Landscape Painting in Gouache
Sarah Bixler
$390
Instruction Medium: Gouache
Gouache is an opaque water soluble paint that makes it easy to paint on the go. Working from photographs (perhaps your own travel photos), learn the ins and outs of using gouache to capture moments on the go. Learn color theory to help you mix color more efficiently and capture light in your paintings. Mini field trips will get us out of the classroom and into the world.
Required Supplies
For brands I recommend: Holbein water-based gouache and windsor and newton gouache. (All colors 15 ml tubes, except white 40ml)
Paper
9x12 or 14x17 vellum or smooth bristol
Hot press water color paper also works well, as does any smooth lightly sized paper.
Canson’s XL Mixed Media paper is another good alternative. I also like using the thick, moleskine sketch notebooks.
Some light weight sketch paper for loosening up
Primary Colors
Flame Red OR Cadmium red Primary Red OR Alizarin Crimson/Magenta
Ultramarine Primary Blue OR Cyan
Cadmium Yellow Medium OR Permanent Yellow Deep Cadmium Yellow Light OR Primary Yellow
Earth Tones
Burnt Sienna Yellow Ochre
Ivory Black
Optional:
Secondary Colors
Permanent Green Deep Sap green/moss green
Violet/Purple Permanent White 40-60ml
For brushes
I prefer synthetic bristles ranging in size from
0-6 2 round or size 1 or 0 brushes
2 round ¼” size 4-6 brushes
2 flat ½” brushes
1 small spray/fine mist bottle like for facial toner
1 pack of 9x12 palette paper
Paper towels
A few graphite pencils, a sharpener and an eraser for sketching
Cup for water
Ruler
Scissors
Paper
9x12 or 14x17 vellum or smooth bristol
Hot press water color paper also works well, as does any smooth lightly sized paper.
Canson’s XL Mixed Media paper is another good alternative. I also like using the thick, moleskine sketch notebooks.
Some light weight sketch paper for loosening up
Primary Colors
Flame Red OR Cadmium red Primary Red OR Alizarin Crimson/Magenta
Ultramarine Primary Blue OR Cyan
Cadmium Yellow Medium OR Permanent Yellow Deep Cadmium Yellow Light OR Primary Yellow
Earth Tones
Burnt Sienna Yellow Ochre
Ivory Black
Optional:
Secondary Colors
Permanent Green Deep Sap green/moss green
Violet/Purple Permanent White 40-60ml
For brushes
I prefer synthetic bristles ranging in size from
0-6 2 round or size 1 or 0 brushes
2 round ¼” size 4-6 brushes
2 flat ½” brushes
1 small spray/fine mist bottle like for facial toner
1 pack of 9x12 palette paper
Paper towels
A few graphite pencils, a sharpener and an eraser for sketching
Cup for water
Ruler
Scissors
Sarah Bixler
Sarah Bixler is an observational artist living and working in Seattle Washington. She studied analytical figure drawing and sculpting...