When it comes to the shadows, I recommend using the opposite color from the color wheel! Eg. if I want to make a shadow on a red cherry I mix red with a little bit of green, if I want to shade a yellow banana I mix yellow with some purple and so on. It's really worth a try. Great video, good to know that there are more gouache lovers!
tysmfor this tip ! i'm a digital artist, but i wanted to improve so i decided to pick up traditional art again. i still of struggle w/ colors, so this was a great tip ^^
My advice would be NOT to make sketchbooks that look like something from instagram… make a mistakes then write with an arrow the one thing your going to improve on your next painting. Paint every day & arrow the improvement and the thing next to be improved. Repeat.
Please come back soon! Would love to hear some tips as I'm just starting out fully to try and replace some bad habits with good habits. I love your style and your art - would love to see more of it!
i just got a gouache set for my birthday, and i always work in acrylics but im not very good at painting at all. im very grateful to know these tips as i work to understand gouache a bit more. thank you
@@Storm-qr2xf I do! I've been working with them a bit more this year and its been a lot of fun :) im having trouble still with layering dark to light, since when gouache gets wet it just mixes haha, so i mostly do light to dark. its definitely made me try more things and get out of my comfort zone. i definitely recommend trying stuff where the mixing of colors comes in handy (i painted a candle on a table and the background was completely black but using whites it was easier to blend the whites and blacks for lighting together because of the mixing). i also have been trying to sketch a little bit on with pencil before hand so i dont have to mix colors too much and i can lay them where i want :) (i just realized how long this is for such a simple question lol sorry)
Thanks. I've made a couple of decent things, for a beginner, with gouache. And the success makes me want to keep practicing even now when I can't get an instructor. My brush strokes are definitely too long so thanks for that piece of advice. Just never thought of it that way.
ive been having problems with gouache since i came from watercolor and this video helped me! thank you so much! i hope you become big on youtube! you deserve so much love please continue making videos ❤️
I hear you!! I come from watercolour too and I’m always using tons of water. But I’m just starting with gouache so I’m very happy to have found this channel!!💕
There are "imitation ceramic" palettes you can purchase online or at some art stores - basically hard heavy plastic, feels and looks like ceramic, doesn't stain as easily as plain plastic and not as brittle or pricey as real ceramic.
As a beginner in gouache, this video has been helpful to me. Thank you. I'm an art student, and I received advice that black is considered a forbidden color because it creates a stark effect and absorbs light, bringing down other colors. My teacher suggests mixing ultramarine blue with burnt amber in a 50:50 ratio to achieve a more natural black color.
i just started using this medium like a week ago and i love it already, thanks so much for these tips ♡ super SUPER helpful, the layering tip is my favorite, i cant wait to try it. also sidebar you are so cute and charming! such a humorous approach to this video, i seriously loved it, you're like muse level cool
Loved the video! Just as a quick note though, just wanna mention that black can be used for shadows, but it’s definitely changes the vibe of the painting quite a lot, so unless that’s something you are going for then you might want to avoid that unless neccesary
Sure! This “avoiding black” suggestion might be quite helpful for the beginners though :) Especially when you paint something colorful and don’t want to mess everything up. Thank you!
I've definitely struggled the most with the paint reactivating, before I started painting with gouache I only ever did acrylic and very rarely watercolour. So in the beginning it was really hard to get used to painting in layers with gouache but it's been a few months and I think I've gotten better at working with it, imo I think it's just something you do have to get around, but that can be quite exciting too, you'll see your painting ruined a billion times before you can start thinking oh now it's good
I was watching this video thinking “wow this is a good quality video and amazing tips”. I thought you were some successful American youtuber not gonna lie. Was very suprised to hear you’re from estonia. Aitäh, see video aitas väga!
