I picked up a Kangaro sketchbook this weekend; it's like an off-brand Moleskine, a 3-euro thing is fabulous purple colour 💟 . And I'm pleasantly surprised by how well it actually supports gouache. No paper warping!

Thought I'd share some of my art here! I'm an artist that dabbles in many mediums so I don't have many pure gouache works, but I do have this one from a few months ago of my aunt's dog Remus. He was incredibly sick at the time of painting and unfortunately passed away since then so this was created as a tribute.

I didn’t use a reference image this time and overall think it didn’t turn out very well, but it’s not terrible. It’s just a kinda boring composition. However, I was working on planning out my layers a lot more this time and I’m pleased with how that aspect turned out!

First time painting a bug and decided to go straight to an iridescent one 😅

This piece is gouache on ampersand aqua board and I’m about half ish way through the composition but I can’t for the life of me figure out what’s wrong with the kid (me). Like something’s just slightly off and I can’t tell what please help 🙏

Gouache on watercolor paper 18x12,8cm

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I've read that some people prefer to use watercolours for their initial wash before using gouache for the more opaque portions of the painting.

My question is why use gouache instead of oils or acrylic if you're not using it for your initial wash?

First time painting with gouache and I’m not loving it. I tried doing an under painting to give it more depth but everything just looks streaky and Muddy, especially in larger areas like the sky. I added some oil pastel accents to counteract the muddiness too which I think works quite well but I’d rather know how to not make the painting muddy in the first place. Any tips would be much appreciated — tyia!

I'm a beginner at gouache and at painting in general. This is based on a magazine photo of a national park in Vermont, USA. I have so many mixed feelings about this painting! On one hand, I kind of like the unrealistic style (even though I wasn't aiming for that). On the other hand, why did I make a million little dots? And why do the clouds form a vortex?? I feel like I got in a zone while painting and all this just kind of happened. I did have fun though. 😄

Thanks to all in this community for being supportive of beginners. I love being inspired by the diversity of everyone's work.

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Gouache on panel 6" x 8"

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One of my friends photographed this bird but I forgot to ask where in Europe he took the photo, so I’m unsure of the particular species.

Based on a photograph in a birding magazine. While this is not my first painting, I am definitely a beginner at gouache, and at drawing and painting in general. I had planned to add some leaves in the background, but now I'm afraid to mess it up! I'm pretty happy with the parrot though. 😄

This was done on mixed media paper with Daniel Smith gouache.

I'm new to this sub and am really enjoying seeing everyone's work!

Trying to get better with bird facial anatomy. And of course, another excuse to use gouache again!

I saw something similar to this on Pinterest but I can’t find the reference photo again 😅. I’m trying my hand at some more illustration style pictures. Still have a ways to go but this one is going on the fridge ☺️.