B/W Gouache Portraits
Sarah Bixler
$372
Create black and white gouache portraits. Learn techniques to capture likeness and expression with precision. Perfect for all levels. Enroll now!
Required Supplies
Paper (select one or any smooth lightly sized paper)
1. 9x12 or 14x17 vellum or smooth bristol
2. Hot press water color paper
3. Canson’s XL Mixed Media paper
4. Thick, moleskine sketch notebooks
5. Cardstock (cheapest option)
*Also bring some light weight sketch paper roughly 9x12 or 11x14 for loosening up (Printer paper is ok!)
Paint
-Holbein Acrylic gouache Neutral Grey 1
-3 20 ml OR Neutral Grey 2 and 4 20 ml
-Permanent or Titatanium White 40 ml
-Jet Black 20 ml
-Trowel shaped metal palette knife
Brushes
-Synthetic bristles ranging in size from 0-6
-2 round ?” or size 1 or 0 brushes
-2 round ¼”-?” or size 4-6 brushes
-2 flat ½” brushes
Other Supplies
1 small fine spray bottle like for facial toner, a delicate mister
1 pack of 9x12 palette paper
Paper towels
A few graphite pencils
Sharpener
Eraser for sketching
Cup for water
Plastic see through ruler
Scissors
Drafting tape for taping edges
1. 9x12 or 14x17 vellum or smooth bristol
2. Hot press water color paper
3. Canson’s XL Mixed Media paper
4. Thick, moleskine sketch notebooks
5. Cardstock (cheapest option)
*Also bring some light weight sketch paper roughly 9x12 or 11x14 for loosening up (Printer paper is ok!)
Paint
-Holbein Acrylic gouache Neutral Grey 1
-3 20 ml OR Neutral Grey 2 and 4 20 ml
-Permanent or Titatanium White 40 ml
-Jet Black 20 ml
-Trowel shaped metal palette knife
Brushes
-Synthetic bristles ranging in size from 0-6
-2 round ?” or size 1 or 0 brushes
-2 round ¼”-?” or size 4-6 brushes
-2 flat ½” brushes
Other Supplies
1 small fine spray bottle like for facial toner, a delicate mister
1 pack of 9x12 palette paper
Paper towels
A few graphite pencils
Sharpener
Eraser for sketching
Cup for water
Plastic see through ruler
Scissors
Drafting tape for taping edges
Sarah Bixler
Sarah Bixler is an observational artist living and working in Seattle Washington. She studied analytical figure drawing and sculpting...