starting the next one!
i did some Photoshop processing on this reference image to help me push the colours using the gouache palette i have.
For these, I've been doing an underpainting of big colour washes, and in gouache that can be dangerous - water will lift paint back up off the page and it could contaminate the layers I'll put on top, which is the opposite of the stark contrast I'm hoping to achieve. So after my underpainting had dried completely, I put on a thin wash of transparent watercolour ground, and I'm delighted to say it's working like magic! No lifting or contaminating or colours from the underpainting into the actual painting 🤘🤘
progress!
further progress!
so close to done! but not quite there yet.
The finished piece! 12 x 16", gouache and transparent watercolour ground.
Referencing this photo of a Toronto hot dog stand, by Filip Mroz on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/oVMjj1ub5kw


















