Hello!
(First I want to say thanks to Analise from SVS for taking the time to help me fix posting issues)
My name is Morgan. I'm 27 and I live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I just started SVS a few weeks ago after discovering (and promptly binging 3PP) .
I started learning to draw about a year ago, but never picked up much traction. Looking back, I think I spent too much time trying to learn how to render with pen and ink and not enough time learning how to actually draw.
The foundations in SVS are helping a ton and I'm excited to keep going and learn more.
I took up drawing/painting for two reasons. The first is that I am a visual thinker and tend to see the humorous side of situations and environments. I want to lean into that side of my personality and exercise my creative muscles to see more fun and humor in daily life via illustration.
The second reason is that I am a carpenter and I care a lot about well designed homes (which is a scarce thing in modern America). I hope to move in the direction of designing homes that are truly inviting spaces and have some of the nostalgic feeling that you get in old houses or even in the illustrated environments of children's books.
Onto the nitty gritty:
I am terrified of color. I went through @Will-Terry 's Magic of Color course, but feel a bit paralyzed using expensive traditional media (gouache, watercolor) for the swatch exercises without any real knowledge of how to handle my materials.
Can anyone recommend books or online resources for painting with watercolor and gouache? Surely I can search through Youtube and the library, but I would love to avoid spinning my tires any more than necessary. Thanks in advance!
Attached are some sketchbook pages from the last couple weeks working through the foundations classes
Finally, thanks to the 3PP/SVS guys for making these resources available. You are making a difference!