Ayna Paisley

Gouache For Beginners: tools and techniques

<p>Thank you for taking my class and publishing your result! Is this your first time painting with gouache? It's hard to believe :) The apple has volume, feels like I can reach out and grab it. The only thing I would change is maybe a little lighter background, it would bring out the luminosity of the apple even more. I got curious what brand of gouache do you use?</p>

Hi Ayna, thanks for the advice! :) I only started painting with gouache for less than a month. The past 6 months I have been self learning to paint with watercolor. I find gouache more difficult to control and I don't seem to be able to dilute the gouache to a very smooth texture like what I saw in your video. And blending is an issue to me too. Wondering is it because I use mixed media paper instead of watercolor paper. By the way, I am using Holbein brand that my friend bought for me from Japan. That is the only gouache brand I know from Japan. :)

<p>Definitely needs more practice. ^^<img style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/c42d50dabfb0caf2471520378b22267f/71d7cd91" alt="Gouache - Yellow Apple - image 1 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/c42d50dabfb0caf2471520378b22267f/71d7cd91 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/c42d50dabfb0caf2471520378b22267f/71d7cd91 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy"></p>


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