More Summer Fun

I've been going a bit nuts with painting. It's too much fun for its own good. Micheal's is having an art supply sale (go there before the 27th if you need anything!), and I picked up some goaches since I've never tried them before and I thought I'd give it a go. Generally, goache is combined with acrylic and/or watercolor, so I experimented a bit and here's what I came up with:
I've also been using water soluble wax pastels, which are pretty much oil pastels, but act like watercolor pencils. You color in with the pastel, go over it with a wet paint brush, and ta-da! Instant painting! I think they blend a bit better than watercolor pencils, but they're better for coloring/painting in big areas, not so much detail.
I painted this with the water pastels and watercolor pencils. Roughly inspired by the art of fantastic fairy artist Brian Froud (you'll see his designs in "The Dark Crystal" and "Spiderwick.")