on the road • gouache

i’ve been wanting to try my lineless style on paper for sooo long!! finally dedicated this sunday evening to it!

in the end it took about 6 hours, much longer than i thought it would and already learned a lot about layering and which areas to paint first to avoid doubling back all the time. i’m sure i can get my next one done much faster and with less dry paint on the palette!

i love gouache a lot for how forgiving it is, and how bold the final colours look. it’s great to be able to layer paint when i make a mistake or simply change my mind! what a chad medium