Gouache?!

Gouache has been my Kryptonite.

I couldn't get a handle on it, and couldn't understand

why anyone would or could, after having some very unhappy attempts with the medium.

I must try again.

So in a real "What Have I Got To Lose" attitude,

I got out some scraps of handmade recycled paper I made with the first graders, and let loose.

each scrap roughly 5" x 7"

"Why the handmade paper instead of something smooth?"

you might ask? "Something normal?"

obviously, (or maybe not so) from online photo refs

I have no idea.

and in this case, from a selfie.

Kismet