"Doodle" For god's sake Scott that's a full piece it only took you 90 minutes because of the medium and techniques and the literal decades of experience you carry around.
Gouache is so much fun to play with. Being able to lay down opaque layers, blend, and lay down transparent washes with the same medium is really user friendly. It’s like oil paint and watercolor had a baby, and gave us the best of both worlds
Like for real! You won't believe me that gouache cured my depression and is the reason I am alive right now. (I was too unhappy in life) One day I just grabbed the gouache paints lying around and I painted. It just made me soo happy that I joy, motivation and happiness that forced me that it is just too early to get bored in life! Gouache now is a medium of my heart!
Thanks scott! I tried picking up gouache a few months ago and did 1 piece but got scared off from people online talking about how hard it is. It’s refreshing to hear your positive attitude
I love gouache, its gotten me out of art block multiple times, because you dont need to think too much, and its actually fun. It reminds me all the reasons i love drawing!!
It’s very unique and interesting (in a good way) how you paint/layer mediums. I find it cool how you layer different colors that don’t seem like that they are there and it turns out so good.
Scott, you've become my art hero. Listening to your stories, seeing you embrace your autism, and how you approach art, it's really inspiring. I hope to be as comfortable with myself and my art as you are.
I also am not a fan of the texture of acrylic. Even though it dries fast, I have trouble seeing if it's still wet, since it's still shiny when dried. Also, may I suggest a video on how to properly dispose paint water? I feel like it's a topic that isn't talked about much, since it's not a very glamorous topic.
A few things that have helped me in the past, not just for gouache but painting in general: 1. If you're using a reference, and it's in color, I'd recommend putting it in greyscale. This way you're focusing on the values and not just what colors you "should use" 2. Test your color palette on a scrap piece of paper, take a picture of it, and then put that into grayscale. I like to pick a shadow, midtone, and highlight as my 3 colors. I often find it hard to tell what inherent value a color has, obviously blue is darker than yellow but still. This way before I start painting I know how dark my darks are and vice versa. 3. This one's random but to preface, everytime I start a painting I want to try something different and I'm always scared to try it out. So just make a few thumbnail sketches and try out a few things and if you don't like it then just don't do it when you do the final piece. This might just be me but I'm weird like that lol.
Hi Scott!! I’m a high school artist hoping to be an illustrator one day. It’s my goal this summer to try out as many new art supplies as possible, and gouache and oil paints are at the top of my list!! I’m definitely going to be referencing this video a lot when I first attempt gouache, so thanks so much!!
I just wanted to say that after seeing your short where you said how you see skin tones and colors others don’t, that even though I can’t see all the blues and greens you do I think it’s so beautiful that you can see all these colors in people. ❤️ Thank you so much for sharing your worldview in your art and inspiring people. I’ve been following you for the last few years and my art has immensely improved, so thank you for everything.
A 90 minute doodle is an understatement you truly know what art means, art is something unique there is no perfect and the amazing thing is that it's far from accurate skin color but you can see how it comes together to have that imperfect touch is quite a wonderful skill to have
I was gifted a gouache himi palette for my birthday, im predominatly a digital artist and this video helped me a ton. I was really intimidated by the forgein medium, but now I feel confident to go try it out and experiment! I think funnily enough, the way I layer my digital illustrations will translate well to how gouache lets itself be layered, like you showed off in the video. Base, shadings, light.... gouache lets you layer even lights on darks, which is awesome. Thank you for this awesome video!
I used gouache in college but never for taught how to properly use it and never picked it up again. Your video taught me more in 8 minutes than I learned in a year at college. And your voice is so soothing to listen to. Love your videos, I feel so inspired to make art again.
Hey Scott! I tried Himmi Gouache a while back and really struggled to use it correctly. i sort of just painted it like it was a watercolour and it ended up looking just wrong. i kept it and retried it but am still practising and this helped a lot, thank you!
It’s my birthday today and I’ve just got my first case of himi gouache, I’m so excited to use it and learn a new medium! You really inspired me Scott I hope to be able to make some art as beautiful as yours and be able to inspire others like you did with me :)
I was just starting out on gouache (which incidentally, you inspired me to do), so this video couldn’t have been better timed!! Thank you Scott, this was really useful, but also just… cozy!
