Thanks so much for this tutorial, Michele! It’s really helpful to understand more about gouache - you’re always so clear and practical in the way you describe things!
Biggest plus point of gouache for me is....I keep my gouache paints in a stay wet palette ...spray it weekly once...just open ..paint and close..easy quick to use with effect like oils. I need not worry about saving the white of paper like watercolour...very forgiving medium. I'm using this medium besides pastels everyday at night post dinner after family sleeps for 20-30 minutes. Just open paint and close. Washing brushes takes less than a minute. Low maintenance. I seal the surface with dorland's wax medium.
Gouache is one of my most favorite mediums and you can get some wonderful effects. As Leaha said, I too would love to see more Gouache tutorials. Thank you for the video :)
Very useful. I would like more on gouache please. I usually use watercolour but am currently using gouache for some Christmas cards etc. I am not quite a beginner.
I would love to see some guache painting tutorials for impressionistic landscapes. I love your videos Michele! Thank you for your generosity sharing your knowledge!
Michelle...maybe useful to your viewers...if you agree with this...one gouache teacher said, instead of mixing two colours and white to create a gradient between the two....he says to put darker colour first...then a premixed midtone between two colours then the lighter colour ...then soft strokes with a mop brush to create a gradient...without using much white. It's tedious but the effect is stunning actually.
Oooh, you do realise you've just scrambled my head 🤪and turned my thinking upside down 🙃 lol 😅 But such a fantastic and interesting video Michele. Very informative, and I would love to learn more about gouache if you are thinking of doing something similar in the future. I'm interested in finding out more about other mediums too, such as acrylic, and perhaps painting with inks in varying colours. Thank you so much for this week's video, it's very much appreciated. Take care 😍 Audrey X
OMG! I never, ever mix up enough paint. Ever! And it's almost impossible to color match complex mixed colors because of the dry shift. I think all artists would benefit from taking a toll painting or folk art painting class. There are loads of techniques that I see painters use and they come from this types of painting.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber At least with gouache and watercolour you can store and rewet it. Acyrlic does my head in. Once it's out of the tube, it's a case of use it or lose it.
Interesting demo - all the gouache beginners' sets I've seen contain a Zinc White, rather than Process White or Titanium - I found Zinc White very hard to work with in gouache, because it's semi-transparent; whereas with gouache, you want an opaque white; Zinc might be useful for tempering/adjusting the paint, but do you agree with me that it's pretty hopeless as your main gouache white? Or do you use it successfully? One of the reasons why you might use a very large quantity of white is that you are using Zinc (aka Chinese White) and it just takes a bucket-load more of it to get creamy look which the best gouache paintings have.
The Talens is a mixed pigment, part titanium part lithopone. I generally use my Jackman's Titanium white, which is actually part of their watercolor range, but categories tend to be arbitary with whites. The main reason you use a lot of white as in many cases it substitutes for the water you would lighten colours with. I always prefer Titanium white, I don't see the point of a semi transparrent white.
Titanium white is excellent choice as Michelle said...but I'm aware of one Indian gouache artist who is very rarely using his white ...only for highlights. He says white muddies the saturation of hues.He rather uses lightest values in that colour. For example he uses brightest orange from tube for highlight in a red apple...then touch of yellow...lastly touch of white His works are excellent in gouache and watercolour. I took workshop with him...his works are excellent but I wasn't convinced with his teaching capabilities.
Nice one Michele, At last someone promoting Gouache, this has been my 'go to' this year for anything A4 or smaller. I find you need to plan & think ahead as it can catch you out but the results are well worth the effort. Good Job 🙂
Whew, That was A LOT of information! Fantastic job with this one Michele. I just recently bought some gouache to try on a building study I'm doing. I've never used it before so this was a really timely video. I would love to see some more information on using gouache combined with watercolors in a painting scenario. Thank you from across the pond :)
Agreed. I tried gouache for a while and it drove me nuts trying to match colors. At the time I was taking a workshop where the instructor INSISTED that the color and or value had to match. I had abandoned oil because my late husband complained of the smell of both oils and acrylics, so was trying to use gouache. Horrible experience!
Also, as acrylic gouache is acrylic, and not gouache, clean up needs to be especially mindful so no plastic particles get into the water supply/environment/sentient beings. Excellent video!
I am so happy to see this video. I bought some gouache about a year ago and tried to use it like watercolor. I did watch some instruction videos but none covered like this and I did almost everything wrong. Thank you so much. Will be trying my paints again while they're still good.
