I’m a beginner gouache painter that is SO glad I found your channel! I’ve watched so many gouache tutorials but none as helpful as yours! So it’s official...definitely my favorite gouache instructor! Thank you for the valuable lesson...explaining it so beautifully!
Please keep this format. Your art process is so interesting. Showing the reference picture helps me immensely and not many artists do this. I have subscribed and liked from this first lesson. Thanks for recording for us.
I'll echo a bunch of people below: lots of great tips for a new gouache painter like me, thanks! A lot of your tips will be helpful for me: starting with the big brush is maybe the change I can make first. You didn't mention it, but I notice that you don't seem to worry about rinsing out your brush completely before going on to the next color. And you're also mixing the colors on your palette with the brush, not with a mixing knife. I'm a neat freak, so I have all my separate little color pools, and I'm mixing with a knife all the time, and I'm always worrying about contaminating my pure red/yellow/blue/white/blacks. Especially since I'm trying to learn to mix colors, I like to keep them separate so I can see what's going on, but I'll try to relax a bit about mixing the color w/ my brush. I also do a bunch of pencil sketching or even inking before I start painting, and I found your video while looking for gouache underpainting demos. I'm going to use your advice about starting with a thin underpainting, letting it dry well, and then going thicker as I go on top of that. Anyway....sorry for the long comment. Thanks again!
Thank you for your kind words! And I'm really glad my video helped you. I can understand what you mean about mixing / contamination. *Sometimes* that can be an issue, but usually I'm just painting so quickly (trying to get the wet into wet effect) that there's no time to stop and premix every single subtle color shift. That "mix" happens live on the paper. It's just my preference. I know plenty of people who are more interested in a graphic style, where the color is premixed then placed in the appropriate place on the paper, not mixing on the paper. So it's a style preference! You might like that version. If you google philip boelter you'll get an idea of what I mean by a more graphic style. I also recommend doing color charts first - check out my other color chart video if you don't know what I mean. That really helps with color mixing.
I really enjoy your channel. Aside from being an amazing artist, you are a great teacher. I am trying guache now and these tutorials are very helpful. Thanks for all. ♥️
Hi Sarah, I learn so much more from this format. Time lapses are ok to watch, but for learning…this real time format with all the tips and teaching is much more helpful. Besides, it is very enjoyable and relaxing to listen to you talk about your process.
I too am a beginner gouache painter and am soooo very thankful I found your channel! You teach very well, not to mention your artwork is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing your time and talents with us!😊
Thank you for sharing your process and technique! It has been very helpful to watch how you use gouache and hearing you talk through your thoughts as you create paintings.
Hi Sarah - thanks so much for this! It is so hard to find real time painting videos for gouache. As I've just started experimenting with this medium, you have no idea how helpful this has been! Especially that side by side study too. That tip for using the big brush as long as you can is a god send - I think I've realised the culprit of a lot of my problems. I do get caught up in the details, and that's actually why I wanted to try and use gouache. Really want to capture the essence of landscapes in just a fun, loose way. I think that's the appeal of them. For many artists, it's actually difficult wrapping our heads around how to simplify these landscapes, so again very helpful. I definitely think you should keep doing more videos like these, and not just time-lapses like many others are currently doing. P.S. I'm also in Scotland so that's pretty cool! :)
This is sooooo helpful to hear! I really appreciate you taking time to write that. I definitely plan on doing more. I just recently changed my schedule which allows me to make more video content :)
Love your channel Sarah. This is one of the better gauche videos I’ve seen. Took Fowkes class too. About using gray. I’m trying to force my decision making too. When picking a color I’m automatically thinking of the opposite to neutralize it. Sometimes that creates another battle. More practice for me. Your channel really helps with encouragement and inspiration. Thanks so much.
You are a wonderful teacher! I'm a watercolor artist using gouache for the first time, I've watched 2 of your videos, they are very helpful and your voice is very soothing! Thanks for sharing your approach and your tips with us!!
