I was scared to start a month long project based around watercolour, having become very effective with collage techniques. But I am finding a lot of freedom to experiment with watercolour and push the boundaries of what is possible.
While Gouache is not strictly watercolour, it is still a water-based medium and allowed by Charlie on Doodlewash!
My dad was a mechanic, preferring older style engineering to the more modern electrical ignition systems. I found a black and white image of a mechanic, probably from the late 70’s and I’ve used this as my inspiration today.
You wouldn’t want to ‘startle’ the mechanic(!) – got to get the theme in somehow. I’ve used collage and watercolour to start the image and then worked over the top with gouache.
This has really given me some food for thought about how to develop a collage and watercolour technique. I shall be sharing some timelapse videos of this technique later in the week.
Day 4 – a developing story.
