How to Paint a Portrait in Gouache | Step by Step!
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Today I will show you exactly how I paint my portraits in gouache for the 100 heads challenge! We cover supplies, paints, skin tone color mixing, choosing a good reference, sketching the portrait, and of course the painting process!
This video took a long time to make and edit, and I tried to pack it full of useful information! I really hope you enjoy! :-)
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🌷 Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:22 Supplies
4:44 Paint colors
8:40 Color mixing
14:55 Choosing a reference
18:55 Sketching the portrait
22:00 Painting the portrait
35:43 Outro
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Thank you everyone for all of the lovely comments, it really does mean the world to me! I will try to respond to them all when I get a spare moment . Just know that I've seen them and that I am so appreciative 💛 I am working on my next video currently, which is a little more relaxed than this one. Subscribe and turn notifications on if you don't want to miss it! 😊 - Emily
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Hello, Id like to ask, what sketch pencil did you use? It seems to be red/brown in color
Honestly, I've been in art school for years and I've learned more in this video than at school. I definitely appreciate the work you put into this video. Thank you.
This comment alone made all the effort worth it 💛 Thank you for watching!
Wow you’re getting ripped off at that school
@@Eizengoldt haha you're not wrong.
Which artist or an influencer had the most effective teaching on ur art journey?😁
@@Nushka22great question!
“Throughout the entire portrait painting process you are making choices. Some are going to be good choices and some are going to be bad choices. That’s just the way painting is. We are ultimately aiming to have more good choices than the bad and that can only really come from practice.”
I needed to hear this. Your video and teaching are excellent. I learned more in this video than I have in many I’ve paid for. Thank you and good luck on your painting journey!
I appreciate you having the palette included in the frame.
You're very kind for making a video this detailed. I sometimes like the sketch too much I'm afraid to ruin it with paint but this has inspired me to actually sit and practice gouache portraits... Also I'm usually lazy because pencil sketches are way faster than setting up all the painting supplies and I'm very impatient 😅
I like to take pictures of the sketch just in case the painting doesn't work out 😅
I am the same with not wanting to set up the paints sometimes 😆 Thanks so much for watching! I hope you get the chance to get those gouache paints out and have some fun! 💛
Yes thank u for keeping your pilot in frame!!!
I like that you kept the mixing palette so we could see how you mix the paint, it makes a lote easier to learn and capture how the paints react and interact with each other.
Love your work, thanks for the video💕
I'm so glad you liked seeing the palette, I wasn't sure if it would be helpful or not! 😄 Thanks for watching!! 💗
You can really see years of experience being applied here. Love it!
Thank you so much, that means a lot! 😊
This is exactly what I wanted, i have gouache paints and I have been dreading to pain some nice human heads and today I got the tutorial from my favourite artist ❤ thank you sooo much it means a LOOOOOTTTTT TO ME
Aw I am SO glad!! Comments like this make my day ❤️ Happy painting! 😄
LOL! I love the way you worded this! "Some nice human heads"
@@amypanddirtytoo1926 hehe words like these ce Outta me due to excitement 😖🤭❤️
Yeeeesss
I always have a hard time wrapping my head around cool and warm colors (especially with blues!). Thank you for talking about this a little more in depth, I think that solved some issues for me ♥🙏🏻
I am so glad you found this helpful! Thank you so much for the lovely comment ❤️
I've been learning and practicing painting with gouache for maybe a year now, by myself, just like I did with pencil portraits, and when I see someone more skilled than me doing the things I learned on my own, it really makes me proud, like "oh my god, I do it the right way." When you picked up that lilac gouache, my eyes widened with recognition!
An incredible video!!
I don't think I have ever learnt so much from a single TH-cam video so thanks so much!!
Ah this was such a nice comment to read!! Thanks so much for watching!
I’m scared when mixing a color, that i dont have enough of the color and i wont be able to mix the same color again. I got worried when u mixed such a tiny amount for the skin🫣
Yeah, me too! And then I end up with a bunch of color I just clean off the pallette
Emily this is a Masterclass. Thanks so much.
Thank you so much for watching!
I just wanted to tell you how excellent this video was. It was so detailed and helpful. Aside from that, it was inspiring also. Making something that was so hard for me feel attainable made me pull out my paints that I’d shoved away for a while. I’m genuinely grateful, thank you.
