Painting With Gouache: Capturing Beautiful Sunsets

1. Hello & Welcome: Hi everyone. Welcome to my first class on Skillshare. My name is Mahesh Fatima. I am an Angular developer by profession and a self-taught artist by heart. You can find me on Instagram as perfect artwork. In this class, we will be creating these two beautiful sunset paintings using the medium, gosh. We are going to paint these projects with three simple steps. Firstly, we are going to sketch out the basic elements together. Then we will start it off with the background. And lastly, we will add some elements like clouds, trees, mountains, and many more. After this class, you will have the confidence to paint any kind of gradient landings. And by adding some elements, you can create beautiful paintings of your choices. We are also going to discuss about the materials you will need to get started. So take your first step with me and see you in the class. 2. Supplies needed: Let's quickly have a look on the supplies which is needed to get started. The first thing you will need is the goulash colors. Here. I'm going to use gosh set. Free to use any gosh colors you have. For the mixing palette, I'll use the same. The next thing you will need is a masking tape, washi tape. Here, I'm going to use this limited number of paint brushes. All you need to have a large and a small flat brush. I have number eight and number zero flat brush. For the round brushes, I have 012 and number three. So basically, you will need a mix of flat and round brushes. You can use any brushes that you have. Now let's move on to the paper. I'm going to use 300 GSM wash papers from the brand is and Sangam. You can use any watercolor papers as well. So basically, you can use any papers, but I'll suggest you to use more than 160 GSM paper. Last but not the least, a jar of water and a tissue or a piece of code. And that's all you need. So get your materials ready. And I'll see you in the next lesson. 3. Sunset with Mountains : Let me quickly introduce you with the colors. Here. We will need this primary blue, Prussian blue, primary yellow, orange, green, white, black, and burnt umber. Okay, so let's start this project with a simple sketch of what do we are going to paint. I'll start this sketch with the horizon line first. Then I'll place my mountains on top of it. Somewhat like this. And two trees on the left side as well. So we are done with our sketch. Now, let's paint on it. Next. Start with this guy. First. I'm ready with my colors. So I'm going to mix my blue with a little bit of white and a tiny bit, a touch of burnt umber to tone down the vibrancy. Here is this swatch of color. Now I'm just going to apply this mixture onto the paper. Somewhat like this. Now. More white into the same mixture and blended using back-and-forth motion. Okay, I hope it's clear. Now I'm pretty satisfied with the blending. So let's move on to the next part. But this, I have my primary yellow here. I'm going to add a little bit of orange and white into it. Somewhat like this. Now, I'm just going to apply this mixture at the bottom. And we will repeat the same process. Again. I will use white tone down the vibrancy and make a lighter gradient as we did earlier. So I'll stop here. And in between these two colors, I'll use pure white, which is titanium white. And I'll blend it evenly. Somewhat like this. So I'm using a damp brush here and just using back-and-forth motion to blend it evenly. I hope it's clear. 4. Mountains & Grasslands: Let's add of a mounted. So for that, I'm using little bit of Prussian blue mixed with white. As you have seen, we have two mountains in our difference. And this one is far from us, so we can't see it properly. And that's why we have used a lighter color to show that hazy effect. I'm using my flat brush, but if you want, you can use your round brush as well. Now let's add more Prussian blue in the same mixture. And I'm going to place it over my sketch. So basically, this mountain is quite visible as compared to previous one. That's why it's darker and much more closer. Okay, so I'm going to fill these areas quickly. Die completely. Meanwhile, their spleen steep. So for that, I'll be using my flat brush again. And with that, I'm going to apply a layer of black like this. Now, I will add a bit of green into the black. And he was this only on the outer areas like this. Now, I will use the fresh green and give it a good blend. It looks somewhat like this. Now it's time to add some highlight. So for that, I'm going to use my primary yellow only in the middle part. Okay. I'm just gonna give it a clean and nice blend. Okay. And yeah, we are done with our grassland. 5. Clouds: It's time to add some clouds. So for that, I'm going to use my white, orange, Prussian blue, and a little bit of black as well. When you mix all these colors, you will get the dark gray color. But here I will use more white to tone down its vibrancy. Okay, So we have got the perfect color. And now I'm going to add some random clouds like this. Hello, I'm using my small flat brush. I'm gonna make some random is true. It is drugs as a base layer. Don't forget to add some random teeny tiny clouds. I know it's looking pretty flat right now. But don't worry, we will place highlight on top of it. It will look perfect, fluffy clouds. Just to go with the same process. Now, it's time to place the highlights. So for that, I will use a little bit of white in the same mixture. I'm going to place it on the right side like this. Don't worry, just randomly add some highlights on top of it. Now I'm switching to my round brush. And I'll repeat this process one more time. This time I will add more white into the same mixture. So basically, you don't have to apply this lighter gray color everywhere. Just FYI this on the higher blinds, only. Somewhat like this. Now, use a clean damp brush and give it a smooth blend. Make sure you don't overdo it. Let's add one more layer. But this time I'll use my lemon yellow and a little bit of orange into it. Now and repeat the same process like VM did earlier. Basically, I add a first layer with this dark orange color. Then I'll add a little bit of white and place the highlights onto it. Now, I will use a damp brush to blend these two. Nurse. And yeah, it still isn't. It? 6. Trees and Bushes: It's time to add our final element. So for that, I'm going to fill the basic shape. Here. I have