Every time I see your videos I think "wow, this art is so cool! I'll never draw stuff in a style as cool as this (don't want to say good because good is personal)" but then I need to remind myself that you have had more time practicing than I have had on this earth, I think, and that makes it feel... better. I love your art, I love the videos you make, and it inspires me to continue and try to get better and happier with what I create :)
The way you color is so magical. The way you take a large variety of colors and slap them together to make a beautifully unique, yet cohesive piece is amazing. My favorite part is that it isn't magic at all. It's an accumulation of practice and skills to make any piece in any medium stunning - Also, the gloss thing speaks to me the more I think of it. It makes me think of posters or books that have a gloss that is a bit tacky(?) so if you rub it too hard it creates an awful squeak/rubbing sensation.
Hey Scott, this came out very nice 😊 You inspired me to try making the skin looking more vibrant and interesting so I tried to use more pinks and blues and purples and yellows and greens (...) in a digital portrait, but it just looked like he was beaten up 😅 I would love to know more about the way you're choosing where the colours makes sense. 😊 And I have a suggestion for you: There are waterbased oil paints from schminke. The line is called Norma blue and it is all vegan and environment friendly. Maybe you would like to try them or did you already do or heard of it? :) I haven't tried them but I plan to do. I want to try new mediums to hopefully find something to bring my passion about art back to life 😁 Thank you so much for always encouraging us ❤🤗 Greetings 🍀
as someone who’s only now is seriously about learning traditional art, this is absolutely helpful!! the process really helps and the way you explain helps so so much ! i am really thankful i found your channel ❤
Wonderful video! I’ve chosen gouache as my medium for the reasons you stated, and for its versatility with other mediums. I can underpaint with watercolor, marker, chalk and alcohol, along with gouache. I can dry brush gouache, float layers, double load colors (and triple load). Reactivating gouache can be tricky, but that you can is a boon. I really love the creamy texture and matte finish. It’s like painting with velvet. Plus, it’s non toxic, has no harsh smell, and easy to clean up.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I was messing around with my himi gouache and was hoping you would have the tutorial on gouache today! Just a question, what brushes do you use? And not just the brand, but what shapes and style?
This is a cool video - thanks for the comments and demo! I went from pencil/pen cartooning to digital art, to digital painting, and doing that got me to try acrylics, then more recently, a little watercolor. This looks awesome, somewhere in the middle of those which is what I think I am chasing.
My husband bought me a himi gouache but I kinda lost touch to paint. He asked for a portrait of his grandmother for a wedding gift, I first tried with just pencil but I’m not quite satisfied with it so I’ll try using the gouache now. Even though he passed away a month before our wedding, I still want to do the portrait for him. I like your style and this video helps! Thanks!
Mister Scott, i'm sure many people have said this to you already but you are an excellent teacher. You explain things so well and you always make sure to point out that making art should be FUN and to always do what works best for you. I treasure every piece of advice you share on these videos ❤
I like the way you talk and explain things. It really makes me understand more than others and keeps my attention much more. Thank you so much for sharing 🎉 also way more super excited to try my gouache paints after getting a little overwhelmed by something new
Hey there! Have you decided what medium to do for Friday's video? You could do acrylics or acryla-guache, since it's something you have some experience with that. I don't know how much you like other mediums like graphite or crayons... I remember you don't like pastels! 😅
Scott you are a saint 😭 I love your advice and videos. I don’t know what you do but your videos manage to keep me constantly engaged! Thank you for your help!!! 💜💜
Gouache is my favorite! And I've been learning how to mix media lately. I like to start with a layer of watercolor, then add gouache, and then go in areas and soften them with soft pastels or define areas with dip pens and ink. I will also start with a pale blue pencil and not erase it, and I love the character it gives when you can subtly still see it at the end.
Right now I'm using gouache to paint animals for my final piece for year 12 and it's so fun. It's gonna be like one of those flip books where you can mix and match animals- BUT! There isn't a full set of an animal. You could have a fish's head, a gorilla's arms and a horse's tail, but not a full fish. It's gonna look so cool when I'm done. I like how gouache is very forgiving and opaque. My favourite part is when my brush is just dry enough so I can go in and add texture with my brushstrokes.
Hi Scott, it’s been awhile since I’ve watched one of your tutorials and I loved this one. I’m switching to gouache for while well actually I use watercolour and gouache together. I’ve started the process of actually drawing something on the page before I lay any colour down whether it’s watercolour or gouache. My style is changing. I’m improving started to really pay attention to colour coordination and subject placement. I really really like this video. I love the way you spoke about how you were doing things and why. As always I love your work.
Great video! I really learn a lot from your videos, I'm an artist too and your art is a great inspiration to me, especially your portraits, your way of art nouveau, the hair journal and more. I like the playful and colorful touch you add to your paintings. Btw, Doc looks great. Have a nice day!