Thank you for leaving such a kind comment. I am so happy that you found this video helpful and that it inspired you to pull out your paints! 💛
I love that you were so detailed with your process. It really helps to see the process and try it out yourself.
I love getting to see you mixing on the palette, I feel like that is such a crucial element that often gets left out. It's part of the process. In art school I often wanted to make pieces from the chaotic palette leftovers more than showing the actual painting I was working on. Your work is gorgeous.
This was so so useful Emily! I SO appreciate how you walked us through everything with so much detail. I think I've said this to you before but the looseness yet precision of your portrait brushstrokes is so captivating to me 😍
Thank you! This is the first video Ive come across that explains the colours for portraits in such detail! So helpful!
Just did my first portrait in gouache, and this helped me so much! Super fun, I’m going to have to paint more portraits. Thank you for making such an in depth video, I think a lot of your tips can apply to other mediums too, and I learned a lot for mixing skin tones 💖🥳
Thank you so much for sharing this. Ive painted in gouache for years but definitely learned a few new things I’m excited to try. 😊
Perhaps the best portrait tutorial I’ve ever seen. Your understanding of color, and more importantly your ability to articulate what you’re SEEING, is brilliant. Great work and thanks for sharing !
WOW! Awesome video - she knows what she's doing:) Never tried gouache, as I'm scared about it drying so fast. Thank you and glad to see you're responsive to your viewers.
I am so glad you enjoyed! Gouache can be intimidating, but it has so much potential 😊 Using a slow drying medium helps with the drying time 💛
I loved this video! Your style + explanation are so easy to digest! Thank you can’t wait to see more
Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it 💛 I'm hoping to do more videos like this in the future! 😊
I absolutely adore this. You gave us real time mixing. From all the videos that I've seen learning to paint with gauche is that its best to learn how to mix well and see what colour combination gives the best result so that you don't just collect tubes
wow I just learned so much. wrote two full pages with all your notes, tips, and techniques. many many thanks and I can't wait to apply that gained knowledge!
Out of all the art tutorial I have seen yours is the most helpful.
Yes this style is what I’ve been aiming for with portraits! I also use primarily flat/blocky brushes. Love this!
Ooh that's amazing! I think for me, the direction of brushstrokes is the most important thing to consider when trying to achieve this style 💛 I'm so glad you enjoyed Christine!
This was so thorough but easy to digest. Awesome instruction!
Very helpful and inspiring! Thanks!
Love the mixing palette in the shot while you paint.
thank you so much! this video is really helpful. i learned a lot with every little explanation you shared (like the red areas of light around shadows, or the tip about constantly rotating the brush to avoid repetitive shapes). this little bits of information are the most helpful. thanks again!!!!
The painting turned out so amazing Em! I'm super comfortable with drawing but frightened by colors. You've inspired me to keep trying and get more practice with painting
Wow! What a brilliant tutorial! Must try this very soon! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge in such a beautifully constructed video. I’m so inspired to get busy after watching this ,you are a natural teacher as well as talented artist ! Loved this so much! !!!!
fabulous - Thank you, Emily!
Gosh this makes me so inspired to paint faces! I love the head values explanation and the little red nuances in the portrait, it certainly makes for a more interesting study! Thank you for the great video 💙
Thank you so much for watching! I'm really glad you found it inspiring 💖
I'm so glad you made this process video with such well thought-out explanations for each step. Probably one of the best I've seen. Thank you so much. I definitely subscribed midway through the video.
This longer form video was SO incredibly helpful!! Thank you thank you!!
Ah I am so glad!! Thank you for watching! ❤️
You are such a great teacher! I love learning how to understand how to create different skin tones and getting to watch you both mix colors and paint. I love your videos!
Thank you so much! 💛
This painting is a true gem, a breathtaking display of creativity.
Thank you so much!
Nor only are you a great painter, you are also a great teacher. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Thank you for taking the time to leave this comment. It is greatly appreciated! 😊
Thank you so much. You are such a good teacher. I've seen so many youtube videos and you actually talked about things I haven't seen before. That's amazing. I'm so happy you started a channel and please do more tutorials!