Thank you for this! I like to think gouache is a mix of acrylic and watercolor just because that was my first impression of it. But ive been struggling for a while because I keep treating it like watercolors, this is because if I deep in the brush on the paint and then paint on the paper, theres really no color leaving the brush- and obviously it needs water to activate but I always mess up even if I add very little water. Now I know that as the layers build up then the less water, but Im also really picky because I want to blend as well. I colored the sky yesterday with the first layer, almost like you did on the correct cherry, but I did not like the brush strokes because of so much water, literally looked like watercolor even after it dried out- so I did try to use less water on the next layer so it could be vibrant but I didnt like the outcome, it was so messy. Overall looking for tips is helpful and fun when Im started to get to know gouache
Omg, me too, and also (I don't know if you have it that way too) I feel so unconfortable with the whole process. But when I've seen all the Instagram and TH-cam videos I actually thought how easy it can be, so I gave it a try. Nope, the social media did it again. 😂 With watercolors you can add carefully thin layers and go slowly, more confidently, but with gouche there's always something with consistency that could go wrong! Well, in the end I think that I'll return back to my watercolor comfort zone and use gouache just for some contouring, or only with tutorials. (Because when using tutorials I end up with relatively good result.) Everyone will say how hard the watercolors are, but nope!
@@lucka866 yes consistency! Thats so hard go accomplish, its very annoying actually. But since I have the himi gouache and are somewhat good, expensive and colorful I want to keep using them. The only watercolors I had was a basic cheap pallette which did wonders btw, its not about the medium or meterial its about skill! Now I have the newton small palette, which I also dont know how to use.... but Im getting two more thanks to my art school and Im excited to try them out! Definitely remember when I was stubborn to try watercolor, but once I did and kept going at it I have to say its so fun. Its so much easier to control and so on, hopefully I can master gouache soon- a big goal for my art career. Im so jealous of people who can easily accomplish it, I have no patience and overall get so frustrated, Im also a fast worker the type to be super inpatient and throw my materials and grab new ones here and there, big issue for the learning process of gouache!
Oh I’m sorry for the late reply! Hope you practiced gouache painting more since your first comment :) This “right” consistency feeling comes with practice. My first layers of honestly anything often turn out to look like watercolor as well, but I let them dry and cover them more with more and more paint and gradually increase the amount of pigment I let out on the paper. The himi set is quite good for starting out, I probably would also suggest trying the winsor&newton basic set as it requires a bit more water so you can quickly understand the difference and work from there on :) I loved watercolor as well before trying gouache, and now I’m completely hooked. I think I might be actually better at gouache painting than with any other medium now :) It took me about half a year to actually understand how it can work - I don’t go to art school though.
I used to always use thick brushes because I don't have synthetic ones :( I'm not old enough to buy then on my own and they aren't available in my area. Also if there is synthetic ones here it's HELLA costly.
Thanks for this video! How do you keep brushstrokes from leaving marks at the end of the stroke? This happens to me when I’m putting down a thin layer.
if you buy really expensive gouache like the schimincke one, it looks exactly like watercolour if its used like watercolours and it is at least in my country cheaper ot buy 15ml horadam gouache than 15ml horadam watercolours
It’s perfectly okay to use more water for the first layers :) My point was that it’s important to use less and less water as you go so the layers don’t get messed up. And if your painting style doesn’t involve many layers, then the paint shouldn’t be too runny. Hope that helped 😁 Everyone has their own style and I’m just suggesting things that work for me
You can try impasto or any watercolor techniques or anything else using gouache, I’m just suggesting things for the beginners who want to understand this medium better :))
Definitely, Just mentioning him [while being silly] because he is really great at the thin wash style. Check him out. Those are SOLID tips, Gouache can be funny. I, However, am not...[Flirts shamelessly with your eye shadow,]
I don't find the "correct" cherry appealing at all frankly this seems more about contrasting techniques and aesthetics instead of labeling things as dos and donts
Pronounced Goo ash. French for watercolour. It’s not acrylic which has plastic added gouache will not ruin brushes. It will not blend. Because it’s for flat colour. Disgusting stuff don’t use it.
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The examples with the cherries really helped me I think I’m too used to layering while too wet and ruining everything
Yup, consistency and drying your layers vefore applying the new ones is very important 😊 thanks for the comment!
When it comes to the shadows, I recommend using the opposite color from the color wheel! Eg. if I want to make a shadow on a red cherry I mix red with a little bit of green, if I want to shade a yellow banana I mix yellow with some purple and so on. It's really worth a try.
Great video, good to know that there are more gouache lovers!
That's a really good tip! Thank you!
