HOW TO PAINT A GOUACHE LANDSCAPE on an AQUABORD PANEL from AMPERSAND (bonus aquabord review) 

Have you tried gouache or the panel before? Both are great. :)

@@GalleryBry I’ve done a bunch of gouache, currently starting a 100 paintings in 100 days project to try to level up my gouache. So I’m researching what surface to use. Trying to divide between illustration board and aquabord. Want something I can frame without glass. Not too much texture…

@@AndrewDanielartofAndrewdaniel aquabord is really nice. But it can add up in price quickly, especially for studies and practice. It’s excellent for paintings for shows and sales. Daniel smith makes a watercolor ground that is nice too. You can put it on hardboard panels and basically make your own aquabord. But I haven’t compared it to gesso. It seems very similar. Gesso and hardboard might be a nice option for gouache studies. I get my hardboard panels at home depot. You can get 100 6x8 panels for about $14. It get a 4’x8’ sheet cut.

@@GalleryBry holy kwap! Great tip! Do you feel like aquabord is more or less expressive than paper? Sorry so many questions, I should just buy some! 😄

If anyone is reading along. This video compares 4 different watercolor grounds in action. The Daniel Smith looks pretty good to me! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HMMAvExlmuk.html

Glad you like the Santa tin!! It works great!! The wax does darken the colors, but it also has a nice finish. Worth trying. Perfect for postcards!!!

@@GalleryBry I might give it a go, when the shops reopen haha. Thanks for sharing great tips! :)

Eager to hear how it goes. :) Glad you like the tips. :)

I delay using white for as long as possible. This forces me to really think about the paint I am laying down when working from dark to light. But there are no rules and everyone has their own process. I do tend to use white for foreground mixtures, but sparingly. white is a cool color and can drain the warmth out of colors quickly. So I try to use yellow first in foregrounds before using white. But when I do add white to foregrounds I try to limit it. white works great for skies and cooling down background colors, which creates space with atmospheric perspective. A warm foreground and cool background creates a feeling a space and distance. Was that helpful?

@@GalleryBry Thanks! It was very helpful. I have just started my gouache journey and I think I use a lot of white while mixing the initial colors.

@@monafreyart are you using zing or titanium/permanent white?

@@GalleryBry for mixing I am using zinc. I tend to use white for mixing when applying the first wash. I think that’s where I get it wrong.

@@monafreyart using white to soon can cool down parts of the painting you want to remain warm. And zinc has a low tinting strength so you need to use quite a lot to achieve your desired effect. Which can be both a pro and a con.