Before the brush there is prep work to be done. The photo or subject to be chosen. I chose a photo by Ebowalker on Pixabay.

I love very old doors, bricks and arches. I don’t like sketching them, but that is how I get it on the watercolor paper or sometimes I trace it out. This photo needed to be sketched out because of all the crazy rock and brick. Hand and brain needed to connect.

Before the brush is one of the most important part of painting. Getting to know the subject, connecting with it and deciding how you will begin. Colors to be used is the next step in this painting.

For this painting I will be using Gouache (Gouache (/ɡuˈɑːʃ, ɡwɑːʃ/; French: [ɡwaʃ]). It is similar to Watercolor, yet very different. Watercolor, for the most part, is transparent where Gouache is opaque with higher pigment.

Tomorrow I will be diving into this painting. I will share my progress as I go.