Watercolor abstract painting ideas with simple shapes, dots, modern marks, and layered blue green mixed media texture.

Gouache Abstracts In My Art Journal: Holbein, Posca, Silver Ink, And Pencils

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Today I’m back in my Bare Spine Beauty journal that I made in class, and I’m continuing to fill it with layered abstract paintings inspired by palettes from The Color Cube. For this spread, I’m using the same palette in a few different ways, changing the dominant color on each painting to see how the mood shifts from page to page. I taped off different sizes to create more interest in the composition, then built up lots of texture and mark making with Holbein gouache, Faber-Castell Black Collection pencils, Kuretake silver ink in a fine line bottle, and Posca pens. If you love art journaling, color palette play, and mixed media layers, come create with me.

Check out the Bare Spine Beauty Art Journal workshop on my site: https://2lilowls.com/product/bare-spine-beauty-master-the-art-of-coptic-bookbinding/

Looking for the supplies I used? I’ve listed all my favorite and most-used materials on one easy-to-update page here: https://2lilowls.com/favorite-supplies-for-mixed-media-abstract-art/

(Some of the links are affiliate links. If you use my link, I get a small commission, which will go toward my art supplies and to support this channel! I appreciate your support!!)

Note: I don’t list individual supply links on every post any longer, simply because keeping up with that for each video or project took more time than I have. Instead, I’ve created one easy-to-browse page where I’ve listed all my favorite and most-used art supplies. It’s always up to date, and a great place to find what I’m working with most often.

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My handmade Bare Spine Beauty art journal open to two colorful abstract gouache paintings with art supplies nearby.
My abstract gouache painting with warm orange and brown washes, turquoise marks, black lines, white dots, and fine metallic gold details.
My turquoise and orange abstract gouache painting with curved bands, black pencil marks, white dots, and delicate gold lines.
My layered abstract art journal painting with orange, turquoise, brown, black linear marks, white dots, and fine gold details.
My orange abstract gouache painting with turquoise curved lines, black pencil marks, white Posca dots, and metallic gold details.
My colorful gouache abstract with sweeping orange and turquoise curves, white dots, gold marks, and layered mixed media textures.
My open handmade art journal with two turquoise and orange gouache abstract paintings surrounded by paint, pencils, and Posca pens.

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