Wednesday Gouache 12

Wednesday Gouache 11

Wednesday Gouache 10

The good news is that we'll have the same model, in the same pose, this week, so I'll have a chance to finish this.

Wednesday Gouache 9

This tight, clumsy sketch is the kind of thing that happens when you haven't had class in 4 weeks. Onward! Keep painting!

Wednesday Gouache 8

This figure is headless because I ran out of time. The model arrived late, etc.

Wednesday Gouache 7

There was a "Wednesday Gouache 6", but it's such a muddy mess that I'm embarrassed to post it! Instead, here's #7.

Wednesday Gouache 5

Wednesday Gouache 4

This is week 1 of a 2-week pose; I'll put colors on it next time. She is actually the same model that I drew in my first Saturday class at PAFA!

Wednesday Gouache 3

In the studio where we paint, there's very harsh overhead lighting. For the long pose, we turn off the overheads and put spot lighting around the studio, in an attempt to get interesting shadows on the model. One result is that I furiously paint away in the dim lighting, only to stagger back in surprise at the lurid colors I've used when the overheads are turned back on. It's probably good for me, though.

Wednesday Gouache 2

Members' Show at the Main Line Art Center

I submitted the above painting to the annual Members' Show at the Main Line Art Center. It's a gouache (opaque watercolor), which means it has to be framed (otherwise it could be ruined by someone spilling a drink on it.) I put it in an old frame I had around the house — what a nightmare! Framing makes me so tense; I'm worried that I'll lose my focus and somehow wreck the painting. Invariably, I get the whole frame put together and find some little bit of schmutz between the matte and the plexiglass, so I have to take it apart again. Argh! When the show is over, I'm getting that puppy framed professionally. Enough already.

Wednesday Gouache 1