Water Meadows (Gouache in my sketch book) by Bob Biggart

I like the touches of yellow, just lifts it.

Confident, good painting Bob.

Nice landscape painting

I have used gouache, but found you've got to be a bit careful with the blues you use: the ultramarine in particular seems to punch you right in the eye in a certain light, I don't know if you've found that? Like the painting, and I think it's best to do the whole thing in either watercolour or gouache - again, wonder what you think about that? Trying to combine the two is tempting, but I certainly had trouble making it work. If you can paint in gouache, by the way, you could certainly paint in acrylic - or even oil.

Super landscape with a great variety of greens.

Thank you all very much for your comments. Robert, in answer to your questions...I have Prussian, Ultramarine, Cobalt and Cerulean blues. I used mainly cobalt here I think, but I wouldn't go to the stake on it. Ray Balkwill very successfully combines watercolour with Gouache, plus soft pastels as well. And Pamela Kay has used transparent gouache as a watercolour like wash, then she often finishes her still life paintings using it in an opaque manner. You would think that many of her Gouache paintings were watercolours. I have her (out of print) book "Pamela Kay, a personal view, Gouache" which is excellent. I've asked APV films if they could do a DVD on her gouache work, but to no avail. Hope that helps.

I like this very much Bob...excellent.

This is excellent Bob. I'm still experimenting with gouache and find it fascinating to use as thick as possible.