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Painting Atmospheric Landscapes with Gouache

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Overview

Learn how to paint layered landscapes with a magical atmosphere using gouache paint
  • Introduction
  • Getting to Know Gouache
  • Finding Magic
  • Painting a Magical Waterfall
  • Moving Forward
  • Final project
The ability to pull the viewer into your magical scene takes both imagination and technique. Ruth Wilshaw is a self-taught painter with a passion for exploring nature and depicting the wonders of it through her art. She enjoys sharing her love for gouache and has recently published a book Creative Gouache, encouraging her readers to have fun with this medium.

In this course, Ruth shows you a new way to explore the beauty of the natural world and how to translate it into a layered gouache painting. Combine bold colors with dark silhouettes, learn gouache techniques, study texture, and discover ways to stay inspired.

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • About Gouache
  • Materials
  • Consistency
  • Layering
  • Blending 1
  • Blending 2
  • Landscape Basics 1
  • Landscape Basics 2
  • Landscape Basics 3
  • Landscape Basics 4
  • Being Inspired
  • The Shape of the Painting
  • Turning an Idea into a Plan
  • Starting with Colour
  • Layers and Sketching
  • The First Layer or Background
  • The Middle Ground
  • The Foreground
  • Texture Studies
  • Staying Inspired and Sharing Your Work
  • Painting Atmospheric Landscapes with Gouache

Taught by

Ruth Wilshaw

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