Thanks for those great tips. I have been curious about gouache so I tiptoed into it by buying the Caran d'Ache pan of 12 colors. I haven't done much with them yet beyond a little play. Noticed that the color in the pan wets easily and is nice and creamy with little water. Very pleasant to use. My interest in them is twofold -- one I like is that you can use light over dark. I have watched a couple of videos where beautiful paintings were achieved. The other interest is I thought it would be fun to try a mixed media project. Do you have any classes showing mixing watercolor and gouache for beautiful effects, and if so, can you let me know where to watch them? Thanks!
I really don't like gouache at all but this was an excellent tutorial and I must admit that the blending of two or three colors on a single brush is quite beautiful. I always learn so much from your videos!
whoa you got a new 100 subscribers overnight, congrats! You deserve it, I'm getting so much from your videos. Art stuff is so confusing and overwhelming due to all the choices but it feels like things are coming together for me, thanks to you! 🥰
Is it the same as Poster paints ? We call them that in India I think. I use both water colour and poster colours ... Not know if its affecting the quality of my paintings? I usually make birds and fruits . Some flowers too.
Hello Michele, Yes I would like more gouache painting tutorials. Have you ever used watercolor with gouache in a painting? I was experimenting and found by using watercolor in the background, letting it dry, then painting with gouache in the mid and foreground you can get a glowing affect. It was a kind of dreamy look. What do you think? Thank you.
hahahaha YT keeps recommending the same videos to me, guess I need to watch them twice! Anyway, I did see a goache painting which looked positively DEAD so I do see what you mean when you called them "flat". The colors were just... so so wrong. I've literally never seen a painting like it, should have saved jpeg of it.
This is very helpful, I do think I need your drawing class! I just bought my first set of gouache, but it is in pans and it is hard, not the soft jelly pans. Did I just make my first mistake? It is Caran D Ache, it was on sale on Amazon and I thought I would try it.
I know this is an older video but maybe someone can answer. Would it be useful to use the acrylic type as a base layer, then the regular for the rest since the acrylic one won’t deactivate? I do that with ink under watercolor so just wondering if that would work out?
I had the same thought of a layer of acrylic under watercolour, but it didn't work, watercolours don't sit well on acrylics. You can do it the other way round, but I wouldn't recommend it with gouache. An under layer of standard watercolours may move less than layering with gouache from the start though.
Thanks Michele! I am new to gouache and this video came at the perfect time. I would love more gouache videos, either tips or painting a flower, animal, etc.
Help! Started gouache today (arteza) on fabriabo 100%cotton paper. It seemd like there is alot of drag. Is gouache a medium that needs to be built up? Or does a watercolor background need to be put down first
I’ve just ordered my first set of Gouache and searched Gouache for beginners only to find my guru for watercolour painting comes up trumps for Gouache too. Thank you Michelle. If I wanted to paint a Naive style harbour scene with little boats and houses , would you use watercolour for the wash for the sky or would you do it all in gouache ? Thank you
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber thank you. My paints arrived today. I ordered the starter set from Winsor and Newton. Can’t wait to play but I am working tomorrow 😢xx
For gouache... watercolour hot pressed suits me not cold pressed...why? ....I use gouache relatively thick...so cold pressed paper doesn't allow the brush to move easily....on the other hand hot pressed paper allows thick paint move easily. Why I use thick paint because using lot of water the hue is desaturated and gives illustrated look not oil painterly look
Michele could you talk about gesso and glazing differences I'm really unsure of these I seen some videos where artistvare mixing watercolor and senniler oil pastels with these items I was able to buy a few caran dashe neo 2 watersoulable crayons and a few senniler oil pastels metallic to see how they work but the glazing mediums clear and heavy? As such has really gotten me confuse how are these different from molding paste???? What does any of this mean...lol lol...thanks for any help...
I think you have confused me too. I don't generally use gesso because it's usually used with canvas to prepare it, which I don't paint on, and glazing mediums, molding paste are usually used with acrylics. Glazing medium makes acrylic paints more transparent and molding paste is for texture, both of them you mix into the paint before applying :-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber thank you so much for info I think I'm trying to learn about to much different art medians just liked the senniler oilpastel sticks so much but didnt want to have spray afixadent(?) to seal it so it wouldnt move on opposite pg of a mixed sketch book....I thought I could mix it with a glaze or gesso??? To seal it as I draw with the oil pastel stick...honestly watercolor just seems the less highmaibtence paint median to do.. lol all I have to do is seal it with Doran's...thank you again for the prompt reply...I'm using your color chart posters every time I paint they work wonderful (is there a a way I can send in a review also can i post a picture of the posters hanging on my wall in your store with my review?).. that are framed and my postive review????mikelle art mom🎨✍
I did a whole sunset painting with watercolor using that double dipped brush technique. Use a big flat brush and carefully dip slightly wet masstone situation. It’s so fun and beautiful 😄
What I’ve found so far with experimentation is paint all the lights in first. Then darken as you go through more layers (it’s best to plan the painting). But defo do a swatch to see how the paints react.