Thank you for watching! I will definitely do more tutorials 😊💛
EXCELLENT video! That painting is amazing. The shapes are so captivating and really pleasing to look at. I hope to learn someday! ❤
I'm sooo happy that you made a tutorial on YT! Your art inspires me so much, tksm! 🌸✨
Aw I am so so glad! Thanks for watching!! 💕
Your skills are so inspiring, I always feel the need to draw while I’m watching your videos! Thank you for sharing your process!! 💗
I love that my videos make you want to draw! That's amazing! Thank you so much for watching 💗
Oh my! Thank you SO much for this. I've been getting into gouache from doing watercolor portraits and was having some difficulties. Very happy the algorithm brought me here! Also, the fact that you show your reference and palette is very helpful, and something I find frustrating that many art videos (TH-cam or other sources) don't do. Subbed!
Thank you so much Derek! I'm so glad you found this video helpful 😊 I'll try to show my references and palette in videos more often!
Thanks for all your ideas, especially your thoughts on references. Really helps out!
I am so glad! Thanks for watching! 😄
TH-cam randomly recommended me this video and I absolutely loved it. I'll have to check out your other content. This painting is amazing, I love your style. I learned so much about mixing colours, painting with gouache, drawing and painting a portrait, choosing a reference... Thank you so much for going into such details. Also, the video was organized so nicely!
I am so glad you found this video helpful! I'm also glad TH-cam brought you here! 😊💛
Beautiful portrait! Thanks for explaining everything so well, like the effects of mixing warm with warm and cool with cool vs cool with warm, really helpful!
I am so glad! 💗 Thank you so much!!
❤❤❤❤ you inspired me to paint you are so talented and an excellent teacher
Thank you Emily, this is great! I really appreciate your talent, persistence, process and results! Very educational!
I am so glad! Thank you for watching 😊
I really enjoyed this video! I appreciate how you used small blocks of color to represent darks and lights, knowing that the finishing touches can be added in the end. This portrait was so interesting to watch!❤ Thank you!😊
Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
Awesome video and well detailed! I also fell in love at the first sign omg
Just loved this. So well presented, found it… and you… informative and fascinating. Amazing to see the transformation from what, to me was confusing, to a really coherent image. Thanks and well done.
What a great video. Been painting for awhile and learned some new stuff. I’m gonna try working with lilac.
I have learned a lot about skin-colored mixing once again! Will definitely revisit this video when I'm about to do traditional painting next time.
I'm so glad it was helpful! This video will always be here to come back to when you need it. 💛
WONDERFUL! Appreciate your generosity in teaching. Have learned so much! Thank you 🙏. It was the perfect level of detail for me - from the number of paints, the length of video, the challenge of the painting and your commentary.
This is so lovely to hear! I am very glad you found it informative ❤️
So pretty!!
Thanks so much! You’re a great artist and great teacher 😊 really inspired me to try gouache 😃
Haha my painting professor would throw a fit if he saw your pallet. Honestly that is how my process goes too, my pallet tends to evolve like yours, not super organized (I tried to make sure the prof never saw it haha). I really appreciate watching your process. I took an oil painting class so I know a lot in theory about painting and color mixing, but I honestly didn't practice a whole lot during the class. I don't have a pallet for my gouache paints so I was really frustrated with the mixing part. I'm gonna try to make more portraits over winter break this year, and get a new pallet! I'll be thinking about your video. Thanks for sharing!
You are tremendously talented. Thanks for sharing this.
You're handling very well shapes and values. I like also the way you're going to essential. Never tried gouache but you give me some interest for this medium.
I've honestly never learned this much from a single video thank you so much?
Absolutely lovely video Emily, thanks for sharing your process!!
I am so so glad you enjoyed it Nienke! Thanks for watching and for sharing 😊💗
Hello Emily..I just saw this creative video and I found it full of properties dynamic or statics that now I recognize some points to have in mind and to reinforce the things I have learned and need put attention into. I believe that you way of explaning mixed with your calm structurete voice makes this your content super friendly and easy to understand. Thank you and I wish you a good time to come... much success!
Excellent tutorial. You are a good and patient teacher!! Also thank you for the pro tip about the palette that stays wet..!
Thanks so much Eliza! I really enjoy teaching, so I hope to do more videos like this in the future 😄
Thank you so much for sharing your approach, this was so thorough and informative! I found your channel a few months ago and was really inspired to try my hand at gouache portraits after watching some of your videos. I'd love to see more videos with the mixing palette since it really does help give additional context to each piece. Excellent work as always!
Thank you so much for this lovely comment! I am so glad my videos have given you some inspiration ❤️ I will be sure to include my palette in some of my future painting videos!