Do you know if when mixing black, the red, green and blue should be cold or warm? Or a mix?
tysmfor this tip ! i'm a digital artist, but i wanted to improve so i decided to pick up traditional art again. i still of struggle w/ colors, so this was a great tip ^^
I did a painting recently using this. It made it more realistic lookin and i was soooo surprised how more realistic it actually looked!
@@anbu1325what?
you are SO RIGHT about layeringgggg.
Layering is key! 😌
My advice would be NOT to make sketchbooks that look like something from instagram… make a mistakes then write with an arrow the one thing your going to improve on your next painting. Paint every day & arrow the improvement and the thing next to be improved. Repeat.
Lettumg layers dry inbetween layers is essential to making gouche work, it really helped me move forward.
Please come back soon! Would love to hear some tips as I'm just starting out fully to try and replace some bad habits with good habits. I love your style and your art - would love to see more of it!
i just got a gouache set for my birthday, and i always work in acrylics but im not very good at painting at all. im very grateful to know these tips as i work to understand gouache a bit more. thank you
Thank you so much and happy birthday (I’m so late though 😇)!!
@@veronikiy thank you so much, dont worry about it!
I just got gouache for my birthday as well and im so use to acrylics so thank God for TH-cam 😅 Do you like using gouache?
@@Storm-qr2xf I do! I've been working with them a bit more this year and its been a lot of fun :) im having trouble still with layering dark to light, since when gouache gets wet it just mixes haha, so i mostly do light to dark. its definitely made me try more things and get out of my comfort zone. i definitely recommend trying stuff where the mixing of colors comes in handy (i painted a candle on a table and the background was completely black but using whites it was easier to blend the whites and blacks for lighting together because of the mixing). i also have been trying to sketch a little bit on with pencil before hand so i dont have to mix colors too much and i can lay them where i want :)
(i just realized how long this is for such a simple question lol sorry)
@@dandelionrain Now im excited to try mine! lol
Thanks. I've made a couple of decent things, for a beginner, with gouache. And the success makes me want to keep practicing even now when I can't get an instructor.
My brush strokes are definitely too long so thanks for that piece of advice. Just never thought of it that way.
ive been having problems with gouache since i came from watercolor and this video helped me! thank you so much!
i hope you become big on youtube! you deserve so much love please continue making videos ❤️
Thank you so much for the kind words ❤️ and I’m really glad this helped 😊
I hear you!! I come from watercolour too and I’m always using tons of water. But I’m just starting with gouache so I’m very happy to have found this channel!!💕
There are "imitation ceramic" palettes you can purchase online or at some art stores - basically hard heavy plastic, feels and looks like ceramic, doesn't stain as easily as plain plastic and not as brittle or pricey as real ceramic.
Wow. This was really helpful! I feel like the blobs instead of the strokes is about to change my whole art game haha thanks girl! 🥰
As a beginner in gouache, this video has been helpful to me. Thank you.
I'm an art student, and I received advice that black is considered a forbidden color because it creates a stark effect and absorbs light, bringing down other colors. My teacher suggests mixing ultramarine blue with burnt amber in a 50:50 ratio to achieve a more natural black color.
i just started using this medium like a week ago and i love it already, thanks so much for these tips ♡ super SUPER helpful, the layering tip is my favorite, i cant wait to try it. also sidebar you are so cute and charming! such a humorous approach to this video, i seriously loved it, you're like muse level cool
Please create more videos!!! You are an excellent teacher.
Oh thank you! I will! 😊
Thank you so much! I have been struggling with gouache and this helped me!
Loved the video! Just as a quick note though, just wanna mention that black can be used for shadows, but it’s definitely changes the vibe of the painting quite a lot, so unless that’s something you are going for then you might want to avoid that unless neccesary
Sure! This “avoiding black” suggestion might be quite helpful for the beginners though :) Especially when you paint something colorful and don’t want to mess everything up. Thank you!
I've definitely struggled the most with the paint reactivating, before I started painting with gouache I only ever did acrylic and very rarely watercolour. So in the beginning it was really hard to get used to painting in layers with gouache but it's been a few months and I think I've gotten better at working with it, imo I think it's just something you do have to get around, but that can be quite exciting too, you'll see your painting ruined a billion times before you can start thinking oh now it's good
Really simple and fundamental. Thank you so much for your clear explanation! I would like to see more videos about how to mix color with gouache😋
I was watching this video thinking “wow this is a good quality video and amazing tips”. I thought you were some successful American youtuber not gonna lie. Was very suprised to hear you’re from estonia.
