Welcome to Floral Exploration With Gouache! Honestly, this class is not medium specific, and you can use any other opaque medium like acrylic or poster paints. Whether you’re completely new to gouache, or are already familiar with it, or even if you want to explore florals with a completely different medium – this class is perfect for you.
In case you’d like to first learn the basics of working with Gouache, I’d recommend checking out my Gouache 101 class. But, going through that class is not necessary for you to dive into this one.
This class is for anyone who is curious about painting florals and would like to be able to understand the forms and color mixing that is essential to be able to paint them. This class will give you a good understanding of how to paint different flowers, how to be able to paint any other flowers in the future and how to compose beautiful botanical and floral artworks.
When I started working with gouache, I absolutely fell in love with the medium. It can be so versatile and such a pleasure to work with. That’s why it’s my medium of choice, but you can apply most of what we learn in this class to any other opaque medium like acrylics and poster paints.
Materials you’d need :
- Gouache (I recommend Winsor and Newton, but any beginner gouache is perfectly fine to get started. Arteza is known to be very good.) – or feel free to use acrylic or poster paints.
- Hot or cold pressed watercolor paper
- Round brushes in mixed sizes – I’ll be using size 2 and 4.
- A water jar
- A scrap cloth or paper towel
