Beginners Guide to Gouache: Learning Control of Water, Blending, Layering & More

This class was designed with my beginner-self in mind. When I first started learning gouache, I remember how confusing the medium was and how frustrated it left me feeling whenever I tried to paint with it.

Looking back now, I realise those frustrations arose from not understanding the properties of gouache and the techniques required to use the medium.

With that in mind, I structured this class to focus on understanding three major properties of gouache:

1. Gouache can be thinned down with water and used transparently or opaquely
2. Gouache reactivates with water
3. Gouache changes value from wet to dry

Having a fundamental understanding of these properties allows us to then learn the techniques required to take advantage of the properties and how to overcome the challenges they bring. The techniques I focus on teaching are:

1. Control of water to get the right consistency
2. Understanding layering and drying times
3. Understanding changing values

Throughout the class there are exercises for you to follow along with, so you get a chance to practice the skill immediately. At the end of the class there is also a real time painting demonstration in which I take you through step-by-step on how to paint a seascape. This is a chance for you to put into practice all the skills taught in this class.   

You will get:

• 3h 40m content, including a 1h 40m real time painting demonstration
• Lifetime access to download or stream the videos
• A PDF file with scans of all the exercises demonstrated in the class
• A high resolution scan of the final painting

Topics covered:

• Materials
• Getting to know gouache
• Blending and gradients
• Dry brushing
• Layering and drying times
• Value change
• Palette management
• Real time painting demonstration

This class is also available as a subscription on:

Skillshare: https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/jesschung

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