Just discovered your channel. And along with James Gurney, I feel like I've learned so much about gouache and layering and so many other techniques. And your tutorials and reviews of the different art products used are unmatched in their comprehensiveness and clarity. Thanks for sharing, and looking forward to more. Cheers!
It was super helpful watching you paint from a picture; I'm often stuck looking at a landscape or scene, no matter how complex or simple, and not knowing what to include, what to blur, what to make focal, so watching you do so even if you didn't talk about it was very instructional. Thank you!
First time viewer. Excellent video tuition. LOVE the tonal study followed by the colour study! Does a great job of illustrating how tone is the foundation of a successful painting. TFS!! New subscriber.
I finally bought some gouache paints! I am so glad I found you…you have inspired me. I even got a journal and a big brush so I can follow along. I like the way you explain why you make the decisions you do.
I learn a ton from these small gouache landscapes, I could watch them allllll day. You have a great way of teaching this medium. Also what masking tape do you use? :)
I am trying to improve my painting with gouache. Bumping into your channel is one of the best things for me. It's informative! Thank you so so much for sharing your process. It's really insightful for me 🤗
Very helpful. I have been using mostly watercolor and decided to branch out into gouache, your instruction does a nice job of discussing differences. Thank you
i just finished the two painitings. They are my first grayscale AND only-primaries studies. Till now i followed easy tutorials on youtube. This video is amazing, I learned so much and i understood where i need to practice more. Thank you very much for your channel. I will watch all your gouache practice and paint-alongs for sure! Thank you once again! 🌹
I want to get more comfortable with gouache, so I'm challenging myself to follow along with RUclips videos so it's less overwhelming. Your videos are perfect!
So much to love! I like the overall process - the real time - I love your tips like using a big brush until you can't and making yourself incorporate Grey's so as to understandcolour, and even the intuitive and important idea of using your brush stroke to mimic the movement of the snowfall. Thank you!
This is probably one the of most helpful painting videos I've seen. I've noticed I need to work on my lighting and this video gave me so many ideas of ways I can practice to improve. Thank you for sharing this.
Amazing! i love your sketchbook and i learned a lot in this video. i'll keep in mind to not focus too much on the little details but instead, focus painting the bigger picture. will definitely try painting using bigger brush from now on. thanks, sarah.
Thanks! This is really helpful for me. It's inspiring. I enjoyed watching you work fast and yet very deliberate. I hope to do gouache again applying what I have learned from you. Thanks.
I love, love, love, LOVE this video...ALL your real time vidoes are my favorite! I have gouache and haven't made the time to practice with it yet..I'm going to follow along with this video. PLEASE keep doing real time gouache videos...they are MY favorite! Thank you!
Thanks that was lovely...would love to know more about the colours you have chosen, the brand, and your mixing method...keep it up...it is wonderful! Janis...cheers from The Yukon, Canada
I just found your channel and already in love with every single painting you did! I can't stop browsing all your videos. You are so talented. I established my watercolor painting channel in April but still at the beginning of the road. Thanks for sharing your work.
THANK YOU Sarah! I will try this tomorrow . Love the limited pallette. I use it in oil painting. You answered so many questions that I did not even think to ask. I love using gouache but was unsure of the technique. I cannot wait until Spring and warmer weather to do PleinAir. Central Alberta has been bitterly cold since over three weeks!
Well hey, I'm glad I stumbled across your channel. I've been an artist for years but for some reason never painted or tried landscapes and I love the look of gouache so bought a set and was looking for just the right tutorial to begin. And I found this and did it right along with you and I LOVE the results. My drawings are detail oriented and realistic and it is very freeing to use a big brush and use large sweeping motions. I think I'll start with a lot of b/w to get my values down and then continue with gouache. You made my evening fun and I'll check out your other videos. I've like and subscribed. Thanks!
Hello and welcome! I'm glad this video helped and let me know if you have any questions. I'm always eager to help people learn gouache because I love it so much!
Hi, Sarah.Thank you so much for this video! It is verry useful and helpful for me. I want to learn how to paint with this medium and finally i found your cannel with so many inspiring landscape videos!:))) thank you so so much!:))) keep growing!:))) ♥ ♥ ♥ 🌸
This was so helpful to me. I love hearing your thought process. Will search for more of these from you. BTW, your gouache journal was amazing! So of those pieces look like photos!
