Sunnie Louise

“Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.”
– Sir Thomas Browne

 

Sunnie Louise
2.5″ x 3.5″ Watercolor & Gouache on Art Spectrum Colourfix

Art Spectrum Colourfix is a paper used for pastels.  Pastels and I do not really like other very well, so I did a series of ATCs with it.  I put the first layers down with gouache  and when the gouache is wet, you can drop in some watercolor and it blurs right in, for lack of a better word.  It’s fun to paint on because it resists the paint just enough to make it sit on top of the paper for a bit, which makes playing a real treat.   I haven’t tried the light colored colourfix, because all I have is darks.  I imagine that would even be more fun!

About Sir Thomas Browne

The erudite English doctor Sir Thomas Browne, who wrote a number of books on science and religion, was known for his baroque prose style and his controversial opinions. He was born in 1605 in London and settled in Norwich to practice medicine. He wrote his most famous book, Religio Medici (The Religion of a Physician), an intellectual autobiography, in 1635. A friend published it in 1642 without his permission, embarrassing him, but the book’s popularity encouraged him to write more. He died in 1682.