A Beginner’s Guide to Gouache Painting: Tools, Blending Techniques, and More
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3 سال پیش
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Gouache painting can be intimidating
Gouache painting can be intimidating for beginners, from finding the right paint consistency to simply pronouncing the word correctly. Here, join illustrator Vanessa Gillings for a tutorial on gouache basics, including which tools to buy and how to store them; how to measure humidity and gauge drying time; and best practices for filling in shapes or layering paint. Already mastered these concepts? Take the next step: Vanessa's Skillshare Original, 'Gouache Illustration: Paint a Whimsical, Colorful Character,' expands on gouache fundamentals to help students illustrate adorable animals: https://skl.sh/3brlotI
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QUICK JUMP MENU
00:00 Introduction
00:05 Choosing Your Paint
00:16 8 Essential Colors
00:26 How to Store Your Gouache Paint
01:07 Paintbrushes: Medium and Small
01:19 The Best Paper for Gouache Paint
02:09 Consistency: Balancing Paint and Water
03:34 Hot Spots (and How to Avoid Them)
04:48 Drying Time and Humidity
06:16 Thickening Your Paint for Humidity
06:40 How to Fill In Shapes
08:16 Painting Around a Shape
08:58 Recap: Paint, Water, and Time
09:20 Layering Paint
10:55 How to Work with Complementary Colors
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ABOUT THE CLASS
Love painting whimsical, colorful illustrations? Use gouache paint to bring your imagination to life. Step into Vanessa Gillings's studio and learn to apply her unique painting method to your own character illustrations. Through testing colors, layering paint, and even keeping an eye on the humidity in her studio, Vanessa has mastered the art of using gouache to bring her creative vision to the page.
Blending digital and analog techniques, Vanessa reveals a unique, accessible approach to hand-painted work.
Key lessons explore:
- General tips and tricks for using gouache
- Testing your colors before you paint
- Layering paint to avoid unintended lines
- Creating colors with a flat, even effect
- Using washing to bring your vision to life
Plus, Vanessa demonstrates how to create an intricate character from beginning to end, prompting students to create their own dapper illustrated animals.
Whether you're new to gouache or a seasoned painter, you'll learn a technique that opens the door to a whole new world of intricate illustration. Follow along and learn how to create the whimsical work you’ve always imagined.
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ABOUT SKILLSHARE
Skillshare is an online education platform with thousands of classes taught by the world’s best practitioners. Come take a class on illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, crafts, and more. To get started, sign up for a free trial here: https://www.skillshare.com/signup
Subscribe to Skillshare on Youtube: http://skl.sh/yt-subscribe
Skillshare on Instagram: Instagram: skillshare
Skillshare on Facebook: Facebook: skillshare
Skillshare on Twitter: Twitter: skillshare
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ABOUT VANESSA GILLINGS
Vanessa Gillings is a Washington, DC-based illustrator who specializes in watercolor and gouache illustration. Having spent part of her career as a comic book artist and graphic designer, Vanessa now focuses exclusively on her illustration work. Inspired by childhood, woodland creatures, and lovingly handmade clothing, Vanessa is best known for her whimsical drawings of bunnies and foxes. She can usually be found illustrating children's books, knitting her own clothes, and sharing her illustrations as @vanessagillings on Instagram.
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MORE GOUACHE RESOURCES
Artist and illustrator Alanna Cartier guides students through gouache painting basics as well as more advanced techniques to build texture, simplify patterns, and achieve a dry brushing effect in the Skillshare Original 'Painting Teacups in Gouache: Exploring Shape, Colour and Pattern:' https://skl.sh/2SJocvz
Love watercolor? Expand beyond the medium with illustrator Leah Goren, who offers a crash course in gouache using household objects—ideally, colorful pieces of fruit—as subjects for a series of still-life paintings in 'Beyond Watercolor: Learn to Paint with Gouache,' a Skillshare Original: https://skl.sh/2RNvBcQ
In 'Mixed Media Illustration: Create a Self-Portrait with Watercolor, Gouache & More,' learn how to blend watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache painting techniques with guidance from illustrator Maria-Ines Gul: https://skl.sh/2RjWMvT
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QUICK JUMP MENU
00:00 Introduction
00:05 Choosing Your Paint
00:16 8 Essential Colors
00:26 How to Store Your Gouache Paint
01:07 Paintbrushes: Medium and Small
01:19 The Best Paper for Gouache Paint
02:09 Consistency: Balancing Paint and Water
03:34 Hot Spots (and How to Avoid Them)
04:48 Drying Time and Humidity
06:16 Thickening Your Paint for Humidity
06:40 How to Fill In Shapes
08:16 Painting Around a Shape
08:58 Recap: Paint, Water, and Time
09:20 Layering Paint
10:55 How to Work with Complementary Colors
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ABOUT THE CLASS
Love painting whimsical, colorful illustrations? Use gouache paint to bring your imagination to life. Step into Vanessa Gillings's studio and learn to apply her unique painting method to your own character illustrations. Through testing colors, layering paint, and even keeping an eye on the humidity in her studio, Vanessa has mastered the art of using gouache to bring her creative vision to the page.
Blending digital and analog techniques, Vanessa reveals a unique, accessible approach to hand-painted work.
Key lessons explore:
- General tips and tricks for using gouache
- Testing your colors before you paint
- Layering paint to avoid unintended lines
- Creating colors with a flat, even effect
- Using washing to bring your vision to life
Plus, Vanessa demonstrates how to create an intricate character from beginning to end, prompting students to create their own dapper illustrated animals.
Whether you're new to gouache or a seasoned painter, you'll learn a technique that opens the door to a whole new world of intricate illustration. Follow along and learn how to create the whimsical work you’ve always imagined.
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ABOUT SKILLSHARE
Skillshare is an online education platform with thousands of classes taught by the world’s best practitioners. Come take a class on illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, crafts, and more. To get started, sign up for a free trial here: https://www.skillshare.com/signup
Subscribe to Skillshare on Youtube: http://skl.sh/yt-subscribe
Skillshare on Instagram: Instagram: skillshare
Skillshare on Facebook: Facebook: skillshare
Skillshare on Twitter: Twitter: skillshare
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ABOUT VANESSA GILLINGS
Vanessa Gillings is a Washington, DC-based illustrator who specializes in watercolor and gouache illustration. Having spent part of her career as a comic book artist and graphic designer, Vanessa now focuses exclusively on her illustration work. Inspired by childhood, woodland creatures, and lovingly handmade clothing, Vanessa is best known for her whimsical drawings of bunnies and foxes. She can usually be found illustrating children's books, knitting her own clothes, and sharing her illustrations as @vanessagillings on Instagram.
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MORE GOUACHE RESOURCES
Artist and illustrator Alanna Cartier guides students through gouache painting basics as well as more advanced techniques to build texture, simplify patterns, and achieve a dry brushing effect in the Skillshare Original 'Painting Teacups in Gouache: Exploring Shape, Colour and Pattern:' https://skl.sh/2SJocvz
Love watercolor? Expand beyond the medium with illustrator Leah Goren, who offers a crash course in gouache using household objects—ideally, colorful pieces of fruit—as subjects for a series of still-life paintings in 'Beyond Watercolor: Learn to Paint with Gouache,' a Skillshare Original: https://skl.sh/2RNvBcQ
In 'Mixed Media Illustration: Create a Self-Portrait with Watercolor, Gouache & More,' learn how to blend watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache painting techniques with guidance from illustrator Maria-Ines Gul: https://skl.sh/2RjWMvT
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