Tutor Kevin Scully
10am - 4pm
This one-day, onsite workshop is designed for beginners and those with more experience.
Workshop Details
Students will learn how to use this much-overlooked water-based medium, which can be used to produce paintings in a variety of different styles. During this workshop you will be introduced to the versatility of gouache and shown a number of different ways in which the medium can be used to create paintings using a combination of loose, watercolour-like washes together with opaque colour. We will be working in a variety of subject matter, both conventional and the slightly more unconventional. As with watercolour, you will be using watercolour brushes and paper, but there will also be examples demonstrating how gouache can be used with other mediums. All reference material will be provided.
Skills/Techniques Covered
Materials
Materials are not included in the booking fee
Students please bring
We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.
10am - 4pm
This one-day, onsite workshop is designed for beginners and those with more experience.
Workshop Details
Students will learn how to use this much-overlooked water-based medium, which can be used to produce paintings in a variety of different styles. During this workshop you will be introduced to the versatility of gouache and shown a number of different ways in which the medium can be used to create paintings using a combination of loose, watercolour-like washes together with opaque colour. We will be working in a variety of subject matter, both conventional and the slightly more unconventional. As with watercolour, you will be using watercolour brushes and paper, but there will also be examples demonstrating how gouache can be used with other mediums. All reference material will be provided.
Skills/Techniques Covered
- Composition
- Colour mixing
- Brush skills
- Technical aspects
Materials
Materials are not included in the booking fee
Students please bring
- Gouache in small tubes - Daler Rowney, Winsor & Newton, Schmincke are all good makes
- Suggested colours: Permanent White, Process Yellow, Brilliant Red, Ultramarine, Cyan, Process Green, Oxide of Chromium, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Brilliant Violet, Magenta, Payne’s Grey
- These are colours in the Daler Rowney range, but similar colours with different names will be found in other brands.
- Some sheets of watercolour paper - approximately A3 in size. HP or Not surface, ideally 140lb (300gsm) in weight.
- A few synthetic or sable brushes in a range of sizes between about 3 and 10.
- HB pencil, putty rubber, masking tape, kitchen towel or tissues.
We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.