Good morning.
Another day of working on my dual gallery show. Starts in a week. 
I have several large pieces of artwork almost done. 19"x24", which leaves great space for cropping in the future.
I'm using the Blick Bristol pad 100lb for this. Believe ME, acrylic gouache, acrylic markers, and acrylic paint all work pretty well on this paper. I am getting some curling where I used heavy acrylic marker application. But otherwise, 
"The Old Well" is one of my larger original paintings still waiting for a new home. Because yes, I work so much on really small formats that even 18x18cm is relatively big in comparison. 
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Industrial Heart.
Industrial Heart is a minimalist, semi abstract, gouache painting.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/industrial-heart-james-mccormack.html ]
If you want to use a smooth paper AND use gouache and dip pen, I highly recommend using hot press paper. Either stretch the hot press with water, or get 300 lb (540gsm?) hot press paper.
Hot press watercolor paper is 
️so nice️ but I haven't found a brand where I like how transparent watercolors look on them. Sigh.
Anyways. Did I have other questions I meant to answer for you folks? Do y'all remember? 
I think the sizing on the Bristol paper is helping to keep gouache from sinking in and creating a buckled messy paper.
Of course, mixed media paper is your friend when you want to make pieces with wet and dry media. I don't use mixed media paper as much because I love using pen and ink on Bristol. 
With acrylic gouache, its safe to blend in a wet way when you use a lot of layers. The acrylic binder will protect the lower layers.
(Won't work with watercolors.)
Good morning-afternoon.
So, one if the questions I promised to answer is "Can gouache go on Bristol paper?" I'm using 100lb 270gsm Bristol. Canson, Strathmore, and Blick brand.
The answer is Yes! Just don't use a super lot of water. It has to be a much dryer paint stroke.
It doesn't buckle as if you were using sketch/drawing paper. But it does buckle slightly more than 140lb 300gsm paper.
To me, it is not super concerning. I'm mainly using acrylic gouache tho. Test first!
The replay of this month’s livestream is now up on Patreon! 
Had a lot of fun painting these lichen and moss-covered branches and trees based on photos I took on a recent hike~
The video is available for Adepts and the Inner Circle.
The first month in both tiers is currently 25% off with the code SUMMERSOLSTICE 
(the discount also applies to the Apprentice tier )
Getting close to the end with this painting...he's a close-up of the train itself.
My first proper gouache success, I think!
Been working on this little mermaid and finally finished. Still learning with gouache, but kinda happy with how this one turned out. What do you think?
#MastoArt #art #TraditionalArt #gouache #mermay #illustration
Basil sunset from hotel window. #Watercolor #Ink #Gouache #WaterColour
I have such a thing for wide open rural landscapes under starry skies~
You can find the livestream replay for this painting on my Patreon, for the Adept and Inner Circle tiers!
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I really enjoyed this one. Not a lot of easy references for light/dark at the same time.
Photo ref by Lienete Stazda
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This original painting has recently found a new home~
Want to learn how to paint your own version? Find the replay of the livestream I created it in on my Patreon!
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This is one of my favorites from the landscape reference group photos. Ref by Jo Raines
#aceo #gouache #dailysketch
