Landscape Painting from Photographs with Gouache
2 day workshop at the Delaware College of Art & Design
Saturday, January 26 & Saturday, February 2, 2019
Students will learn to create landscape paintings indoors, using photographs as reference and painting in gouache (opaque watercolor) — a fun, versatile medium that has some of the advantages of both watercolor an oil. Through demonstration and individual instruction while students are painting, techniques will be taught for choosing a subject, planning a landscape painting, working in gouache, mixing a wide range of colors from a limited palette, blocking in a composition, adding details and textures and using different brushes for a variety of effects. Students can bring their own photographs or use those provided.
Gouache paint will be provided for the workshop.
Here is a list of other suggested materials (brushes, paper, palette etc.): Suggested Materials List
2 sessions of 4 hours each.
Saturday, January 26 & Saturday February 2, 2019
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Resources for students:
Some of the topics mentioned in class:
Richard Schmid website and book, Alla Prima. Click the “Preview” tab under the book image. (If you want the book, buy it direct from his website, it’s overpriced on Amazon and B&N. Sorry — I was wrong about price, the new edition is $95, no longer $80.) Still one of the best books on painting I know of. You can look for previous editions used, but people tend to hold on to them. Here is a Google Image search for large images for Richard Schmid.
“Doing the charts”. This exercise is best explained in Richard Schmid’s book, but you can get an overview in this video by David Gray. It’s a bit of a process, but teaches you a lot about your colors. A shorter alternative is to make your own color wheel.
John F. Carlson – Swedish/American landscape painter. Link to my article about Carlson. Link to his book, Carlson’s Guide fo Landscape Painting on Amazon. Google image search for John F. Carlson.