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PabloRuiz In reply to LuvLoz [2009-01-08 20:26:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

You should have seen it in person! My painting is a poor reflection of what it was like...

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PabloRuiz In reply to Pauliinita [2009-01-03 00:49:17 +0000 UTC]

¡Muchisimas gracias! Y gracias también por los s!

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Pauliinita In reply to PabloRuiz [2009-01-03 06:41:29 +0000 UTC]

Yaaay! sabía que hablabas español jaja
De nada. Me gustaron mucho tus pinturas n__n

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PabloRuiz In reply to magickalmoon [2008-11-17 04:04:48 +0000 UTC]

I probably looks like watercolor because I use a lot of water, especially in the larger areas. It really handles differently than watercolor, though.

I think it would be much more difficult to use gouache en plein air, more like acrylic. Gouache dries harder than watercolor and doesn't rehydrate as well as watercolor. The brand I use, DaVinci, is the best of the ones I've tried for rehydrating, but it still isn't as easy as watercolor. The other brands, Winsor & Newton especially, are virtually impossible to rehydrate. When I'm using watercolor en plein air, I use tube paints that I squeeze into the pans in a palette. On a hot day it's almost impossible to keep the paint wet, so you have to be able to rehydrate it. Your mileage may vary , but for me watercolor and oil work best outdoors.

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magickalmoon In reply to PabloRuiz [2008-11-18 02:24:51 +0000 UTC]

I agree, I think it would be very hard to use gouache plein air. Although I have worked with it outside, its been sitting down on small works (no larger than 8x10) and under shade. I've never used DaVinci gouache, I use the w&n designer's gouache and I generally keep a dry pan type palette. I rehydrate with ox gall solution, its a very nice little trick. Its also much more humid here in the mid atlantic... Either way its definitely way different from oils or watercolors in the way that it works *nods*

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PabloRuiz In reply to magickalmoon [2008-12-01 04:17:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tip! I've been using the ox gall solution to rehydrate, and it really does work better than water. I haven't tried it with W&N yet, but it works with a couple of tubes of non-DaVinci brands that usually set up like concrete when they're dry.

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magickalmoon In reply to PabloRuiz [2008-12-01 04:24:54 +0000 UTC]

hehehe you're welcome I felt like I had discovered gold when a friend told me about the ox gall stuff. Apparently glycerine will do about the same thing according to the art conservation class that I've been sitting in on.

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PabloRuiz In reply to magickalmoon [2008-12-01 06:07:35 +0000 UTC]

From a conservation point of view is there any difference between ox gall and glycerine?

I'm also wondering what will be the effect on the gouache of repeated wetting with ox gall, so that the proportion of ox gall in the gouache increases?

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magickalmoon In reply to PabloRuiz [2008-12-02 01:06:42 +0000 UTC]

I'm not sure about a significant difference between the two... I don't have a really huge conservation background and what I do know has more to do with books than paintings...

The only thing that I can think of is that ox gall is an organic, but I doubt it would really pose a problem in small amounts. You only need an eye dropper drop to re-wet paint. Over time it might take less water to re-wet the paint because both chemicals are hygroscopic.

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PabloRuiz In reply to staatsf [2008-11-16 19:20:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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PabloRuiz In reply to frozenpandaman [2008-11-16 07:30:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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PabloRuiz In reply to fenatyka [2008-11-15 19:42:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! And thanks for the !

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fenatyka In reply to PabloRuiz [2008-11-15 20:40:18 +0000 UTC]

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