used a straight line as my basic shape you can use so good. What any shape? On top of it? I'm going to add some teeny tiny dots like this. Okay, so now let's add this on a project. As you can see, I have started with a line, and now I'm going to use some fine strokes and dots to place our bushes like this. I hope you won't find any difficulties while painting this because it's pretty simple and easy to paint. Just a final touch with some super fine dots. Now, let's move on to the trees. So for that, I'm going to add two straight lines like this. And I will use this kind of slanted strokes like this. Okay? So this is gonna be our basic structure. And we will add some strokes on top of it, like we usually use in the palm trees. Okay. Okay. So let's paint it together. Yeah, I have made the branches. Now. I will start filling those branches with some super fine strokes, just like we fill the branches of the font, please. Okay. And I'm just going to fill this entire section with these ether details. When you are moving towards the end, make sure that you have made those ends wider. And also fill these leftover areas of bits and the strokes. Just like this. As you can see, I'm going to repeat the same process, but this tree as well. I'm going to add two goods. And with that, we're done with our first-class project. It's peel off the masking tape and see how it looks. This is the final look. I hope you enjoyed painting this. 7. Silhouette sunset : So let me quickly introduce you with the colors. Here. We will lead this ultramarine blue, burnt umber, white, primary yellow, orange, red, one yellow and black. Okay, Let's start with our sketch first. This is our reference picture, and I'm just gonna go with the rough sketch. I'm not going to add all the elements, simply going to sketch the main or the basic elements. Somewhat like this. So this is how it looks. I'm ready with my colors. Now, let's start with this guy first. So for that, I'm going to use my ultramarine blue with a little bit of white and a touch of burnt umber as well. I'm just going to give it a quick mix. So this is how it looks. Ok, so I'm going to cover the top portion with this mixture like this. So I'm done with my first layer. Now, I will add more white into the same mixture. And here's the swatch of our second color. So let's add the second layer to. It will look like this. Now, I will repeat the same process one more time. Basically what I'm doing is I will gradually add more white into the same mixture to form a beautiful gradient. It will look something like. So. Now I'm just going to wash my brush and I'll use this damp brush to blend it smoothly. Now let's move on to the next spot. Here. I have my orange, and now I will add a little bit of red into it and give it a good mix. It looks somewhat like this. Okay, so let's apply a thin layer of this mixture on top of our sketch. Now, I will add my warm yellow into the same mixture and going to apply on top of this dark orange color. Somewhat like this. This time I will add lemon yellow into the same mixture and we'll repeat the same process again. Basically, the more you will use color variation into the painting, the more it will look realistic. And also, we will get a beautiful gradient blending. Now it's time to add pure white, which is titanium white, in-between these two colors. And we will give it up. Very nice and smooth blend. Okay? So this is the final look of our gradient sky. 8. Clouds: Our skies now dried completely. Explain the Cloud. So for that, I'm going to use my titanium white here. I'm not going to use a lots of water, just a touch of water or the damp brush is enough to get this beautiful texture. I'm just going to use some random lines, basically, some long and short lines to give an illusion of a scattered clouds. I'm just following the difference immaterial to get the idea where I have to place these clouds. Don't forget to add teeny tiny clouds here and there. I will add some clamps here as well. Just look at these dry textures. It looks so beautiful, isn't it? Okay, So here I'll use more water to place our highlight. So for that, I will walk with thinner consistency just to give it a light blend. Somewhat like this. Now, I will use lemon yellow and warm yellow to give that sunset effect in our painting. Lastly, I'll play some white in the middle section. And yeah, it's done. 9. Silhouette & Power lines: It's time to paint silhouettes. So for that, I'm going to use my black. And I'll start by filling out these areas first. So it's pretty simple. Let me explain. All you have to do is fill these main elements first and leave the rest. Okay? I'm just going to speed up this process. I hope you won't mind. Okay, So I am done. Let's paint our last element. That is power line and a street light as well. Now, I'm just going to quickly trace my differences sketch somewhat like this bookie. So for this small power cables, I'm going to use two horizontal lines. And one is small, so Gil on top of it, like this. Street lights, I will use lemon yellow as a base layer. Then I will add a layer of orange on corners and give it a good blend using a damp brush. Now, I will use white as a highlight on top of it and blend it evenly. Okay. It's time to switch to the detailing brush. I have my zeros, zero brush. And with that, I'm going to add some power lines. So for the tick power cable, I'm going to use semi-circles on the edges, somewhat like this. Okay. Add one more to the cable on the left side as well. It's time to add one more power line. And I will attach them together like this. Okay? Now I'm going to add some tint power lines as well. Just want to add some random strokes like this. Okay? Add some random cable on this side as well. And yeah, it's done. It's time. Peel off the tape. And let's see how it looks. It looks so beautiful, isn't it? I hope you enjoyed this session. 10. Wrap Up!!!: Thank you each and everyone for joining this session. I hope you enjoyed painting along with me. Do upload your projects as well. And please don't forget to leave a review. Also, let me know what fat is your favorite? Mine is fluffy clouds. Okay. So I'm going to make it a little bit easier by providing you some options like gradient blending, deep feeling, or small details, things like adding bolts on the corners, et cetera. Maybe something unique with your own perception. Until then, happy painting.