{"id":138,"date":"2026-03-19T19:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/?p=138"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:45:36","slug":"gouache-bear-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Gouache Bear painting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_1177-1024x577.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-137\" srcset=\"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_1177-1024x577.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_1177-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_1177-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_1177-1536x865.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_1177.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trying my hand at a dabby dabby technique I\u2019m playing with to create gouache paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I quite like the bear. Sitting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are days I feel like this. Kinda content, kinda happily wondering about stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This one is Himi gouache and some old tattered brushes laying around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you use new or old brushes for gouache? Special brushes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not sure what to use, so I\u2019m trying whatever I have just to see what come about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay curious, make stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alicia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harnessing the charm of gouache and a dabby dabby approach, this bear reflects a harmonious blend of nostalgia and creative exploration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[38,40,33],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gouache","tag-animals","tag-bear","tag-gouache"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aliciadrhankins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}