BRUSHTOBER // week 1 - gouache & acrylic (Patreon)

Week one of my #brushtober challenge is complete! Over the weekend I tested out gouache and acrylic, and I’m not gonna lie, it was rough. A part of me regrets taking on this challenge because I have such a long way to go in figuring out how to make this work for me! 😂 But then I remind myself that the reason I decided to do this is to expand my skills. Let’s hope I can figure this out before the end of the month! 

To finish this experimental week, I made the first drawing with a mix of watercolor and gouache, testing how it would look if I worked from a rough sketch. The other images are of my initial gouache and acrylic test sketches. I uploaded the large version of the file so you can see the notes that I wrote! My main takeaway is that I watered down the acrylic way too much and need to buy some mediums to get more of a gloopy, creamy effect. So far I’m digging gouache the most, but maybe that will change if I use acrylic properly! 

This week I’m doing slice of life sketches with ink wash & ecoline, wish me luck guys! As patrons, would you like to see some behind the scenes content for the brushtober stuff? If so, what would you like to see: step-by-steps, process videos, or anything else?