Thank you so much for uploading this video and making it so detailed. This hepled alot especially as a beginner!! I hope you the best!❤
I am so glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching and for leaving such a lovely comment! ❤️
Really enjoyed the explaining of your process. So interesting and informative + just a joy to watch the portrait come together.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic wonderful TRULY appreciated video!!!! So helpful, informative, concise, … just, all the things. Thank you so so so so much!!! ❤❤❤❤
Beautiful work, Emily 😊 Your videos always inspire me to learn more about gouache!
Thanks so much Gemma! 💗💗
Very happy to find this video today. Beautifully painted, so well and detailed explanation with best demonstration. Learnt a lot. Thankyou so much!!
I am so glad to hear that!! ❤️ Thank you for such a lovely comment
Thank you soooo much for this lesson. You are a true gem in sharing your talent and knowledge with us. Please, if possible do more portrait tutorials, when you can.
This was unbelievable
I've just looooooooved the video! Thank you!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!
I started to learn more about gouache and saw many people using it with very thin layers with water and then using the thicker paint, but I noticed that you start straight with the thick paint, it’s really interesting! I will definitely try it this way and see if it works best for me! Thank you!! 💗
I sometimes start thinner, but other times I dive right in with thicker gouache 😅 I'd love to hear if you end up enjoying that technique! 😊
We don't see the little things that might bug you. This is perfect! It's awesome!
this girl has one of the kindest souls in the world, this video is so detailed, her voice is so soothing and she basically replied to all comments thank you for this it helped a lot🫶
Wonderful. Thank you so much for doing this. It must have been sich a lot of work. It was so interesting and enlightening. ❤
Thank you Liza! All of the lovely comments have made the time and effort so worth it 😊 I'm hoping to do more tutorial/educational style videos in the future!
Love, love it!!!
Great demo and love the final result. Thanks, Emily.
Thanks for watching! 💛 I'm really glad you enjoyed
I loved this beyond measure!¡!!!!! Please do more just like this one. I learned so much. Thank you!!!!!
I am so glad!! I am hoping to do more videos like this. They take longer to make, but I think it's worth it! 💛 Thanks for watching!
looks great!
Thank you!
This was so helpful. Thank you! Such lovely work!
Thank you! 😊💛
Thank you, exactly the type of tutorial that I was looking for 😊🖤
I am so glad to hear that!! Thanks for watching 😊
Great video! I especially love the reference part, cuz I see so many artist struggling to choose references. 💕🙌🏻
Thank you! ❤️😊
Omg seeing all these amazing artists on youtube makes my channel feel like nothing 😂❤ I love your work
Thank you so much for taking the time to creative this video!! I sick at painting with gouache and I think I got some useful tips from this one !!
Aw yay! Thanks so much for watching 😊💛
loved it throughout!! great job, please keep going!
Thank you so much! ❤️
Thank you so much for making this!!!!! I really loved your color mixing explanations, i think I understand it so much more!! I appreciate all the time and effort you put in to this c: and I loved the little tid bits/ references to classic artists :D
Ah thank you so much!! I really appreciate it! ❤️ I'm so glad you found the color mixing part helpful 😄
this is exactly what i wanted to see from you!!! great video!
Thank you so much Ryan! 😊
Gosh you're so talented! I love this portrait! Thank you for the in depth explanation of your process! 💙
Thank you so much for watching! 🫶
I enjoy this video pretty much, thank you 💖
This was so informative! Thank you, Emily!!
Thank you for watching!! 😊💛
your tips have truly helped me! Thank you!
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching!
Wonderful portrait. Thanks for sharing your process. I learned a lot!
Thank you so much! 💛💛
this is such a helpful video, i really appreciate the detail you went into!!
I'm so glad you found it helpful 💗
Oh my, what is not perfect? It’s beautiful and perfect. Art if not hyper realistic it should be an impression, an expression, a symbol. What’s important is to capture the likeness, the mood, and the spirit or personality as much as possible, not exact…. You highly talented and skilled. Thank you for all you share.❤️
Beautiful work.thankyou so much
You are so good I can't handle it. Everytime I see your work it blows my mind!!
You are so kind! Thank you!! ❤️
Hey!! Its my first time watching your videos and it was soooo helpful ❤ u just gained h subscriber!❤