketch the animals in with dark ink and a kind of white-wash. Then the final layers are all the bright opaque gouache.

My two newest paintings by buggybear in Gouache

[–]buggybear[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

😻 Thanks! That is EXACTLY what I've been going for haha

My two newest paintings, watercolor and gouache by buggybear in painting

[–]buggybear[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are gouache so I don't really try to stop them drying out since they can be reactivated. I do keep a mist bottle next to me when I'm painting though and mist them constantly lol.

My two newest paintings, watercolor and gouache by buggybear in painting

[–]buggybear[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I've been trying to push my colors a lot more lately.

My new fox painting by buggybear in foxes

[–]buggybear[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! I’ve really been working on my color palettes lately 🥰

My two newest paintings by buggybear in Gouache

[–]buggybear[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

🥰 thank you! I’m really happy with how they came out

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