Youre the reason I tried watercolor- and now why I'm painting with gouache! It took so long for me to get the courage to use my fancy new gouache paints, but I finally did. Im doing a series of paintings to get the hang of it of sea slugs!
Hi Scott, watching you paint in gouache the other day my little auADHD suddenly understood how to do it. So at 70 I just received my first set of HIMI tubes and my first tin pallet because those looked pretty cool too. Now I'm off to try my first gouache landscape. Thanks Scott for the inspiration.
2:18 How do you see blues or greens😂 I am an artist too, I’ve been painting for… I think 6 years. But I haven’t seen any blue or green in a human body! I added some colours like pink, red or brown but none of them had blue nor green… Maybe it it my fault or it is your type of painting. But it doesn’t matter because there is no right or wrong in painting or drawing, if it makes you happy… by Scott Christian Sava❤😊🎉 Edit: 6:03 You are the best person to explain this Scott!❤😊
thank you for explaining in detail, im new to this paint type and love experimenting with all types of medias in my books and this cleared up a few questions i had about it in general :)
as an autistic person, im oddly grateful that you're open about you having autism because it inspires me to know that i can do art just like any other person
Thank you, Scott. The eyes. This video helped me realize maybe I’m just not finished when I try to paint portraits. I am much more practiced in drawing portraits or using pastels. Somehow when that brush is in my hand, I feel limited to animals, flora & landscapes or still life. Doc’s eyes were really cartoony at first… but you kept tweaking. I just need to keep going. Thank you.
I haven't used gouache much....a little bit. And then someone told me that your painting can CRACK! if you use gouache. They didn't tell me any more than that. And now I'm scared to use them. Have you had any problems with cracking? Can you talk about that a little?
this video is so helpful! im irrationally terrified of gouache but this seems more possible! is this Bristol paper? what's the best type of paper to use gouache? watercolour paper?
Hey Scott! This video helped me a lot! I don’t really use gouache very much, and I’m starting to use it more than I used too. This video really helped me understand gouache just that little bit more! I was wondering, as someone who just is obsessed with watercolour pencils, if you could maybe try them out! I’m fairly new to your RUclips so I’m not sure if you have tried them already. If you haven’t I would really recommend them! They help a lot with adding that extra bit of detail, and can make masterpieces just by themselves! Thanks so much for making these videos!
I have such an itch to try gouache. I love the idea of how forgiving it is should I get distracted (i.e. mama to *young children*) and need to come back later. That said, I am so amazed by all the colors you see in the skin. I am colorblind and was mind blown by your descriptions. Skin sounds so lovely through your eyes.
Thank you for the wonderful art and videos ❤ I am struggling with gouache. I use too much water bcs I'm used to doing watercolor so seeing u paint with my gouache motivates him to try gouache again and try different colors ❤ The hairdryer is so smart and u can paint much faster 😮 Thank you for the wonderful art❤❤❤
Such a fun medium, I always enjoy using it and combining it with colored pencils is one of my favorite techniques to get more clarity and add more detail to a piece
I thought I’d invest in really good white gouache so I got big old tubes of schmincke zinc white and titanium white. The Zinc white is great and I use it in my mixes but the titanium white dries with a shine to it which drives me NUTS. I absolutely cannot use it anymore and after doing some digging in the forums, turns out that’s just the way schminckes titanium white is 💀 I’m devastated 😂 I definitely love gouache for texture reasons like you do. Okay while writing this comment I just found a solution. I have a friend who paints in gouache exclusively and paints A LOT so he never invests in his fancier stuff so I think he’d be stoked if I gave him the tube! As for gouache being easy to learn especially if you’ve used watercolour… I think my watercolour experience is actually hindering my gouache one. Because I’ve NEVER worked with opaque paint before other than the two years in highschool that they forced us to 🥲 AND, with gouache, you have to be bold and I’m not 😂 And then there’s the whole wasting paint thing if you put too much into your palette and then you try a wet pallet but the paper disintegrates and now you have even more horrible texture on your painting 😭 Don’t get me wrong, I love gouache a lot, it’s just two years later I’m no better than I was before despite so much practice! I think my watercolour skills have actually hindered my progression in gouache! Any recommendations on a zinc white and a titanium white would be awesome and much appreciated ❤
Thank you so much for this video! I tried gouache for the first time a few days ago. I struggled most with waiting for the paint to dry between each layer because I'm impatient. I usually draw with fineliners, coloured pencils and markers so you dont have to wait. I love all your art ❤
Hey scott, I wanted to try out gouache but I didn't know how to use it. Thank you for helping me and for making this lovely video. Also do you have any suggestions for beginners and what paint to use? Do I just straight up buy himi or w&n gouache or do I start with another brand?
