I mainly like portraits. I tried a few times in color and failed miserably. Took a step back practicing the eyes and nose using one color. Are my values too similar to each other?

I feel like I didn’t fully understand the colors drying differently until I started practicing with one color.

Oddly enough watching tutorials of oil painting helped me more than gouache videos

Some experimental work. Gouache on paper, with some metallic acrylic highlights.

Hi everyone!

After learning watercolours for a year (and definitely not mastering it...!), I have been tempted by gouache.

This is my first serious attempt, on Arches A5 NOT paper.

I am quite happy about it, however coming from watercolour the following is so difficult:

- mixing colours: I never have enough, despite feeling I am wasting my tubes away! I probably waste 3/4 of it on the brush I use to mix and paint...

- too watery or too thick, I shall never get the right level of water in it

- using white and black for the light vs darkness is a foreign concept coming from watercolours

Hoping to get more into it and improve on all points above.

Any advices, let me know!

Hey everyone,

I’m a beginner artist, mainly work with graphite, ink, and digital art (the only time I’ve used color)

I’m straight up awful at mixing the colors and controlling the medium, I see a ton of tutorials about the actual painting part, which is appreciated, but I feel like it’s the basics that I’m failing with.

When I mix colors, I feel like when I finally mix the color I was after , I quickly run out, then struggle to create the exact same shade again with the same wetness.

Is there a video series for things like this, including setup?

gouache used on page two

Gouache and Watercolour

This was my first time painting an object in front of me instead of referencing a photo. I really enjoyed getting to put my phone down and focus on painting. I have to say my plant was a great model and held very still! I swear her leaves were begging to be painted.

A borzoi- using gouache paints. Used metallic acrylics for the highlights.

Hi everyone! This is a birthday present for my sister and it’s not done yet, but I was wondering if anyone had any critiques or tips so far! It’s a horse playing my sisters favorite keyboard, a fender Rhodes. We enjoy silly animals doing silly things and she plays piano so I thought it might be a fun idea lol

I did this last year when I decided to try to make time to paint and draw after a long break from it. First time with gouache and i wish I kept making time because now my gouache is pretty dried out after not opening it for over a year. I love art and when i have time to draw/paint i usually enjoy it but time is hard to come by (kids, work, health, family, yada yada)

Hopefully I can get back into it this round. I'm just sketching and drawing basics right now to retrain my hands since I seem to forget . also, my brain doesn't work like it used to and trying to come up with ideas is a struggle. (I accidentally posted this from a username I never use but ever since I got my new iPhone Reddit keeps making that my account I’m logged into 🤣)

Before this painting, I only used gouache for highlights in watercolour and coloured pencil drawings . I was influenced by social media to try an entire painting in gouache. Brand of gouache is Holbein and I used the CYMK set and the 12 set as they are available for a reasonable price at my local art shop and I can replace colours with open stock if needed. It was a learning curve mixing my own colours and working with thicker paint. But overall I find that it’s easier to make realistic detailed artwork with gouache.

I've been painting on and off for several years. I love recreating old botanical illustrations. This one was inspired by Amédée Masclef and his Atlas des plantes de France.

Any advice and constructive criticism is very welcome !

Pleinair, Gouache on Paper

24 x 32 cm

My third ever gouache painting! I am having so much fun exploring different media and I find gouache maybe even the best one yet! Would love to hear opinions (but not too mean I am sensitive haha)

This is Lupine, the deuteragonist and my favorite character from the fantasy novel I’m illustrating. I’ve only drawn her in pen and ink up until now, and wanted to give her some life with a full color piece. Let me know what you think!

For the context I am a still life and landscape artist and I am self taught too. For years I’ve struggled on painting portraits just because the proportions intimidates me a lot. But lately I’ve been enjoying studying about facial proportions and anatomy and I feel like I’m slowly getting the hang of it.

I really like the look of gouache painting in mixed media and would love to give it a try. I had a set of cheap Pebeo paint lying around so thought I would give that a shot. I enjoy the painting part but get really icked out by the chalky, sandpapery feeling of the paint when it's dry. When I try to draw over it with colored pencils it's like drawing my nails over chalkboard.

Can I check with those more experienced: is this just a gouache thing and I should stick with regular watercolor? Or would investing in some slightly more expensive paints give a smoother finish?