Absolutely amazing... I'm just soaking up so many of your videos! Do you by chance have the reference photo for the snow covered tree you were doing in the first part of the video? It's stunning!
Sarah, Your paintings are so full of light and life that I have decided to try painting in Gouache......now I wonder, where do I find reliable suggestions about supplies? I spent a lot of time, money and a few tears, buying and trying the wrong products in other mediums.
Unfortunately it depends on so many factors…each artist needs something that suits their needs. I have my personal preferences, all my supplies are shared here bit.ly/SBfavesupplies
just discovered your channel. my new favourite. Binge watching your videos currently. Joined Discord too :D Can I please ask is gouache ok with 200gsm paper? also, what are your fav brushes for gouache. love xoxo
Welcome aboard! It should be fine on 200 gsm as long as you dont use too much water. I have a variety of favorite brushes but mostly I use flat brushes with gouache because I can control the amount of water better.
I’m a beginner gouache painter that is SO glad I found your channel! I’ve watched so many gouache tutorials but none as helpful as yours! So it’s official...definitely my favorite gouache instructor! Thank you for the valuable lesson...explaining it so beautifully!
That is so great to hear!! It's one of my favorite mediums, it's so versatile!
Please keep this format. Your art process is so interesting. Showing the reference picture helps me immensely and not many artists do this. I have subscribed and liked from this first lesson. Thanks for recording for us.
I'm so glad you find it valuable!
yes! you get to imagine how you would do to paint a certain part on the reference and then compare it with her experienced approach.
Oh I am gobsmacked by the beauty of this little painting!
I find when I attempt Grey value studies that I need to vary the intensity of the values of just grey which is hard for me.
I'll echo a bunch of people below: lots of great tips for a new gouache painter like me, thanks! A lot of your tips will be helpful for me: starting with the big brush is maybe the change I can make first. You didn't mention it, but I notice that you don't seem to worry about rinsing out your brush completely before going on to the next color. And you're also mixing the colors on your palette with the brush, not with a mixing knife. I'm a neat freak, so I have all my separate little color pools, and I'm mixing with a knife all the time, and I'm always worrying about contaminating my pure red/yellow/blue/white/blacks. Especially since I'm trying to learn to mix colors, I like to keep them separate so I can see what's going on, but I'll try to relax a bit about mixing the color w/ my brush. I also do a bunch of pencil sketching or even inking before I start painting, and I found your video while looking for gouache underpainting demos. I'm going to use your advice about starting with a thin underpainting, letting it dry well, and then going thicker as I go on top of that. Anyway....sorry for the long comment. Thanks again!
Thank you for your kind words! And I'm really glad my video helped you. I can understand what you mean about mixing / contamination. *Sometimes* that can be an issue, but usually I'm just painting so quickly (trying to get the wet into wet effect) that there's no time to stop and premix every single subtle color shift. That "mix" happens live on the paper. It's just my preference. I know plenty of people who are more interested in a graphic style, where the color is premixed then placed in the appropriate place on the paper, not mixing on the paper. So it's a style preference! You might like that version. If you google philip boelter you'll get an idea of what I mean by a more graphic style. I also recommend doing color charts first - check out my other color chart video if you don't know what I mean. That really helps with color mixing.
I really enjoy your channel. Aside from being an amazing artist, you are a great teacher. I am trying guache now and these tutorials are very helpful. Thanks for all. ♥️
Thank you so much!
I love the idea of doing a tonal and a color version of your studies. Great idea! Thanks!
I just wanted to say that I truly love your channel. Thank you for being so transparent and helpful! Your art is gorgeous.
Your paintings are magical and full of life.
Thank you so much
your warm ups are better than anything I have ever made! haha
Wow, I LOVE how you included the reference photo. It was so useful! I am trying to get back into painting and I love seeing your techniques!