Very helpful, thanks! I'm just getting started in this medium, and these tips are already helping me know how to correct some things I was getting frustrated with. I would like to see more on gouache, especially landscapes techniques.
Acrylics can go over dried watercolor or gouache if not too thick, they shouldn't be mixed together though, and water based paints will not go on top of acrylic so use them for the underneath layer.
Ditto; would love more gouache painting stuff if you're willing and able! It's so similar and yet SO different from watercolor. I see a lot of ... hate... of gouache .... in the watercolor community; like snubbing the nose at it and - although I have a really BAD gouache set right now, I've already done enough with it to know that I want to buy better paints to try it out on a more consistent basis. I love how BRIGHT it can be! Definitely on my way to go see what are some good gouache brands. :)
I will try. The issue with TH-cam is that if something isn't really super popular it can harm your channel to publish it. This shouldn't matter, but since the pandemic it's an important income source for me. People snubbing Gouache should realise that the first ever watercolourists all used white and opaque paints! This purist idea came later...
I've never used gouache before but I like the look of it, it looks like velvet to me, not "flat" 😊 But, I prefer the way watercolor works, particularly the way everything can be re-wetted so easily. And the special effects/layering.
I recently purchased a medium-sized set of gouache paints and have begun experimenting with them. So fun! More gouache videos would be welcomed, but whatever you have time or desire to do is fine by me.
A very interesting video. I often don't mix enough watercolour paint, so I haven't a chance with gouache. I take it that quality matters, like it does with watercolours?
I've been spending this morning watching your videos. I bought a basic set of gouache paints from Michael's recently just to test them. Since I am new to the medium, I can use all the advice I can get.
very timely video! i haven't figured out gouache at all. i was thinking about starting my learning from scratch again, and do some swatching first, given the color shifts when it dries. was is more useful, swatching with water only, swatching with white and should i also include a test for opacity or all of the above? also, i understand that gouache has a denser pigment load than watercolor that makes it opaque. is there any other difference is the physical paint itself? (because geeky artists want to know :-p )
Some of the pigments in gouache are larger, as you say more pigment load and there will be a difference in the binder formulation, with sometimes an addition of white in the form of chalks etc, although high quality brands will try not to use too much of this. The paint company I work with is going to do gouache soon, so I will no doubt learn more about the process then.
Oh wow 😮! Thanks so much for sharing & doing this informational video. So many of the things that you’ve talked about I had been trying to do with watercolor painting when I was beginning. My youngest daughter kept telling me that I needed to maybe give gouache a try. Now I am thinking about get a basic set of colors. I definitely need to get a larger tube of white gouache for my watercolors at least. I am really enjoying the videos, the Facebook group, and learning about art in general from you. I am also glad to hear that you’re feeling better since getting the booster shot. I have to get mine done soon.
I bought a set of Arteza Gouache . After I swatched them , put away I can’t get the caps off. I tried soaking them upside down in water . Had to toss a few of them out.
How long does it take to fully dry thin application ? Heavy application ? There is a medium available for acrylics that extends the drying time. Is there one for gouache or can the acrylic medium be used on gouache also? Does adding water to dilute color also increase drying time rather than using white gouache paint to dilute the color ? Lastly, is gouache also compatible with acrylic paint, like it is for watercolor paint ? Thank you so much for all these helpful hints. I have a set of gouache with which I have never worked. Now I would be much more willing to try to challenge myself. Thanks !
Drying times can't be predicted as they vary according to temperature and humidity. Gouache is far closer to watercolors than acrylics. Therefore the closest thing to an extender medium (unless there are specific ones I don't know about) would be gum arabic but it would almost certainly negatively affect the opacity. A 'stay wet' acrylics palette can be used to help slow palette drying time (or a water spray). Acrylics are not compatable but could be used in a mixed media way, ie thinish coat of gouache first, dry, then acrylics on top. You can't mix them in though and they won't paint well on top of acrylics, like watercolor they need to adhere directly to the paper.
