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The latest tutorials, reviews, recommendations and gouachey experiments…
The 5 Most Common Layering Problems With Gouache and How to Fix Them
If you’re new to gouache, or finding some of it’s quirky ways frustrating, you will likely have encountered some problems with layering.
Winter Village Gouache Landscape Tutorial
I love using this soft blending technique with gouache- it's the perfect touch to the background of this snowy winter village!
Emma’s View - Gouache Landscape Tutorial
I love to paint from photos; it allows me to relax and really slow down and study colors and textures. I paint about half and half realistic landscapes and whimsical landscapes, but all of the technical skill I use for whimsical scenes comes from paintings like this.
Filming a Course With Domestika
When Domestika first contacted me about filming a course with them I was super excited, but also a bit nervous; I’d been filming painting tutorials for a while, but never in front of a room full of people!
What to do with leftover gouache | Midnight Wave Tutorial
Gouache works so much better straight from the tube than when it’s been left to dry on the palette, but we rarely dispense exactly the right amount to use for a project. So what do we do with the leftover paint?
Woodland Walk Gouache Landscape Tutorial
Grab your paints and lets paint this pretty Woodland Walk! This scene is a great exploration of texture and atmosphere that is an absolute joy to paint!
Illuminated Forest Gouache Landscape Tutorial
I've painted a few different versions of this beautiful scene over the past several years, and it's always a joy to paint!
Haunted House Gouache Tutorial
This spooky little scene is a great choice for trying out some different blending techniques.
Gloomy Woods Gouache Tutorial
This spooky scene allows us to dive right into the Halloween mood with eerie silhouettes and beautiful blends to create a fiendishly foggy background.
Dreamy Moonlit Forest - Gouache Landscape Tutorial
This magical moonlit forest path is deceptively simple and only requires a handful of colors on your palette!
10 Tips for Painting with Gouache
It's no secret that I love gouache. Everything from its velvety matte finish to its stubborn refusal to stay wet longer than a few seconds delights me. I want everyone to give this quirky medium a go and these are my top tips for getting started.
Painting Glitter Baubles in Gouache
This tutorial will walk you through painting an awesome glitter effect with gouache.
Northern Lights Tutorial
In this tutorial, I’ll talk you through my favorite way to paint northern lights with gouache.
Poster Color Demo
Poster color is very similar to gouache and is often an acceptable substitute if you cant get hold of gouache. In this video I’ll talk a little about why I like poster color as I paint this lake scene.
Paint a Rainy Lake in Gouache
This is one of my favorite paintings and by far my most popular tutorial!
Painting Sunbeams in gouache
This short and sweet tutorial will talk you through the process of painting a cute little bush in the forest bathed in beams of sunlight.
Sunset Garden Tutorial
This tutorial focuses on building up a landscape with a loose under-painting of either watercolor or heavily thinned gouache.
How to Paint a Snowy Scene
One of my favorite things to paint is winter snow scenes, and in this tutorial you’ll learn how to do just that, using only white, black and blue gouache!
Paint a Moonlit Sea in Gouache
In this tutorial we’ll paint a beautiful moonlit sea in gouache. You don’t need many colors for this one; just black, white and blue.
Everything you need to paint with gouache!
These are all things I use and love and will get you painting with gouache in no time!