Today was a lesson in an epic failure. I did a self portrait drawing and then over confidently decided to try and execute a gouache painting. It ended after about 40 minutes in complete failure. I dont know shit about painting and this proved it. First, I tried using the Zorn pallette. I thought by limiting my options I could stand a better chance. Well, I dont know much about mixing colors, especially in that pallette which is basically 5 colors: Black/White/Yellow/Red/Raw Sienna. To get blue for instance you mix black and white. I know... you're thinking grey. But try it. It is blue, especially next to red.
Well I bombed. Hard. So I wondered why. I dont know how to paint with Gouache. I dont know how to mix colors. It's not like photoshop with a simple picker. My eyes are poorly trained for color and this is now something i'll work on.
Instead of feeling bad, I decided to execute the same idea again but with watercolor pencils. It turned out much better and more agreeable. I still think I need work on really painting form and value. But It looks and feels much more solid and clearly communicates the self portrait.
Then I just messed around with pen and some designs
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