I'm more used to watercolours but always have been curious about gouache. I got myself some paints but never really got into them. Glad I found this class I had a lot of fun exploring the differences to watercolours.

At first I really struggled, everything was just muddy and awful looking.

Space Berries - image 1 - student project

I drew the two "peaches" (more like round shaped colour blobs) at the top after the muddy looking ones and started to enjoy it more.

Space Berries - image 2 - student project

With each peach I felt more comfortable.

Space Berries - image 3 - student project

I started using more blues and mixing a little bit more.

Space Berries - image 4 - student project

For the stems I really watered down the green instead of using the opacity of gouache.

Space Berries - image 5 - student project

In my second strawberry piece I made better use of that.

Space Berries - image 6 - student project

I didn't really feel like making a still life so I decided to go for a pattern. The blackberries didn't work but I like how the citrus turned out.

Space Berries - image 7 - student project

I will definitely play around with gouache some more, all in all I really like the messy look. This was a great class for me to get a better understanding of my gouache paints and I'm really enjoying the results.

Edit: After seeing Tracey Leach's Bananas I had to have another go and I guess I love me some bananas.

Space Berries - image 8 - student project

Space Berries - image 9 - student project

Space Berries - image 10 - student project

Space Berries - image 11 - student project

Besides the awesome classes, I love to look at what others are doing and being inspired by it. So cool what everyone is coming up with.

Clair S

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