Artistic Gouache Painting: Animals and Plant Life

Overview

“In this lesson I will teach you the basic elements for painting in gouache. ”

In this video lesson Alejandra Caballero addresses the topic: Characteristics of gouache, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Gouache Painting: Animals and Plant Life. Learn the basics of gouache painting. Find your inspiration for animal portraits, go through the sketching process, and discover your unique style..

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, I'm going to start talking to you about the characteristics of gouache. I like gouache for its uniform color capacity, vibrant colors, and opacity. Being opaque allows you to easily cover mistakes. When painting with gouache, it's important to balance water, paint, and drying. Painting consistent layers depends on water, paint, and time. In this exercise, I want to teach you about gouache consistency and show how opacity varies. I'm going to take a blue, wet my brush, and use a blue. We'll use it as thick as possible, almost straight from the tube. I'm going to make a layer ...”

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Course summary for: Artistic Gouache Painting: Animals and Plant Life

• Level: Beginner
• 94% positive reviews (18)
• 1079 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 16m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting