I decided to try painting in gouache, which I’ve never done before. I watched a lot of videos on YouTube (where everything looks so easy!) and finally today I had a bash at it myself. What you see here is my very first gouache painting!

My friend Cecilia had posted a photo she took from her cousin’s back garden looking out at the mountains in Cordoba, so I chose that as my first inspiration.

In case you don’t know what gouache is, it’s a water based paint with an opaque finish—unlike water colour, which is translucent. It’s a different process and I liked it because it forced me to paint in a looser, more fluid style than my ink and water colour sketches. It takes a bit of getting used to, but I think I’ll do more and see if I can get good at it.