Studies in value, tools for the process
Pen plots, portraits, fineliner work, and gouache studies moving toward oil. This site tracks the digital tools I'm building along the way and how I use them.
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Progress logSeptember 29, 2026Two Master Studies on the Zorn Palette
Two gouache master studies on Zorn, one after Cedric Peyravernay's Lord Pendleton and one after Ahmed Aldoori's Face Practice: no tools, a bigger sheet, and the difference between pulling colour out of the mixes and pushing it in.
Progress logSeptember 28, 2026Wet-in-Wet Gouache: Two Gradient Studies
Two quick technique studies in gouache, a plain sky and a rock, to practise wet-in-wet gradients and find out where dry layering on top starts to undo them.
Progress logSeptember 20, 2026Four Complexions in Gouache: From a Triad to the Zorn Palette
Four small gouache heads across four complexions, the first on a three-colour palette and the next three on Zorn, and what shapes, value strings and a bigger brush did for the colour.
Progress logSeptember 13, 2026Two Colours and White: Four Gouache Portraits on a Limited Palette
Four gouache portraits, each on two colours and white chosen before the first stroke, testing the ear post's rule of picking a palette and sticking with it. Three of the four held to it.