succulents + gouache.

Sean and I have been messing more and more with gouache painting. Last Saturday, we decided to pain some succulents + cacti. Sean was really deepening his color palettes by layering and I was working the opposite by totally washing everything out since I want to be better with the water side of paints and water colors somewhat frighten me.I'm pretty happy with my finished product, but I can't decide if I should have done a light background on the entire piece. It's a first stab at the prickly pear and it will probably sit in my sketchbook forever, but it was fun to get painting again.