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Gouache is a friendly medium as it’s both forgiving and versatile. Even if youre a total beginner, you can create something beautiful and alive!
In this skillshare class, You’ll learn how to work with gouache and discover why gouache is so excellently suited for painting landscapes. Youll be practicing a variety of exercises to improve your blending and brush control skills. For the final project, youll create a beautiful landscape painting highlighting a dramatic sunset.
We’ll start with learning the essential materials for gouache painting and setting up our color palette. We’ll learn to mix colors using a limited color selection then play around with brush strokes to get in to the flow of painting. I’ll show you the secret to blending colors to create smooth gradient on sunset skies!
 
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Then you’ll discover how to paint common landscape elements, such as the sky, distant trees, grass, wildflowers and silhouettes.
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Last of all, we will put all the learnings together and paint our final project. We start with the sunset sky background, build texture and add depth on the flower field landscape and finish the painting with details and highlights.
 
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By the end of the course, you'll be able to use bold, expressive brushstrokes and vivid colors to capture the essence of the scene.
Remember, painting is for everyone. So pick up your brushes, paint what inspires you and turn it into art. See you in class!

About The Class

Materials And Color Palette

Blending & Brush Techniques

Practice: Sunset Silhouette

Class Project: Painting Sunset Sky

Completing The Painting

Share Your Work

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Sunset Landscape with Gouache:  Master Layering & Blending Techniques

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