Hi Sarah, I learn so much more from this format. Time lapses are ok to watch, but for learning…this real time format with all the tips and teaching is much more helpful. Besides, it is very enjoyable and relaxing to listen to you talk about your process.
You are the best Sarah! Thank you for all that you show us.
The BEST gouache tutorial for beginners I've ever seen!
Wow, thank you!
Those paintings in your sketch book look fantastic!
Thanks!
I too am a beginner gouache painter and am soooo very thankful I found your channel! You teach very well, not to mention your artwork is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing your time and talents with us!😊
So glad you’re finding it helpful!
Love it, I love the real time,,I enjoy and learn so much from this..thank you
I'm glad! I always wonder if people have patience for the real time stuff 😁
Thank you for sharing your process and technique! It has been very helpful to watch how you use gouache and hearing you talk through your thoughts as you create paintings.
Wow! Your sketchbook looks like full of landscape photograpy! :)
Thank you! That's quite a compliment!
I love the real time videos! This one helped realize I can use my sketchbook as tonal and color studies. I’ve never thought of that. Thank you!
Thank you! And I'm glad to hear that!
Hi Sarah - thanks so much for this! It is so hard to find real time painting videos for gouache. As I've just started experimenting with this medium, you have no idea how helpful this has been! Especially that side by side study too. That tip for using the big brush as long as you can is a god send - I think I've realised the culprit of a lot of my problems. I do get caught up in the details, and that's actually why I wanted to try and use gouache. Really want to capture the essence of landscapes in just a fun, loose way. I think that's the appeal of them. For many artists, it's actually difficult wrapping our heads around how to simplify these landscapes, so again very helpful. I definitely think you should keep doing more videos like these, and not just time-lapses like many others are currently doing. P.S. I'm also in Scotland so that's pretty cool! :)
This is sooooo helpful to hear! I really appreciate you taking time to write that. I definitely plan on doing more. I just recently changed my schedule which allows me to make more video content :)
Yes, loved the tonal and colour pictures side by side. I love your snow and seaside work. You are in a great part of the world. Thanks for sharing.
That's a wonderful tutorial! You have a gift of teaching! Wow! loved it
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Love your channel Sarah. This is one of the better gauche videos I’ve seen. Took Fowkes class too. About using gray. I’m trying to force my decision making too. When picking a color I’m automatically thinking of the opposite to neutralize it. Sometimes that creates another battle. More practice for me. Your channel really helps with encouragement and inspiration. Thanks so much.
Thank you so much! I do that too "When picking a color I’m automatically thinking of the opposite to neutralize it."
This is amazing and is so inspiring. I’ve always found landscapes to be challenging because of all the details and this has really helped!
You're so welcome!
I love this style of gouache studies! Especially like the blk and white AND color study to see how you develop the painting from photo. Thank you!
This video is so helpful, thank you for taking the time to make it!
You are a wonderful teacher! I'm a watercolor artist using gouache for the first time, I've watched 2 of your videos, they are very helpful and your voice is very soothing! Thanks for sharing your approach and your tips with us!!
So glad you find them helpful!
It took me a while before I had the time, but I love it! This was so peaceful, and it's really inspired me to use my new gouache!
Just discovered your channel. And along with James Gurney, I feel like I've learned so much about gouache and layering and so many other techniques. And your tutorials and reviews of the different art products used are unmatched in their comprehensiveness and clarity. Thanks for sharing, and looking forward to more. Cheers!
GREAT work!! Beautiful paintings (studies) and I love how you did a B/W study and then a colour one. I'm very inspired! Thx! BTW - Subscribed!
Thank you!
Thanks, I’m just trying gouache, and your video is very informative!
It was super helpful watching you paint from a picture; I'm often stuck looking at a landscape or scene, no matter how complex or simple, and not knowing what to include, what to blur, what to make focal, so watching you do so even if you didn't talk about it was very instructional. Thank you!
I like the real time with your explanation of your thought process. Great idea to do black and white and color right next to each other. Thank you!
Thank you!
First time viewer. Excellent video tuition. LOVE the tonal study followed by the colour study! Does a great job of illustrating how tone is the foundation of a successful painting. TFS!!