Thank you for answering all my questions about gouache. I will make some “turtle and frog compatibility tests” before launching into an actual picture. It seems like gouache is a bit trickier than watercolor in that it can easily be disturbed with water, even after drying. Is there a fixative that can be used to protect it, like watercolor ? It will be interesting to see what happens with watercolor pencil or colored pencils on top of dried gouache. Wonder what salt would do? I better stop now !!!!!! HaHaHa
As an aside: I saw this artist using big dots of acrylic paint and creating a picture by using a sponge , some aluminum foil, and a bundle of q-tips. After brushing, he/she used these various “tools” to created some lovely forest and rain scenes. Of course I realize that with gouache it would have to be either much smaller or done in sections as gouache dries faster than acrylic. This would be after I get a better handle on what the paints do, but I thought that “freedom” could be tried on gouache and just have fun with it…..See what happens. Thanks for all your lessons. I’m going to check out your drawing tutorials for home use. Happy holidays to you, Michelle
I would love more gouache painting tutorials!
Noted!
Thanks so much for this tutorial, Michele! It’s really helpful to understand more about gouache - you’re always so clear and practical in the way you describe things!
Glad it was helpful!
Biggest plus point of gouache for me is....I keep my gouache paints in a stay wet palette ...spray it weekly once...just open ..paint and close..easy quick to use with effect like oils. I need not worry about saving the white of paper like watercolour...very forgiving medium. I'm using this medium besides pastels everyday at night post dinner after family sleeps for 20-30 minutes. Just open paint and close. Washing brushes takes less than a minute. Low maintenance. I seal the surface with dorland's wax medium.
Stay wet palette is a good idea. I am too often moving between mediums to worry but it makes sense for your working practice.
Gouache is one of my most favorite mediums and you can get some wonderful effects. As Leaha said, I too would love to see more Gouache tutorials. Thank you for the video :)
You are very welcome!
This was helpful to make sketches before a acrylic big painting I think Gouache would be applicable. What u think?
Very useful. I would like more on gouache please. I usually use watercolour but am currently using gouache for some Christmas cards etc. I am not quite a beginner.
It's great for crafts, very versatile!
I would love to see some guache painting tutorials for impressionistic landscapes. I love your videos Michele! Thank you for your generosity sharing your knowledge!
Great suggestion!
Michelle...maybe useful to your viewers...if you agree with this...one gouache teacher said, instead of mixing two colours and white to create a gradient between the two....he says to put darker colour first...then a premixed midtone between two colours then the lighter colour ...then soft strokes with a mop brush to create a gradient...without using much white. It's tedious but the effect is stunning actually.
Sounds great, in practice I may be a tiny bit too lazy to do it!
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebberlol
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebberI can’t even quite comprehend the instructions. 😅
Oooh, you do realise you've just scrambled my head 🤪and turned my thinking upside down 🙃 lol 😅 But such a fantastic and interesting video Michele. Very informative, and I would love to learn more about gouache if you are thinking of doing something similar in the future. I'm interested in finding out more about other mediums too, such as acrylic, and perhaps painting with inks in varying colours.
Thank you so much for this week's video, it's very much appreciated.
Take care 😍 Audrey X
Thanks Audrey, yes lots of other mediums coming up. Can't have you getting bored, need to keep you busy and creating! :-) :-) xx
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber 🤣💕
OMG! I never, ever mix up enough paint. Ever! And it's almost impossible to color match complex mixed colors because of the dry shift.
I think all artists would benefit from taking a toll painting or folk art painting class. There are loads of techniques that I see painters use and they come from this types of painting.
Indeed, much to learn from crafters. I mix too much paint, then I have guilt about the waste... you can't win!
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Nope! Lol.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber At least with gouache and watercolour you can store and rewet it.
Acyrlic does my head in. Once it's out of the tube, it's a case of use it or lose it.
Interesting demo - all the gouache beginners' sets I've seen contain a Zinc White, rather than Process White or Titanium - I found Zinc White very hard to work with in gouache, because it's semi-transparent; whereas with gouache, you want an opaque white; Zinc might be useful for tempering/adjusting the paint, but do you agree with me that it's pretty hopeless as your main gouache white? Or do you use it successfully? One of the reasons why you might use a very large quantity of white is that you are using Zinc (aka Chinese White) and it just takes a bucket-load more of it to get creamy look which the best gouache paintings have.
The Talens is a mixed pigment, part titanium part lithopone. I generally use my Jackman's Titanium white, which is actually part of their watercolor range, but categories tend to be arbitary with whites. The main reason you use a lot of white as in many cases it substitutes for the water you would lighten colours with. I always prefer Titanium white, I don't see the point of a semi transparrent white.
