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Published: 2017-08-31 14:32:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 497; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 0
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Heavy foreboding clouds always inspire me. I’ve explored them in oils and acrylic, and now I’m seeing what I can do in gouache. I’m liking the results – a lot.
Gouache on watercolour paper.
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I like that too Tracy... very expressive fallemotions...
well done
// Dominik
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I love storm clouds, but I haven't mastered painting them, so I really love this. You can almost feel the electricity in the air and smell the rain . . .
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Thank you. I love painting them too much, so have decided to give them a rest. For now. It won't last.
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Any suggestions you could offer on how I might emulate this look? Every cloud I try looks like something a 5 yr old might do. I'm not asking for a tutorial, just point me in a direction and I'll eventually figure it out alone. All I know is that I'm doing something wrong.
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Firstly, what is your media? I've had a look at your site, and I can only spot watercolour, is that the only one you use?
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I actually prefer acrylic and am just now teaching myself watercolor. I am simply proud they are not mud. (too much water was the problem, I discovered) One of these days, I'd like to get into oils, but for now these are the two I use. I do have other paintings but most are me practicing new techniques, or I've framed them and they're hanging in my home. My camera in my phone doesn't do them justice. This is a beloved hobby at the moment, done for my own pleasure and for gifts to family and friends. But, I wish to improve. I love landscapes and I can't do a good landscape with out clouds, and I do love storm clouds. Alas, Bob Ross has never shown me how to do storm clouds. LOL!! Any little suggestion is appreciated.
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Acrylics are a great choice, because you can water them down and use them like watercolours. However, if you are doing paintings you want to keep, you'll need to get a special medium for watering them down - you'll get it in any art shop.
As for painting skies, I always start off with 3 shades of the same colour (plus the white paper). First decide where the sun is and keep it in mind at all times. Wet the paper where you want clouds to go, leaving white bits, and then start at the lightest shade splotching onto your paper, while still wet add the next shade over bits of the last one, at the opposite end to where the sun is. Do the same with the 3rd shade. It does take practise, and trawl the internet for pictures of clouds to work on. Let me know how it goes!
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Thank you. That helps!
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No problem. I'll look forward to seeing what you do.
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This is my kind of weather and my kind of landscape
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I suppose big storms are.
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So, you're using the velvety gouache in watercolorey style! (?) I love the raw crawling edges of the clouds. I keep wanting to brighten the little home a wee bit more...but that could just be my monitor. I can "feel" the storm rolling in. Nice work!
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Yes, and a bit of bleach too. I see what you mean about the house, and thanks.
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Thank you, I loved painting it.
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