Lol I doubt that, I just literally never pass up the chance to say gouache, because it’s funny (sounds like gwash, or gowash… goowash) but I also liked how it was more opaque than normal watercolors so it helped hide all my extra sketch lines.
But yes, something I discovered was that the color you thought something was in your head was never the color something actually is due to lighting and atmospheric conditions so if you’re trying to paint something at all representational and even vaguely realistic there’s a whole new dimension to mess up in. Making a 3d thing 2d is surprisingly hard for our brains because we keep wanting to replace what we see with “symbols” of the thing.
I think I’ve tried watercolor pencils? If I did it was only once. I think the experience is like coloring with the pencil, then brushing over it with water to smooth out the scribbles so you get that soft watercolor look. I seem to remember I used the wrong paper so the amount of water I was able to use resulted in the scribbles just getting blurry so I guess if you try them then make sure your paper can handle a good soak, lol.
I met a person who did these neat Zentangle designs, maybe something like that could be a way to enjoy the medium without the pressure of representationalism?
Lol I doubt that, I just literally never pass up the chance to say gouache, because it’s funny (sounds like gwash, or gowash… goowash) but I also liked how it was more opaque than normal watercolors so it helped hide all my extra sketch lines.
But yes, something I discovered was that the color you thought something was in your head was never the color something actually is due to lighting and atmospheric conditions so if you’re trying to paint something at all representational and even vaguely realistic there’s a whole new dimension to mess up in. Making a 3d thing 2d is surprisingly hard for our brains because we keep wanting to replace what we see with “symbols” of the thing.
I think I’ve tried watercolor pencils? If I did it was only once. I think the experience is like coloring with the pencil, then brushing over it with water to smooth out the scribbles so you get that soft watercolor look. I seem to remember I used the wrong paper so the amount of water I was able to use resulted in the scribbles just getting blurry so I guess if you try them then make sure your paper can handle a good soak, lol.
I met a person who did these neat Zentangle designs, maybe something like that could be a way to enjoy the medium without the pressure of representationalism?
Ouuuuuuuu! Cool, thanks for the ideas/sharing!!