Titanium white is excellent choice as Michelle said...but I'm aware of one Indian gouache artist who is very rarely using his white ...only for highlights. He says white muddies the saturation of hues.He rather uses lightest values in that colour. For example he uses brightest orange from tube for highlight in a red apple...then touch of yellow...lastly touch of white His works are excellent in gouache and watercolour. I took workshop with him...his works are excellent but I wasn't convinced with his teaching capabilities.
Nice one Michele, At last someone promoting Gouache, this has been my 'go to' this year for anything A4 or smaller. I find you need to plan & think ahead as it can catch you out but the results are well worth the effort. Good Job 🙂
Planning never hurts in any medium I think!
I like gouache when it looks like oils not flat like illustrated look
I would really like more Gouache tutorials please.
Yes, more please. Also, I would like guidance on best practices for cleanup and disposal of various mediums. I find it very confusing. Thank you.
Whew, That was A LOT of information!
Fantastic job with this one Michele. I just recently bought some gouache to try on a building study I'm doing. I've never used it before so this was a really timely video. I would love to see some more information on using gouache combined with watercolors in a painting scenario. Thank you from across the pond :)
The most useful gouache video I have seen so far! 😍
Wow, thank you!
Agreed. I tried gouache for a while and it drove me nuts trying to match colors. At the time I was taking a workshop where the instructor INSISTED that the color and or value had to match. I had abandoned oil because my late husband complained of the smell of both oils and acrylics, so was trying to use gouache. Horrible experience!
Also, as acrylic gouache is acrylic, and not gouache, clean up needs to be especially mindful so no plastic particles get into the water supply/environment/sentient beings. Excellent video!
Good point!
Talens is excellent...we get in UAE reasonably cheap ....but good quality👌
Loved this. So helpful. I've yet to open a gifted set, but now will play with it. Would love to see more. 🧡
Wonderful!
I am so happy to see this video. I bought some gouache about a year ago and tried to use it like watercolor. I did watch some instruction videos but none covered like this and I did almost everything wrong. Thank you so much. Will be trying my paints again while they're still good.
Glad it was helpful!
Ohhh Krap. Covid? I e read its returning. Brace for impact. I’m sorry. So sorry. Ya still got a good presence Covid or not.
Just bought some gouache, thanks for that, knewcit would be much different to my watercolour but we all need a challenge now n then😊😊
Well I learned I can save money by not buying these paints...loved the lesson though.
Thanks for those great tips. I have been curious about gouache so I tiptoed into it by buying the Caran d'Ache pan of 12 colors. I haven't done much with them yet beyond a little play. Noticed that the color in the pan wets easily and is nice and creamy with little water. Very pleasant to use. My interest in them is twofold -- one I like is that you can use light over dark. I have watched a couple of videos where beautiful paintings were achieved. The other interest is I thought it would be fun to try a mixed media project. Do you have any classes showing mixing watercolor and gouache for beautiful effects, and if so, can you let me know where to watch them? Thanks!
I don't but I am thinking of making a video like that!
I really don't like gouache at all but this was an excellent tutorial and I must admit that the blending of two or three colors on a single brush is quite beautiful. I always learn so much from your videos!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for this video. Very helpful tips.
Great information as always. Thank you!
Thx for this video Michele. Glad you’re feeling better after your third Covid vaccine (booster). We’ve had our boosters here too. 🥰💕🐶💕😷🥰
Excellent work. Yes it was a bit of a reaction I had!
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber my husband was fine but I ended up in bed. I felt better in two days. Lol.
Perfect video. I've made and am making all the mistakes but really enjoying trying gouache out this week.
Wonderful!
whoa you got a new 100 subscribers overnight, congrats! You deserve it, I'm getting so much from your videos. Art stuff is so confusing and overwhelming due to all the choices but it feels like things are coming together for me, thanks to you! 🥰
Thank you very much!
Is it the same as Poster paints ? We call them that in India I think. I use both water colour and poster colours ... Not know if its affecting the quality of my paintings? I usually make birds and fruits . Some flowers too.
Yes, you are right, although poster colour can be of slightly lower quality than artists gouache.
Thanks, super informative and will help me a lot as I am just starting with gouache.
You're very welcome, and thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this video, Michele, I have been curious about gouache. You did a great job demonstrating it.
Glad it was helpful!
Hello Michele, Yes I would like more gouache painting tutorials. Have you ever used watercolor with gouache in a painting? I was experimenting and found by using watercolor in the background, letting it dry, then painting with gouache in the mid and foreground you can get a glowing affect. It was a kind of dreamy look. What do you think? Thank you.