Aitäh, see video aitas väga!
This is such a helpful and straightforward video. Thank you very much for making it!
so practical advices , is that невский гуашь? I use the same brand. I'm a Chinese student who study graphic design in kaliningrad.,BTW 😁
Thanks for the tips! I think I have trouble with gouache because I use too much water. I will definitely practice using shorter brush strokes.
Oh my god . 😘 thanks for making things easy
One of the very few useful videos out there about gouache tips! Thank you :)
I just found your channel, I love your videos I hope you will be doing more on youtube again.
late but maybe usefull. look out for fondue plates, they should be available everywhere.
Very helpful. I appreciate you saying don't use black. Great advice.
This is a great content. Definitely deserves more views!
I loved this! Thank you so much :) please keep making videos, you're doing really well
Thank you! 🖤 I'll try to make them better each time 🤓
You so pretty!! And your art too
شكرا على وجود ترجمة للغة العربية أتمنى أن تستمر بفعل ذلك 💙💙
Thank you for this! I like to think gouache is a mix of acrylic and watercolor just because that was my first impression of it. But ive been struggling for a while because I keep treating it like watercolors, this is because if I deep in the brush on the paint and then paint on the paper, theres really no color leaving the brush- and obviously it needs water to activate but I always mess up even if I add very little water. Now I know that as the layers build up then the less water, but Im also really picky because I want to blend as well. I colored the sky yesterday with the first layer, almost like you did on the correct cherry, but I did not like the brush strokes because of so much water, literally looked like watercolor even after it dried out- so I did try to use less water on the next layer so it could be vibrant but I didnt like the outcome, it was so messy. Overall looking for tips is helpful and fun when Im started to get to know gouache
Omg, me too, and also (I don't know if you have it that way too) I feel so unconfortable with the whole process. But when I've seen all the Instagram and TH-cam videos I actually thought how easy it can be, so I gave it a try. Nope, the social media did it again. 😂 With watercolors you can add carefully thin layers and go slowly, more confidently, but with gouche there's always something with consistency that could go wrong!
Well, in the end I think that I'll return back to my watercolor comfort zone and use gouache just for some contouring, or only with tutorials. (Because when using tutorials I end up with relatively good result.) Everyone will say how hard the watercolors are, but nope!
@@lucka866 yes consistency! Thats so hard go accomplish, its very annoying actually. But since I have the himi gouache and are somewhat good, expensive and colorful I want to keep using them. The only watercolors I had was a basic cheap pallette which did wonders btw, its not about the medium or meterial its about skill! Now I have the newton small palette, which I also dont know how to use.... but Im getting two more thanks to my art school and Im excited to try them out! Definitely remember when I was stubborn to try watercolor, but once I did and kept going at it I have to say its so fun. Its so much easier to control and so on, hopefully I can master gouache soon- a big goal for my art career. Im so jealous of people who can easily accomplish it, I have no patience and overall get so frustrated, Im also a fast worker the type to be super inpatient and throw my materials and grab new ones here and there, big issue for the learning process of gouache!
Oh I’m sorry for the late reply! Hope you practiced gouache painting more since your first comment :) This “right” consistency feeling comes with practice. My first layers of honestly anything often turn out to look like watercolor as well, but I let them dry and cover them more with more and more paint and gradually increase the amount of pigment I let out on the paper. The himi set is quite good for starting out, I probably would also suggest trying the winsor&newton basic set as it requires a bit more water so you can quickly understand the difference and work from there on :)
I loved watercolor as well before trying gouache, and now I’m completely hooked. I think I might be actually better at gouache painting than with any other medium now :) It took me about half a year to actually understand how it can work - I don’t go to art school though.
Thank you. I saved this video to watch more than once.
Thank you so much! Glad it could be helpful 😊
Thank you so much for the tips! ☺️
I absolutely love your art!!!! Thank you so much for these tips
Thank you 🖤🖤🖤
Enjoyed your instruction style. Hope to see more. Thanks!
