Reworking a painting I was ready to throw out

 Here's the original painting I just wasn't feeling. I was ready to throw it out and start over, but I decided to see what I could do with gouache and rework the colors all while keeping it loose.









Below is the finished piece which now feels like summer. I was trying to capture the warmth.

That's the beauty of working with gouache. It is opaque enough to cover the original layers of paint. You do have to be careful, if the paint is too wet it will just reactivate the dried gouache and make it muddy.