I have been working on a lighthouse painting for a little while. This is the third iteration of the clouds. The look more Van Gogh-ish than real (sorry for the insult, Vincent…you are one of my favorite painters). Anyhow…I welcome criticism of all sorts! I have watched about three of Sam’s cloud video (one multiple times). He makes it look easy, but I am not getting it. That is a reflection on me, not on Sam’s teaching. I am moving on for now, though I did learn some things. Anyhow, this is a lighthouse in Washington state on Puget Sound.

8x10 gouache. Apologies to the snow weary. 😉

8x10 on Arches watercolor paper. Really having fun painting with gouache lately.

Kind of like the composition on this 10x8 gouache study. I think I'm going to do a larger oil painting of this.

I've been trying my hand at Gouache for the first time. I think it will be better suited for me when Plein Air painting so I'm practicing in the studio first. It's a really interesting medium. Love that it's water based, opaque (or transparent) and edges can be manipulated with water after drying, unlike Acrylics. Both paintings are 8x6 on watercolor paper.