Gouache is a friendly medium as it’s both forgiving and versatile. Even if youre a total beginner, you can create something beautiful and alive!

In this skillshare class, You’ll learn how to work with gouache and discover why gouache is so excellently suited for painting landscapes. Youll be practicing a variety of exercises to improve your blending and brush control skills. For the final project, youll create a beautiful landscape painting highlighting a dramatic sunset.

We’ll start with learning the essential materials for gouache painting and setting up our color palette. We’ll learn to mix colors using a limited color selection then play around with brush strokes to get in to the flow of painting. I’ll show you the secret to blending colors to create smooth gradient on sunset skies!