I agree with you on the paint shine, I definitely prefer a matte finish. Also, something about blended graphite pencils, it’s just too smooth 😅 I usually leave it textured with scribbles and crosshatching
Nice piece. Very nice. I used gouache in design school quite a bit. Always used colored pencils with markers. Never occurred to me to use pencils with gouache. Brilliant!! Thanks for the tip. 😎
There is something so magical about the way you color. The impressionist style of putting a bunch of colors that work in just the right way is incredible. The best part to me is that it isnt magic. It's an accumulation of practice and skills that come together to make any piece in any medium look incredible
That was amazing! I could write a book on the many reasons why and how much i learned from this. But i gotta go and noodle with my gouache! Thanks Scott!
Im getting himi gouache today!! Im so excited, I've used watercolors before, but i had to quit due to not being able to buy water color paper (got lazy and i cant drive by myself yet lol) finally im gettimg some and im so so excited!!
My favourite thing about gouache paint is how it subtly changes colour and texture as it dries. Often I’ve been ready to give up on a painting, walked away for a bit, and when I came back it looks way better because the paint changed so much as it dried.
Thank you so much, I learned a lot. I am an artist but not tried gouache till today. So this was a great tutorial, amazing. I’m really looking forward to trying this. Now to create a subject matter n create a design.
Oh! I hoped you would do this video ❤ I get confused. You have talked about gouache and then acrylic gouache, and I am never sure when looking at your portfolio which you are using, and what is best. I’m thinking this video is standard gouache? Is it harder or easier with gouache to get the right level of water, than with watercolour? I struggle and I’m never sure if it’s too much water, or not enough. I was thinking of experimenting with gouache but I don’t know what kind to get. Regular or acrylic, as while I get the difference between them (acrylic can’t be reactivated) I don’t know what that makes them good for in terms of the types of art they make/how easy they are to use.
You convinced me that I *need* more paint that I really do not need …. Another rabbit hole?…. Probably! …I’ll have a few sets by the end of the year, I’m sure
For himi gouache users, it would probably good to know that if not cared for correctly it can mold ☠ but other than that i think gouache is an amazing medium and becuase of this video i was inspiried to finally buy another set to use and start painting again
"Doodle" For god's sake Scott that's a full piece it only took you 90 minutes because of the medium and techniques and the literal decades of experience you carry around.
Lol, but it's cause he is a MASTER of the art of sketch
Art sketches
Gouache is so much fun to play with. Being able to lay down opaque layers, blend, and lay down transparent washes with the same medium is really user friendly. It’s like oil paint and watercolor had a baby, and gave us the best of both worlds
Like for real! You won't believe me that gouache cured my depression and is the reason I am alive right now. (I was too unhappy in life) One day I just grabbed the gouache paints lying around and I painted. It just made me soo happy that I joy, motivation and happiness that forced me that it is just too early to get bored in life! Gouache now is a medium of my heart!
Is it easier than watercolor or acrylics or ouls or it's a subjective thing? Thanks for sharing.
And it dries more slowly than oil.right?
@@leif1075might be subjective. Fkr me watercolor was the easiest
Hey Scott, I’m drawing Travis Scott right now
I'm drawing Sza
I’m drawing Kali Uchis
I’m eating falafel
I’m drawing Caitlin Clark
All the luck, everyone!
Thanks scott! I tried picking up gouache a few months ago and did 1 piece but got scared off from people online talking about how hard it is. It’s refreshing to hear your positive attitude
I love gouache, its gotten me out of art block multiple times, because you dont need to think too much, and its actually fun. It reminds me all the reasons i love drawing!!
It’s very unique and interesting (in a good way) how you paint/layer mediums. I find it cool how you layer different colors that don’t seem like that they are there and it turns out so good.
There’s something implicitly satisfying about your brilliant line work and brush work…
You make lovely art :D
Thank you so much 😀
Scott, you've become my art hero. Listening to your stories, seeing you embrace your autism, and how you approach art, it's really inspiring. I hope to be as comfortable with myself and my art as you are.
I also am not a fan of the texture of acrylic. Even though it dries fast, I have trouble seeing if it's still wet, since it's still shiny when dried.
