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The latest tutorials, reviews, recommendations and gouachey experiments…
How to Paint a Snowy Scene
One of my favorite things to paint is winter snow scenes, and in this tutorial you’ll learn how to do just that, using only white, black and blue gouache!
Paint a Moonlit Sea in Gouache
In this tutorial we’ll paint a beautiful moonlit sea in gouache. You don’t need many colors for this one; just black, white and blue.
Everything you need to paint with gouache!
These are all things I use and love and will get you painting with gouache in no time!
What brand of gouache should I buy?
There’s a lot of different brands of gouache available, so which one should you choose? Lets have a look at which will work best for you!
Paint a Misty Sunrise - Gouache Landscape Tutorial
In this tutorial we’ll paint a pretty misty sunrise using a limited color palette to capture the dramatic light and shadows. This landscape is an excellent way to practice creating natural textures and blending with gouache, and will work well on a cotton or cellulose paper.
1 Hour Landscapes in Gouache
I love painting landscapes with gouache, and this guide breaks down the system I use to build my scenes. We’ll cover everything from what order to paint the landscape elements to creating complex textures to suggest details.
How to Choose a Good Reference Photo
Working from a reference photo is a great way to practice capturing a landscape in gouache. You can work from the comfort of your home and take your time without worrying about changing light or moving subjects. To give yourself the best chance of success, there are a few things you might find helpful to look for in a suitable reference photo.
Snowy Landscape Gouache Walk-through
I love sharing the time-lapse videos of the little gouache landscapes, but there’s not a whole lot of meat to them if you are looking for information on how to go about painting a gouache landscape yourself. So I thought I would do a walk-through of sorts for my latest snowy gouache landscape, and hopefully share some tips for breaking down these sorts of small landscapes.
Paint an Enchanted Garden with Gouache
This tutorial is a great place to start for the beginner gouache-ist! It focuses on layering and a little blending, which are really important skills to master when working with gouache.
Fall Leaf Tutorial
This is a fun fall tutorial for practicing blending with gouache and having a go at masking shapes.
Painting a Gouache + Watercolor landscape
A watercolor under-painting is a great way to use the spontaneous nature of watercolor to get started with a landscape in gouache. If you don't have any watercolors, you can heavily dilute your gouache to create the background washes.
10 Reasons to try Gouache
If you are on the fence about trying gouache, I’ve got 10 good reasons for you to give it a go!
What is gouache?
Want to know more about what gouache actually is? And if it will work for you? I’ve got answers!
What kind of paper works best with gouache?
There’s lots to choose from, so which paper will work best for painting with gouache?
What kind of brushes work best with gouache?
Overwhelmed by brush choices? Lets go over a few options!