Saturday, January 3, 2026

"Banff"

 

I'm learning to use gouache to repair paintings The rocks in the foreground were initially painted brown. They looked totally fake. So I mixed up some gouache after the painting was dry and went back in and painted the rocks grey. Looks quite a bit more realistic now.

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