Also, may I suggest a video on how to properly dispose paint water? I feel like it's a topic that isn't talked about much, since it's not a very glamorous topic.
loving the contrast between cool and warm tones!!
definitely inspires me to experiment more :)
A few things that have helped me in the past, not just for gouache but painting in general:
1. If you're using a reference, and it's in color, I'd recommend putting it in greyscale. This way you're focusing on the values and not just what colors you "should use"
2. Test your color palette on a scrap piece of paper, take a picture of it, and then put that into grayscale. I like to pick a shadow, midtone, and highlight as my 3 colors. I often find it hard to tell what inherent value a color has, obviously blue is darker than yellow but still. This way before I start painting I know how dark my darks are and vice versa.
3. This one's random but to preface, everytime I start a painting I want to try something different and I'm always scared to try it out. So just make a few thumbnail sketches and try out a few things and if you don't like it then just don't do it when you do the final piece. This might just be me but I'm weird like that lol.
Hi Scott!! I’m a high school artist hoping to be an illustrator one day. It’s my goal this summer to try out as many new art supplies as possible, and gouache and oil paints are at the top of my list!! I’m definitely going to be referencing this video a lot when I first attempt gouache, so thanks so much!!
I have never mixed mediums! I'll have too try it foreal... I use alot of greens in portraits
I GOT GOUACHE YESTERDAY SCOTT HOW DID YOU KNOW??
He's a wizard. The day that I got colored pencils he made the colored pencils video
I made this video just for you. ♥
Yeah he's just all knowing 🤷
Once you become an art god, you are able to see and know everything that any and every artist is doing.
I just wanted to say that after seeing your short where you said how you see skin tones and colors others don’t, that even though I can’t see all the blues and greens you do I think it’s so beautiful that you can see all these colors in people. ❤️ Thank you so much for sharing your worldview in your art and inspiring people. I’ve been following you for the last few years and my art has immensely improved, so thank you for everything.
this inspired me even more to start with gouache. Beautiful color choices! Thank you for this video.
A 90 minute doodle is an understatement you truly know what art means, art is something unique there is no perfect and the amazing thing is that it's far from accurate skin color but you can see how it comes together to have that imperfect touch is quite a wonderful skill to have
These "everything I know about..."videos are so helpful to me! They really give some helpful pointers for my art so that you sm🐼💜
I was gifted a gouache himi palette for my birthday, im predominatly a digital artist and this video helped me a ton. I was really intimidated by the forgein medium, but now I feel confident to go try it out and experiment! I think funnily enough, the way I layer my digital illustrations will translate well to how gouache lets itself be layered, like you showed off in the video. Base, shadings, light.... gouache lets you layer even lights on darks, which is awesome. Thank you for this awesome video!
I used gouache in college but never for taught how to properly use it and never picked it up again. Your video taught me more in 8 minutes than I learned in a year at college. And your voice is so soothing to listen to. Love your videos, I feel so inspired to make art again.
Hey Scott! I tried Himmi Gouache a while back and really struggled to use it correctly. i sort of just painted it like it was a watercolour and it ended up looking just wrong. i kept it and retried it but am still practising and this helped a lot, thank you!
Thanks for this video! Very helpful to me and I'm loving the "Everything I Know About" videos!
It’s my birthday today and I’ve just got my first case of himi gouache, I’m so excited to use it and learn a new medium! You really inspired me Scott I hope to be able to make some art as beautiful as yours and be able to inspire others like you did with me :)
I was just starting out on gouache (which incidentally, you inspired me to do), so this video couldn’t have been better timed!! Thank you Scott, this was really useful, but also just… cozy!
Every time I see your videos I think "wow, this art is so cool! I'll never draw stuff in a style as cool as this (don't want to say good because good is personal)" but then I need to remind myself that you have had more time practicing than I have had on this earth, I think, and that makes it feel... better. I love your art, I love the videos you make, and it inspires me to continue and try to get better and happier with what I create :)
Let go and show no fear should be every artist's motto.
The way you color is so magical. The way you take a large variety of colors and slap them together to make a beautifully unique, yet cohesive piece is amazing. My favorite part is that it isn't magic at all. It's an accumulation of practice and skills to make any piece in any medium stunning
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Also, the gloss thing speaks to me the more I think of it. It makes me think of posters or books that have a gloss that is a bit tacky(?) so if you rub it too hard it creates an awful squeak/rubbing sensation.
