Original artwork description:

This painting was inspired by the beautiful view of the coastline while enjoying a walk along the Wedding Rock Trail in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

Materials used to create this artwork:
Gouache on 5"x7" Crescent Hot Press Watercolor Board.

Gouache is very closely related to watercolor. It uses the same gum Arabic binder, but has more pigment which is not ground as finely as watercolor. Gouache can be rendered opaque through two different formulation approaches. The first, and most commonly used, is through the addition of opacifiers like calcium carbonate or titanium dioxide or other things. The result is greater opacity, but the clarity and intensity of the color is compromised, sometimes quite appreciably. I use several gouache brands, like Holbein and Winsor&Newton. Both of these manufacturers do not add any opacifiers, but use pigments that tend to be naturally opaque and load the formulation so heavily with pigment that opacity is the result.

The painting is unframed and will require a frame to hang on the wall. It is varnished and can be framed without glass. Images showing the painting framed in home interiors are for presentation of potential framing ideas only. Frame is not included.

Kindly note that not all in-context (in a room) pictures provide a true sense of scale of artwork. Please refer to listing size.

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Materials used:

gouache, hot press watercolor paper, Crescent watercolor board, archival varnish

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