Absolutely. You can also do it the other way round with a watercolour object and a flat gouache background.
hahahaha YT keeps recommending the same videos to me, guess I need to watch them twice! Anyway, I did see a goache painting which looked positively DEAD so I do see what you mean when you called them "flat". The colors were just... so so wrong. I've literally never seen a painting like it, should have saved jpeg of it.
On the plus side gouache is a dream to photograph because it doesn't bounce the light back and get shiny patches!
This is very helpful, I do think I need your drawing class! I just bought my first set of gouache, but it is in pans and it is hard, not the soft jelly pans. Did I just make my first mistake? It is Caran D Ache, it was on sale on Amazon and I thought I would try it.
Hi Meg, I'm not sure, most gouache comes in tubes, but it's a good brand so give it a try ☺️
Thank you for the video, it helpt me a lot.
I believe Windsor and Newton have a medium that extends the drying time of gouache considerably.
Interesting, I haven't seen it!
Ty so much! I have a set of goache, as a gift for Christmas last year, maybe I will try them now. BTW, I love ur ring! Is it Jade?
It was my mother's, it had a cameo that I broke so recently I replaced the stone it's a chrysoprase :-)
subscribed when you said ' I am not fat shaming my art materials' ahhahahaha :D
Thanks for subscribing!
Just starting gouache. I tried to learn watercolor and it just didn't take. Hoping to learn gouache better, so more tutorials would be most welcome!
Noted, I actually find gouache harder than watercolour, but it's all about what suits you. It's a beautiful medium :-)
I know this is an older video but maybe someone can answer. Would it be useful to use the acrylic type as a base layer, then the regular for the rest since the acrylic one won’t deactivate? I do that with ink under watercolor so just wondering if that would work out?
I had the same thought of a layer of acrylic under watercolour, but it didn't work, watercolours don't sit well on acrylics. You can do it the other way round, but I wouldn't recommend it with gouache. An under layer of standard watercolours may move less than layering with gouache from the start though.
Hi Michelle. I hope you are well❤
Thanks Michele! I am new to gouache and this video came at the perfect time. I would love more gouache videos, either tips or painting a flower, animal, etc.
Noted :-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber :o) You will be hearing more from me, yesterday I signed up for your new drawing class. Really excited to get started!!
@@lauracroyle2389 thanks Laura, that's great :-)
Thank you. Why did I not know this?
I’d love to see more gouache videos. I tried it once with disastrous results. 😢
Yes I want to do more of these :-) It's not an easy medium.
Thanks Michele I like gouache 👍🏾
Me too!!
Help! Started gouache today (arteza) on fabriabo 100%cotton paper. It seemd like there is alot of drag. Is gouache a medium that needs to be built up? Or does a watercolor background need to be put down first
Yes you need to put the Watercolor background down first. You can also add a little bit of water to Gouache if you're still getting the drag.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber does a watercolor background HAVE to be put down first or thinner layer gouache? Or multiple layers
I’ve just ordered my first set of Gouache and searched Gouache for beginners only to find my guru for watercolour painting comes up trumps for Gouache too. Thank you Michelle. If I wanted to paint a Naive style harbour scene with little boats and houses , would you use watercolour for the wash for the sky or would you do it all in gouache ? Thank you
It's really a matter of the effect you want, neither is wrong.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber thank you. My paints arrived today. I ordered the starter set from Winsor and Newton. Can’t wait to play but I am working tomorrow 😢xx
For gouache... watercolour hot pressed suits me not cold pressed...why? ....I use gouache relatively thick...so cold pressed paper doesn't allow the brush to move easily....on the other hand hot pressed paper allows thick paint move easily. Why I use thick paint because using lot of water the hue is desaturated and gives illustrated look not oil painterly look
Michele could you talk about gesso and glazing differences I'm really unsure of these I seen some videos where artistvare mixing watercolor and senniler oil pastels with these items I was able to buy a few caran dashe neo 2 watersoulable crayons and a few senniler oil pastels metallic to see how they work but the glazing mediums clear and heavy? As such has really gotten me confuse how are these different from molding paste???? What does any of this mean...lol lol...thanks for any help...