Hey Scott, this came out very nice 😊
You inspired me to try making the skin looking more vibrant and interesting so I tried to use more pinks and blues and purples and yellows and greens (...) in a digital portrait, but it just looked like he was beaten up 😅
I would love to know more about the way you're choosing where the colours makes sense. 😊
And I have a suggestion for you: There are waterbased oil paints from schminke. The line is called Norma blue and it is all vegan and environment friendly. Maybe you would like to try them or did you already do or heard of it? :)
I haven't tried them but I plan to do. I want to try new mediums to hopefully find something to bring my passion about art back to life 😁
Thank you so much for always encouraging us ❤🤗
Greetings 🍀
Your color layering skills are straight wizardly. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
as someone who’s only now is seriously about learning traditional art, this is absolutely helpful!! the process really helps and the way you explain helps so so much ! i am really thankful i found your channel ❤
Wonderful video! I’ve chosen gouache as my medium for the reasons you stated, and for its versatility with other mediums. I can underpaint with watercolor, marker, chalk and alcohol, along with gouache. I can dry brush gouache, float layers, double load colors (and triple load). Reactivating gouache can be tricky, but that you can is a boon. I really love the creamy texture and matte finish. It’s like painting with velvet. Plus, it’s non toxic, has no harsh smell, and easy to clean up.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I was messing around with my himi gouache and was hoping you would have the tutorial on gouache today! Just a question, what brushes do you use? And not just the brand, but what shapes and style?
I'll use any brushes, really. But the round ones with the point.
This is a cool video - thanks for the comments and demo! I went from pencil/pen cartooning to digital art, to digital painting, and doing that got me to try acrylics, then more recently, a little watercolor. This looks awesome, somewhere in the middle of those which is what I think I am chasing.
Thank you for this video! I have not ever used gouache but have wanted to since watching your videos. I really need to get over the fear and try it
My husband bought me a himi gouache but I kinda lost touch to paint. He asked for a portrait of his grandmother for a wedding gift, I first tried with just pencil but I’m not quite satisfied with it so I’ll try using the gouache now. Even though he passed away a month before our wedding, I still want to do the portrait for him. I like your style and this video helps! Thanks!
Mister Scott, i'm sure many people have said this to you already but you are an excellent teacher. You explain things so well and you always make sure to point out that making art should be FUN and to always do what works best for you. I treasure every piece of advice you share on these videos ❤
I like the way you talk and explain things. It really makes me understand more than others and keeps my attention much more. Thank you so much for sharing 🎉 also way more super excited to try my gouache paints after getting a little overwhelmed by something new
I saw your watercolor live! My suggestion for next medium: everything I know about acrylic!
Hey there! Have you decided what medium to do for Friday's video?
You could do acrylics or acryla-guache, since it's something you have some experience with that. I don't know how much you like other mediums like graphite or crayons... I remember you don't like pastels! 😅
Scott thanks for the video I paint in gouache a lot you made me understand gouache much more thank you 😄
Scott you are a saint 😭 I love your advice and videos. I don’t know what you do but your videos manage to keep me constantly engaged!
Thank you for your help!!! 💜💜
I love this painting. Your technique is perfect. The final resulta is really amazing and I really love the process. Congrats
Thank you so much for this info ..I want to try out gauche and this is very helpful 🙏.
Love from Kenya 🇰🇪
Fun! I haven't watched yet, but i remember you starting to really play with these
Gouache is my favorite! And I've been learning how to mix media lately. I like to start with a layer of watercolor, then add gouache, and then go in areas and soften them with soft pastels or define areas with dip pens and ink. I will also start with a pale blue pencil and not erase it, and I love the character it gives when you can subtly still see it at the end.
This is amazing. Thank you for sharing your beautiful painting.
Right now I'm using gouache to paint animals for my final piece for year 12 and it's so fun. It's gonna be like one of those flip books where you can mix and match animals- BUT! There isn't a full set of an animal. You could have a fish's head, a gorilla's arms and a horse's tail, but not a full fish. It's gonna look so cool when I'm done. I like how gouache is very forgiving and opaque. My favourite part is when my brush is just dry enough so I can go in and add texture with my brushstrokes.
if u haven't already, I'd love a video like this about watercolor :D
Hi Scott, it’s been awhile since I’ve watched one of your tutorials and I loved this one. I’m switching to gouache for while well actually I use watercolour and gouache together. I’ve started the process of actually drawing something on the page before I lay any colour down whether it’s watercolour or gouache. My style is changing. I’m improving started to really pay attention to colour coordination and subject placement. I really really like this video. I love the way you spoke about how you were doing things and why. As always I love your work.