New subscriber.
Thank you so much! :D
Wow.. I'm loving your studies.. feel really inspired am going g to get a sketch book to paint in..
Thank you! It's a great way to exercise your creativity
I finally bought some gouache paints! I am so glad I found you…you have inspired me. I even got a journal and a big brush so I can follow along. I like the way you explain why you make the decisions you do.
Wonderful!
I learn a ton from these small gouache landscapes, I could watch them allllll day. You have a great way of teaching this medium. Also what masking tape do you use? :)
Thank you! I'm sorry I didn't see this before. I use 3M blue scotch painters tape. It has never let me down.
Love your channel! There’s hardly any gouache instructions on RUclips.
I’m glad you enjoy my videos!
The color and value study is a brand new concept to me and I absolutely love it!
Thank you, Sarah love the big brush with the small sketch book.
Omg would absolutely love to see more of these
I’m about to start a new practice sketchbook so keep an eye out for more!
This was super helpful to a newbie like me.
Awesome!
I am trying to improve my painting with gouache. Bumping into your channel is one of the best things for me. It's informative! Thank you so so much for sharing your process. It's really insightful for me 🤗
You are so welcome!
That’s such a good tip with the brush! Using a big brush to begin with, thank you I’ll start doing that! :))
Thanks for showing your process.❤ It’s making me itch to pick up gouache and paint.
Very helpful. I have been using mostly watercolor and decided to branch out into gouache, your instruction does a nice job of discussing differences. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
i just finished the two painitings. They are my first grayscale AND only-primaries studies. Till now i followed easy tutorials on youtube. This video is amazing, I learned so much and i understood where i need to practice more. Thank you very much for your channel. I will watch all your gouache practice and paint-alongs for sure! Thank you once again! 🌹
That’s awesome! I’m glad it gave you a boost of inspiration!
You’re a great teacher! Thanks for sharing these videos!
Oh wow! Just found your channel. As someone who's trying to learn to paint and use colors rn I think your sense of colors is total goals!
Thank you so much 😀
I want to get more comfortable with gouache, so I'm challenging myself to follow along with RUclips videos so it's less overwhelming. Your videos are perfect!
Heck yea! I think that's a great way to approach it. Takes the pressure off and lets you enjoy the process
So much to love! I like the overall process - the real time - I love your tips like using a big brush until you can't and making yourself incorporate Grey's so as to understandcolour, and even the intuitive and important idea of using your brush stroke to mimic the movement of the snowfall. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Great work friend 👍😃beautiful😃😃...
This is probably one the of most helpful painting videos I've seen. I've noticed I need to work on my lighting and this video gave me so many ideas of ways I can practice to improve. Thank you for sharing this.
That is awesome to hear!!
Love the REAL TIME studies! Your paintings are beautiful thank you! I look forward to watching more.
Thank you! I'm posting another real time video this weekend :)
Your skills are awesome, i totally want to learn this technique so i can take it on my hikes
Thank you! I love paint-hike trips!
This was just such a quality tutorial, so helpful and inspiring, thanks Sarah!
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing! i love your sketchbook and i learned a lot in this video. i'll keep in mind to not focus too much on the little details but instead, focus painting the bigger picture. will definitely try painting using bigger brush from now on. thanks, sarah.
I'm glad it was helpful!
Thanks! This is really helpful for me. It's inspiring. I enjoyed watching you work fast and yet very deliberate. I hope to do gouache again applying what I have learned from you. Thanks.
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much Sarah for this amazing tutorial. Your paintings are beautiful!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was a beautiful video. You have a nice voice and I love the song Cornelia. The atmosphere you created was lovely and calm.
Thank you!
I love, love, love, LOVE this video...ALL your real time vidoes are my favorite! I have gouache and haven't made the time to practice with it yet..I'm going to follow along with this video. PLEASE keep doing real time gouache videos...they are MY favorite! Thank you!
Seems like a lot of people have interest in it, so I have a couple more planned!
thanks for this! I'm a beginner - this was super helpful :))
Awesome to hear! I hope you have fun with your studies.