I think you have confused me too. I don't generally use gesso because it's usually used with canvas to prepare it, which I don't paint on, and glazing mediums, molding paste are usually used with acrylics. Glazing medium makes acrylic paints more transparent and molding paste is for texture, both of them you mix into the paint before applying :-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber thank you so much for info I think I'm trying to learn about to much different art medians just liked the senniler oilpastel sticks so much but didnt want to have spray afixadent(?) to seal it so it wouldnt move on opposite pg of a mixed sketch book....I thought I could mix it with a glaze or gesso??? To seal it as I draw with the oil pastel stick...honestly watercolor just seems the less highmaibtence paint median to do.. lol all I have to do is seal it with Doran's...thank you again for the prompt reply...I'm using your color chart posters every time I paint they work wonderful (is there a a way I can send in a review also can i post a picture of the posters hanging on my wall in your store with my review?).. that are framed and my postive review????mikelle art mom🎨✍
I did a whole sunset painting with watercolor using that double dipped brush technique. Use a big flat brush and carefully dip slightly wet masstone situation. It’s so fun and beautiful 😄
It's amazing that this advice is free. Thank you so much for sharing your valuable tips and knowledge! I can't wait to start painting!
Another great video! Now to get more guouche! Awesome!
Yay! Thank you!
such great information. thanks so so much
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you, very clear and very useful
Glad to hear that!
What I’ve found so far with experimentation is paint all the lights in first. Then darken as you go through more layers (it’s best to plan the painting). But defo do a swatch to see how the paints react.
Very helpful, thanks! I'm just getting started in this medium, and these tips are already helping me know how to correct some things I was getting frustrated with. I would like to see more on gouache, especially landscapes techniques.
Thank you...it would be great to see gradation with gouache... without using much water
I was struggling with my gouache. This is very helpful! Yes, more gouache videos, please. Thanks!
Love the gouache video. Would watch more. Thank you.
Really good tips Michelle. i tried gouache once and it was a disaster lol. But I love the style of illustrative art so I’m gonna try again!
I absolutely love Gouache. I need to crack out the paints more often.
And as others have said, I'd be up for more tutorials too.
Great hints I had not seen before! I would also enjoy more gouache videos. Just getting into the medium.
I'd like another gouache tutorial please. 😄
Great video-love gouache but needed those tips as a beginner, thx 🙏
This was very helpful! Thank You!!!
Gouache is excellent for quick Plein air painting
Can I mix gouache with water color or acrylics?
Acrylics can go over dried watercolor or gouache if not too thick, they shouldn't be mixed together though, and water based paints will not go on top of acrylic so use them for the underneath layer.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Thank you😊
So interesting, as always!
Thank you! Cheers!
I do like gouache videos and Casein too for that matter. Would love to see more on both
Great video, Michele - thank you!
Glad you recovered, you look as professional as ways 🙂
You don’t have freckles. I’m a ya m with Scottish grandfather redhead mother and I’m paying the price for working outside for years.
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Idea for unorganized artists who waste time getting ready to make art. Like plein aire destination and set up on an overseas trip.
I’m getting better but As I mentioned I attribute thus improvement to steroid use for the first time in my life to overcome anemia.
Ohhh the vaccine. You didn’t get Covid. View.
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Ditto; would love more gouache painting stuff if you're willing and able! It's so similar and yet SO different from watercolor. I see a lot of ... hate... of gouache .... in the watercolor community; like snubbing the nose at it and - although I have a really BAD gouache set right now, I've already done enough with it to know that I want to buy better paints to try it out on a more consistent basis. I love how BRIGHT it can be! Definitely on my way to go see what are some good gouache brands. :)
I will try. The issue with TH-cam is that if something isn't really super popular it can harm your channel to publish it. This shouldn't matter, but since the pandemic it's an important income source for me. People snubbing Gouache should realise that the first ever watercolourists all used white and opaque paints! This purist idea came later...
Thank you very much
You are welcome :-)
I would like more gouache tutorials. Super interresting. Thankyou!
More to come!
Excellent video thank you!
Thanks, Michelle.
Any time!
I've never used gouache before but I like the look of it, it looks like velvet to me, not "flat" 😊 But, I prefer the way watercolor works, particularly the way everything can be re-wetted so easily. And the special effects/layering.
Me too, but I like a break from it, then I go back again!
I recently purchased a medium-sized set of gouache paints and have begun experimenting with them. So fun! More gouache videos would be welcomed, but whatever you have time or desire to do is fine by me.
Noted!
A very interesting video. I often don't mix enough watercolour paint, so I haven't a chance with gouache. I take it that quality matters, like it does with watercolours?
It does matter, but I tend to feel that watercolor is the medium where quality matters most, because the pigments are literally all you see.
I've been spending this morning watching your videos.
