Learning to Paint (perhaps)
I’ve been thinking about visual arts recently. Perhaps this is not too surprising, given my photography. But I’ve been thinking about that, and how I want to explore other mediums. Not to forget or stop photography, but complementing it.
I’ve experimented with sketching/drawing, and enjoy it, but feel inclined to something else. I used to paint a little bit, mainly water colours, but I haven’t for a long while. That said I’m not wanting to go back to water colour. I considered oils, but got put off by the cost, and general difficulty of use. Current thought it to try some gouache paint.
I have no experience in this, but as an opaque medium that is somewhat like water colour (in a way) I think it sounds good. I mistakenly bought a cheap set, that ended up being closer to water colour (for £6 with brushes and some paper etc. it should perhaps be no surprise). So I’ve just gone to have to go and get some more, from the nearby art supplier. Now that’s done I’ve found some introductory videos etc. to work through. After that, who knows, but I’ll attempt to report back, once I’ve managed to learn something about it and do some painting.