I love looking at the sky every evening when the sun is setting and the sky is putting up a play of all the beautiful sunset hues. I can't help but capture the beauty of it by clicking pictures and then turning them into paintings.

In this class, we will be learning to paint two such beautiful sunset skies I had captured a couple of months ago. The colour palette of these two skies are quite similar to each other. We will be learning a few techniques with gouache paints and then using them in our class projects.

This is a beginner friendly class. Even if you do not have prior experience with this medium, you can still paint these gorgeous skies and achieve the desired results.

Okay I'm excited! Let's get started with the class now :)

Materials used -

• Watercolor paper - You can use any watercolor paper above 250gsm for gouache. I'm using Arches 300gsm, 100% cotton, 140 Ib, hot pressed Watercolor pad.

• Brushes - Number 2 and 6 flat brushes, Round brush number 4

• Paints used - Black, White, Yellow ochre, Chrome yellow, lemon yellow, Prussian blue, Flesh tint/skin colour gouache paints.

• Palette

• Masking tape

• A jar of water

• A piece of cloth to wipe your brushes

Priya Murthy

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