Landscape Painting from Photographs with Gouache

• Saturday, January 18, 2025 through Saturday, January 25, 2025
• Jester Artspace, Wilmington, DE

The class will include instruction in creating a composition, transferring photographic reference to your paper using a grid, blocking your painting, painting gouache in layers, adding details, techniques for indicating foliage and other textures. You will also learn how to mix a wide range of colors from a limited palette. The class will include demonstrations by the instructor and individual instruction based on each student’s level of accomplishment.

Materials-Gouache paint and reference photos will be provided for the class. (Students are welcome to bring their own photos.)

Students should bring:

• short handle brushes suitable for acrylic or mixed media, ½” and ¼” flat wash, #4 or #6 round, ideally 2 of each for light and dark colors.

• watercolor palette with generous mixing area

• 140lb (300gsm) watercolor or mixed media paper, hot or cold press, 8x10” or 9x12" or similar.

• Water containers, small for clean water, larger for brush cleaning.

• Pencil for sketching out composition.

Jan 18 and 25, 3 hours. $40 each class.

Presented by Jester Artspace.

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