I really really want to get and learn Goudache it’s looks so fun and pretty this really informational and fun! It looks so good
Great video! I really learn a lot from your videos, I'm an artist too and your art is a great inspiration to me, especially your portraits, your way of art nouveau, the hair journal and more. I like the playful and colorful touch you add to your paintings. Btw, Doc looks great. Have a nice day!
That was sooo helpful!!!
Youre the reason I tried watercolor- and now why I'm painting with gouache! It took so long for me to get the courage to use my fancy new gouache paints, but I finally did. Im doing a series of paintings to get the hang of it of sea slugs!
Just a reminder that art always starts off weird. Dont be dissapointed ❤
How you grasped the impression in the eyes... It's incredible!
Hi Scott, watching you paint in gouache the other day my little auADHD suddenly understood how to do it. So at 70 I just received my first set of HIMI tubes and my first tin pallet because those looked pretty cool too. Now I'm off to try my first gouache landscape. Thanks Scott for the inspiration.
2:18 How do you see blues or greens😂 I am an artist too, I’ve been painting for… I think 6 years. But I haven’t seen any blue or green in a human body! I added some colours like pink, red or brown but none of them had blue nor green… Maybe it it my fault or it is your type of painting. But it doesn’t matter because there is no right or wrong in painting or drawing, if it makes you happy… by Scott Christian Sava❤😊🎉 Edit: 6:03 You are the best person to explain this Scott!❤😊
I can’t WAIT 😆
thank you for explaining in detail, im new to this paint type and love experimenting with all types of medias in my books and this cleared up a few questions i had about it in general :)
as an autistic person, im oddly grateful that you're open about you having autism because it inspires me to know that i can do art just like any other person
Thank you, Scott. The eyes. This video helped me realize maybe I’m just not finished when I try to paint portraits. I am much more practiced in drawing portraits or using pastels. Somehow when that brush is in my hand, I feel limited to animals, flora & landscapes or still life. Doc’s eyes were really cartoony at first… but you kept tweaking. I just need to keep going. Thank you.
Yeah. Sometimes you have to keep going back to your reference to see what's different. Just keep comparing till you find what's off
I haven't used gouache much....a little bit. And then someone told me that your painting can CRACK! if you use gouache. They didn't tell me any more than that. And now I'm scared to use them. Have you had any problems with cracking? Can you talk about that a little?
Another great video! Thank you for sharing you art knowledge! I think I might try gouache soon 😄
this video is so helpful! im irrationally terrified of gouache but this seems more possible!
is this Bristol paper? what's the best type of paper to use gouache? watercolour paper?
Been waiting for this!! Super interested in gouache since the first video I saw of you!!
Recently started using gouache and Scott speed paints have been more than just helpful ❤❤❤
Hey Scott! This video helped me a lot! I don’t really use gouache very much, and I’m starting to use it more than I used too. This video really helped me understand gouache just that little bit more!
I was wondering, as someone who just is obsessed with watercolour pencils, if you could maybe try them out! I’m fairly new to your RUclips so I’m not sure if you have tried them already. If you haven’t I would really recommend them! They help a lot with adding that extra bit of detail, and can make masterpieces just by themselves!
Thanks so much for making these videos!
I did try them about 2 years ago.
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Great, Scott! ❤
i gtg right when the live start TvT
Oh, thanks Scott! For the motivation to get my stubborn, lazy butt to get to work.😁
I have such an itch to try gouache. I love the idea of how forgiving it is should I get distracted (i.e. mama to *young children*) and need to come back later.
That said, I am so amazed by all the colors you see in the skin. I am colorblind and was mind blown by your descriptions. Skin sounds so lovely through your eyes.
Thank you for the wonderful art and videos ❤ I am struggling with gouache. I use too much water bcs I'm used to doing watercolor so seeing u paint with my gouache motivates him to try gouache again and try different colors ❤ The hairdryer is so smart and u can paint much faster 😮 Thank you for the wonderful art❤❤❤
Such a fun medium, I always enjoy using it and combining it with colored pencils is one of my favorite techniques to get more clarity and add more detail to a piece
I thought I’d invest in really good white gouache so I got big old tubes of schmincke zinc white and titanium white. The Zinc white is great and I use it in my mixes but the titanium white dries with a shine to it which drives me NUTS. I absolutely cannot use it anymore and after doing some digging in the forums, turns out that’s just the way schminckes titanium white is 💀 I’m devastated 😂 I definitely love gouache for texture reasons like you do. Okay while writing this comment I just found a solution. I have a friend who paints in gouache exclusively and paints A LOT so he never invests in his fancier stuff so I think he’d be stoked if I gave him the tube!