I bought a basic set of gouache paints from Michael's recently just to test them. Since I am new to the medium, I can use all the advice I can get.
I'm so glad you are finding the videos useful :-)
very timely video! i haven't figured out gouache at all. i was thinking about starting my learning from scratch again, and do some swatching first, given the color shifts when it dries. was is more useful, swatching with water only, swatching with white and should i also include a test for opacity or all of the above? also, i understand that gouache has a denser pigment load than watercolor that makes it opaque. is there any other difference is the physical paint itself? (because geeky artists want to know :-p )
Some of the pigments in gouache are larger, as you say more pigment load and there will be a difference in the binder formulation, with sometimes an addition of white in the form of chalks etc, although high quality brands will try not to use too much of this. The paint company I work with is going to do gouache soon, so I will no doubt learn more about the process then.
Oh wow 😮! Thanks so much for sharing & doing this informational video. So many of the things that you’ve talked about I had been trying to do with watercolor painting when I was beginning. My youngest daughter kept telling me that I needed to maybe give gouache a try. Now I am thinking about get a basic set of colors. I definitely need to get a larger tube of white gouache for my watercolors at least. I am really enjoying the videos, the Facebook group, and learning about art in general from you. I am also glad to hear that you’re feeling better since getting the booster shot. I have to get mine done soon.
Thanks Colleen, good luck with the booster!
Great information. Just bought gouache and anxious to try. Glad you feel better.
I'm good thank you!
Michele, the color of your nails so beautifully compliments the color of your ring. It looks stunning and they are my favorite colors 🥰
Thank you so much!
I’d love to see how you paint a building or modern house in acrylics. With perspective but with artistic flair
Great suggestion!
Excellent video on some gouache tips I needed to know before starting the new medium , thank you so kindly!
Glad it was helpful!
I have learned many new things about this type of painting! Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
I bought a set of Arteza Gouache . After I swatched them , put away I can’t get the caps off. I tried soaking them upside down in water . Had to toss a few of them out.
Oh no! Unfortunately the soaking in (hot) water mainly works for acrylics. Gouache has a tendency to dry out far more than watercolors.
Nice video Michele. I think Gouache is very much underused. I've used it a lot more this year.
It really is!
I'm just getting started with gouache this week. I'd love to see more tutorials!
Noted, hoping to do more later this year!
Gouache on canvas also looks great
I love gouache paint Michele. I might add that to my Christmas list.
You should!
Fascinating, thank you! 😊
Thanks!
Thanks so much I really appreciate it!
How long does it take to fully dry thin application ? Heavy application ?
There is a medium available for acrylics that extends the drying time. Is there one for gouache or can the acrylic medium be used on gouache also? Does adding water to dilute color also increase drying time rather than using white gouache paint to dilute the color ?
Lastly, is gouache also compatible with acrylic paint, like it is for watercolor paint ?
Thank you so much for all these helpful hints. I have a set of gouache with which I have never worked. Now I would be much more willing to try to challenge myself. Thanks !
Drying times can't be predicted as they vary according to temperature and humidity. Gouache is far closer to watercolors than acrylics. Therefore the closest thing to an extender medium (unless there are specific ones I don't know about) would be gum arabic but it would almost certainly negatively affect the opacity. A 'stay wet' acrylics palette can be used to help slow palette drying time (or a water spray). Acrylics are not compatable but could be used in a mixed media way, ie thinish coat of gouache first, dry, then acrylics on top. You can't mix them in though and they won't paint well on top of acrylics, like watercolor they need to adhere directly to the paper.
Thank you for answering all my questions about gouache. I will make some “turtle and frog compatibility tests” before launching into an actual picture. It seems like gouache is a bit trickier than watercolor in that it can easily be disturbed with water, even after drying. Is there a fixative that can be used to protect it, like watercolor ? It will be interesting to see what happens with watercolor pencil or colored pencils on top of dried gouache. Wonder what salt would do? I better stop now !!!!!! HaHaHa
Gonna practice with some gouache, so I had to review your helpful hints….Thank you again.
Glad it was helpful!
As an aside: I saw this artist using big dots of acrylic paint and creating a picture by using a sponge , some aluminum foil, and a bundle of q-tips. After brushing, he/she used these various “tools” to created some lovely forest and rain scenes. Of course I realize that with gouache it would have to be either much smaller or done in sections as gouache dries faster than acrylic. This would be after I get a better handle on what the paints do, but I thought that “freedom” could be tried on gouache and just have fun with it…..See what happens. Thanks for all your lessons. I’m going to check out your drawing tutorials for home use. Happy holidays to you, Michelle