Plein Air Essentials: Gouache Basics
Learn to Paint with Gouache Outdoors, En Plein Air
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Learn to Paint with Gouache Outdoors, En Plein Air
Looking for a cool medium for plein air painting that is lightweight and convenient to work with? Consider gouache! It's a water-based medium, so clean-up is a breeze. Unlike watercolor, which is transparent, gouache is opaque making corrections easy. And unlike acrylic, which becomes unworkable once it dries, gouache can be re-wet and re-worked.
In this course, you'll learn many of the basics for painting with gouache outdoors, en plein air. Topics I cover include:
Why gouache is a great medium for painting outdoors rather than other media like oil or pastel
How gouache is different from other water-based media like acrylic and watercolor
The gear and materials needed for a successful plein air outing, including PDF versions of supply lists and instructions on how to make your own outdoor easel for gouache
Three different ways to start a gouache sketch for a productive and enjoyable session in your favorite location
My complete process, from start to finish, on how I make gouache sketches on-location
When and how to adjust your gouache sketches back in the studio
By the end of this course, you will be able to go out and sketch with gouache in confidence -- and return to the studio to adjust!