As for gouache being easy to learn especially if you’ve used watercolour… I think my watercolour experience is actually hindering my gouache one. Because I’ve NEVER worked with opaque paint before other than the two years in highschool that they forced us to 🥲 AND, with gouache, you have to be bold and I’m not 😂
And then there’s the whole wasting paint thing if you put too much into your palette and then you try a wet pallet but the paper disintegrates and now you have even more horrible texture on your painting 😭
Don’t get me wrong, I love gouache a lot, it’s just two years later I’m no better than I was before despite so much practice! I think my watercolour skills have actually hindered my progression in gouache! Any recommendations on a zinc white and a titanium white would be awesome and much appreciated ❤
He looks like a blended rainbow in the face, and your video shows all the tones under the paper too as you layered. Lovely video Scott
Thank you so much for this video! I tried gouache for the first time a few days ago. I struggled most with waiting for the paint to dry between each layer because I'm impatient. I usually draw with fineliners, coloured pencils and markers so you dont have to wait. I love all your art ❤
Hey scott, I wanted to try out gouache but I didn't know how to use it. Thank you for helping me and for making this lovely video. Also do you have any suggestions for beginners and what paint to use? Do I just straight up buy himi or w&n gouache or do I start with another brand?
You should have called the video: "8 Minutes acrylics diss-Track"
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I agree with you on the paint shine, I definitely prefer a matte finish. Also, something about blended graphite pencils, it’s just too smooth 😅 I usually leave it textured with scribbles and crosshatching
Nice piece. Very nice.
I used gouache in design school quite a bit. Always used colored pencils with markers. Never occurred to me to use pencils with gouache. Brilliant!! Thanks for the tip. 😎
It looks so cool :D
There is something so magical about the way you color. The impressionist style of putting a bunch of colors that work in just the right way is incredible. The best part to me is that it isnt magic. It's an accumulation of practice and skills that come together to make any piece in any medium look incredible
Scott, you're the best art teacher I've ever had ❤
I am honored. ♥
Thanks for this Scott! Your videos help me out lots and inspire me!
Really loving these explanation videos. Open the dam. We need more of em😂😂
Can you mix watercolor and gouche?
Can you tell us how to pick the "undertone" colors? Without it, my colors look boring and they just dont pop.
That was amazing! I could write a book on the many reasons why and how much i learned from this. But i gotta go and noodle with my gouache! Thanks Scott!
I had never compared jelly gouache to mcdonalds sauces but you're absolutely right 😂😂
I just tried gouache and I absolutely love it! You’ve inspired me to try it and I think im gonna use it more often!
Yay I’m so happy you did this video I just got new gouache paint and this really helped me!!! Thank you for the help!! 😁
Im getting himi gouache today!! Im so excited, I've used watercolors before, but i had to quit due to not being able to buy water color paper (got lazy and i cant drive by myself yet lol) finally im gettimg some and im so so excited!!
I gotta agree with you, I also dislike glossy finishes as far as paints go.
My favourite thing about gouache paint is how it subtly changes colour and texture as it dries. Often I’ve been ready to give up on a painting, walked away for a bit, and when I came back it looks way better because the paint changed so much as it dried.
This video inspired me to buy gouache for myself, and it actually helped me find my art style. Thank you, Scott
Thank you so much, I learned a lot. I am an artist but not tried gouache till today. So this was a great tutorial, amazing. I’m really looking forward to trying this. Now to create a subject matter n create a design.
Oh! I hoped you would do this video ❤
I get confused. You have talked about gouache and then acrylic gouache, and I am never sure when looking at your portfolio which you are using, and what is best.
I’m thinking this video is standard gouache?
Is it harder or easier with gouache to get the right level of water, than with watercolour? I struggle and I’m never sure if it’s too much water, or not enough.
I was thinking of experimenting with gouache but I don’t know what kind to get. Regular or acrylic, as while I get the difference between them (acrylic can’t be reactivated) I don’t know what that makes them good for in terms of the types of art they make/how easy they are to use.
You convinced me that I *need* more paint that I really do not need …. Another rabbit hole?…. Probably! …I’ll have a few sets by the end of the year, I’m sure
For himi gouache users, it would probably good to know that if not cared for correctly it can mold ☠ but other than that i think gouache is an amazing medium and becuase of this video i was inspiried to finally buy another set to use and start painting again
This has got me trying to see fancy colors in my Brown colored horses 😂 loved this video and I learned so much! Thank you Scott❤