20 mintues Gouache head sketches

[Joe Kresoja]

I usually bring a little gouache set to an open drawing session I go to. I have to work fast, no time to second guess myself.

All our on 80pnd toned paper.

-Joe

[Allan Rahbek]

Joe,
I like the energy of the broad brush. I have never tried gouache but it seems to be ideal for sketching and it stays in it's place I guess.
By the way, are you left handed?

[Joe Kresoja]

Alan,

Yes I am left handed.
Gouache is great for fast sketching as long as you don't get to washy /soupy with it. It tends to dry very fast. One thing to note is that the darks dry lighter and the lights dry darker.

[Joe Kresoja]

Here's a few more.

-Joe

[Carlos Ygoa]

Joe,

These are very good sketches. Nothing like this type of exercise to capture gesture and the essential topography of the face. And you have done it very well.

Let me also take advantage of this reply to welcome you to the forum. I like the pieces you showed in your introductory post. Very impressive.

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Great pieces Joe, absolutely confident
Ilaria

[Alexandra Tyng]

Joe, I really like the sureness and energy in these sketches. They are great! When I was a teenager my father tried to give me his old egg tempera, but it was all dried up, so he ended up buying me gouache. He kept saying "It's not the same at all!" but I remember liking it a lot (feeling a little guilty about admitting that to my father) and doing a couple of plein air landscapes. It seemed easy to work with outside, so I guess it's the same at an open studio. You've got me curious--maybe I'll try it again.

[Joe Kresoja]

Carlos, thank you. yes the are very much like a painting gesture. and they are a blast to do.

Ilaria, thank you

Alexandra,
I use gouache all the time for outdoor studies. very fun medium. I suggest you give it another shot.

here's a link to my picasa gouache gallery

warning though, there are nudes.

[Chris Saper]

So very strong and sculptural!

[Linda Brandon]

These are terrific, Joe! I really like that cobalt underdrawing that shows through in some of the paintings. These heads show a lot of energy and design and you're convincing me to to try out gouache.