On Wednesday November 17 I had the good fortune to watch a demo done by Ken Austin at the Mt. Dora Florida art league meeting. I had seen Ken's work before and admired it.The part that fascinated me the most was his gouache/ink technique.
This painting is an example of this.
I need to find out more about it...but it seems that after the gouache is completely dry, he gently paints the whole painting (this was a full sheet) with black ink. (not acrylic ink). He says Sennelier makes a shellack-based ink he thinks works best for this.
He leaves this on overnight and then takes the painting outside and "gently" washes off the ink with his garden hose! He mentioned as an aside that sometimes he has to press the fully dried painting at the end to remove any warping.
He mentioned that he purposely leaves white space that will be black as he paints.
I was wondering if any of you has tried this technique and has anything to offer. See this link.
I love this technique! I have used the same process using tempera paint and india ink instead of gouache and the shellac based black ink. I used to teach this project when I taught high school art and it was a popular project with the students because they almost always got wonderful results. Thanks for reminding me of this.
ReplyDeleteI can hardly wait to try this. You are the second one to write about the tempera paint! Must be something art teachers do? I don't have any tempera so am stuck using gouache! Next week...I promise!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving, Barb@