You will learn the fundamentals of painting in gouache discovering essential techniques and practice painting in a variety of environments. You will learn about different surfaces such as mylar, toned papers, brushes, brands of gouache, and painters that use gouache and how to apply gouache at its right consistency.

Gouache Painting supply list:

• A variety of Ingres toned paper. Blick or Artist and Craftsman has it.

• A block of cold pressed or hot pressed watercolor paper: 11x14 or 11x17

• Hohlbein or Windsor and Newton for brands of gouache.

• Colors: Titanium white, ivory black, yellow ochre, raw sienna, burnt sienna,ultramarine blue, raw umber, burnt umber, and alizarin crimson.

• Masking tape (Artist tape)

• A plastic palette(rectangular) large you can find it at Blick or Artist and Craftsman.

• Graphite(pencil)

• Kneaded Eraser

• Two cups for water

• Paper towel or some kind of cloth to dry your brushes.

• A variety of Watercolor brushes rounds and flats of different sizes. You may find this at Blick or Artist and Craftsman.

How do we represent three dimensional objects on a two dimensional piece of paper? This class is intended to provide the aspiring artist with an introduction to the basic principles of drawing - the linear construction of simple "building block" forms, how to put them in one, two and three point perspective and how to render in light and shade. The class is meant to provide the student with a solid foundation in representational drawing that can be built upon as they progress and evolve through their individual artistic journey. Intermediate and advanced artists will also benefit from a review of these basic and important fundamentals. In the second part of this class, students will apply these concepts to drawing from real life objects and still life setups.

 

Materials (You the student will purchase):

- 18x24 drawing pad

- HB, B, 2B, 4B pencil

- kneaded eraser

- 10 or 12 inch CLEAR Plastic Drafting Triangle