I recently had an epiphany. I realized I was tired of painting on canvas. It fights you every step of the way when you use acrylics like I do.
You have to blend tiny areas at a time before they dry. And they've never really had the vibrancy I wanted, so I went out and bought some mixed media
and switched to gouache. The results are breathtaking. I stopped work on my latest painting and started over using gouache.
I painted the same area in less than a third of the time, and the colors are so vibrant they just explode. It is so easy to use the piece almost paints itself.
I wish I had done this years ago. No wonder Basil Gogos used it in most of his work.
Look at the difference...new Phantom on the left, old Phantom on the right.
You have to blend tiny areas at a time before they dry. And they've never really had the vibrancy I wanted, so I went out and bought some mixed media
and switched to gouache. The results are breathtaking. I stopped work on my latest painting and started over using gouache.
I painted the same area in less than a third of the time, and the colors are so vibrant they just explode. It is so easy to use the piece almost paints itself.
I wish I had done this years ago. No wonder Basil Gogos used it in most of his work.
Look at the difference...new Phantom on the left, old Phantom on the right.
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