In our Techniques to Try section, we examine how Brenda Turner's passion for painting gouache on Arches black cover stock opens up a wide array of creative possibilities. Here, we show a step-by-step demonstration of her technique.
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Step 1
Turner first took photographs of a street scene in Buena Vista, Colorado, and groups of people attending a parade downtown. |
Step 2
After making individual drawings of the figures in her photographs, the artist redrew them with a white Prismacolor pencil on a sheet of Arches black cover stock. |
Step 3
The artist restated the lines of her drawing by painting them with white gouache using a round sable brush, and then she applied layers of colored gouache with flat, synthetic-hair brushes.
THE COMPLETED PAINTING:
Street Scene in Buena Vista, Colorado
2006, gouache, 22 x 30. Collection Community Banks of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. |