Very helpful, great video
I used to always use thick brushes because I don't have synthetic ones
:( I'm not old enough to buy then on my own and they aren't available in my area. Also if there is synthetic ones here it's HELLA costly.
Helpful and accurate tips ! Thank you so much !!
I love ur videos ! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Keep making a lot of them please
tysm! 🖤🖤 I will
This is so helpful! Thanks so much. I searched for quite awhile to find a video like this and finally found you!
Thank you so much for this😭
It really helped a lot. I learned so many things👍👍👍
this was really helpful. thank you!
my gouache is coming in 2 weeks! your tips will surely help me in my gouache journey. Thank you ♥️❤️
Thank you and good luck in your journey! 😊
thank you for the ceramic tips
Thanks for this video! How do you keep brushstrokes from leaving marks at the end of the stroke? This happens to me when I’m putting down a thin layer.
So helpful! Thank you 🌞
unrelated to the video plus I’m three years late BUT oh my god i love your accent!!! it’s just so calming!!! where are you from?
also great video!
she mentions she’s from estonia!
Very good info.
starting my painting class tomorrow and this was a great video to watch for prepping. Thank you!
wow thank you! good luck with your class!
This helped a lot, thank you!
Awesome video! The tips helped a lot. Sound track sounds amazing too. Who's the artist?
Thank you! It really helps
Thank you so much, you are really helpful and awesome! btw, u r so gorgeous ^^
Good tips.
Thank you!
if you buy really expensive gouache like the schimincke one, it looks exactly like watercolour if its used like watercolours and it is at least in my country cheaper ot buy 15ml horadam gouache than 15ml horadam watercolours
Very helpful video. Thank you 🙏
thank you! ♡
Your new sub here!! Thank you for creating this video. it helps me a lot !!! hope to improve my coloring with gouache.
Nice ... hope to see more video, like how you do it
Thank you! ☺️ coming soon!
Loved this info.. I am just starting gouache. Now.. since gouache ruins watercolor brushes, should I use really cheap brushes that are synthetic only?
Thanks! The main thing is to use synthetic ones specifically, there are a lot of shapes and price points in that section :)
When u were blending the second blue ball how wet was it?like was it nearly dry
Thank you! Please make more videos! :)
Thank you, I will! 😊
Thank you!!!
New friend here let’s share the love for the sake of arts.
You appear to use a painting medium at the end of the video. Is it an acrylic medium?
thanks
Hey just a question 👋 what gouache paints palettes do you recommend?
The ceramic ones are the best, I do use just simple plates tho, so I cannot recommend something specific...
Gouache is a bit hard for me because I paint with watercolour all the time 😅 I need to get used to not using it that way
The "gouache is nit watercolor" Made me realize i've been doing it wrong this whole time
what does gouche mean?
Love your accent
At the beginning it seems like you were saying not to add water and then you were adding water, so I'm a little confused lol because I do use water
It’s perfectly okay to use more water for the first layers :) My point was that it’s important to use less and less water as you go so the layers don’t get messed up. And if your painting style doesn’t involve many layers, then the paint shouldn’t be too runny. Hope that helped 😁 Everyone has their own style and I’m just suggesting things that work for me
You are so beautiful
❤
🙏
Her: Gouache is not watercolor. Me: Alex Ross.........
You can try impasto or any watercolor techniques or anything else using gouache, I’m just suggesting things for the beginners who want to understand this medium better :))
Definitely, Just mentioning him [while being silly] because he is really great at the thin wash style. Check him out. Those are SOLID tips, Gouache can be funny. I, However, am not...[Flirts shamelessly with your eye shadow,]
I learned so much from this video. Many thanks! Might I just suggest you speak a bit slower? Cheers!
Thank you! :) Thanks for the suggestion as well! I don’t like how I talk here either 🙃
You have something worthwhile to say. How about saying it just a little more slowly.
I don't find the "correct" cherry appealing at all frankly this seems more about contrasting techniques and aesthetics instead of labeling things as dos and donts
Pronounced Goo ash. French for watercolour. It’s not acrylic which has plastic added gouache will not ruin brushes. It will not blend. Because it’s for flat colour. Disgusting stuff don’t use it.
Thank you for a very informative video.
Thank you ❤️