Thanks that was lovely...would love to know more about the colours you have chosen, the brand, and your mixing method...keep it up...it is wonderful! Janis...cheers from The Yukon, Canada
I am using Holbein gouache (not acrylic gouache). My colors are White, black, Permanent Yellow, Cobalt Blue, and Geranium Red.
I just found your channel and already in love with every single painting you did! I can't stop browsing all your videos. You are so talented. I established my watercolor painting channel in April but still at the beginning of the road. Thanks for sharing your work.
Thank you and welcome!
Loved the video! Going to try using a larger brush and doing these value studies. Thanks!!!
Still my favorite way to start!
YES! I want to see more and more Sarah…
Great painting
This is very helpful. Thanks for sharing your process.
Thankyou for the video! I just can buy black and white gouache so the value studie helped me a lot!
How amazingly beautiful! I want that sketchbook!! 😆can’t wait to try the medium, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Brian!
So informative! Thank you!
Wonderful. I hope you do lots of gouache studies I’m just starting out with gouache.
Always enjoyable 👍🏻🎨
Thank you so much 😀
I learned a lot from this video. Just became a new Patreon supporter to watch your paintalong videos.
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much!!
THANK YOU Sarah! I will try this tomorrow . Love the limited pallette. I use it in oil painting. You answered so many questions that I did not even think to ask. I love using gouache but was unsure of the technique. I cannot wait until Spring and warmer weather to do PleinAir. Central Alberta has been bitterly cold since over three weeks!
I'm so glad it inspired you! I CAN'T WAIT until spring either!!!!!
This is so helpful and instructive I really enjoyed watching your process and admiring the result.Subscribed.
Thank you and welcome!
Great! I think I will watch it many times 😊
This is so helpful, just started using gouache. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Well hey, I'm glad I stumbled across your channel. I've been an artist for years but for some reason never painted or tried landscapes and I love the look of gouache so bought a set and was looking for just the right tutorial to begin. And I found this and did it right along with you and I LOVE the results. My drawings are detail oriented and realistic and it is very freeing to use a big brush and use large sweeping motions. I think I'll start with a lot of b/w to get my values down and then continue with gouache. You made my evening fun and I'll check out your other videos. I've like and subscribed. Thanks!
Hello and welcome! I'm glad this video helped and let me know if you have any questions. I'm always eager to help people learn gouache because I love it so much!
@@SarahBurnsStudio I just joined your Patreon. I'm looking forward to an evening of creating gouache *with you!
You are amazing! Thank you!
U deserve more subscribers!!!! 💖 thank u for this
Hi, Sarah.Thank you so much for this video! It is verry useful and helpful for me. I want to learn how to paint with this medium and finally i found your cannel with so many inspiring landscape videos!:))) thank you so so much!:))) keep growing!:))) ♥ ♥ ♥ 🌸
Yay awesome to hear! Welcome!
This was so helpful to me. I love hearing your thought process. Will search for more of these from you. BTW, your gouache journal was amazing! So of those pieces look like photos!
Thank you so much!
Beautiful, and very inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you :D
Your videos are awesome. More love to you. Thank you. 😌🌟
Thank you so much!
Beautiful
loved it, more gouache videos😀
thanks so much! this is so helpful to a beginner!
Awesome I'm glad!
Amazing, and so helpful.
I love real time videos! Thanks
Learned a lot, thank you! 😁
Such a great video... packed with info and inspiration 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely amazing... I'm just soaking up so many of your videos! Do you by chance have the reference photo for the snow covered tree you were doing in the first part of the video? It's stunning!
So glad you are enjoying it! But oh gosh it's been years I definitely don't have the ref photos anymore 😊
Your sketch book is incredible
Beautiful 😃awesome my friend✌️😃❤️....😃......
Sarah, Your paintings are so full of light and life that I have decided to try painting in Gouache......now I wonder, where do I find reliable suggestions about supplies? I spent a lot of time, money and a few tears, buying and trying the wrong products in other mediums.
Unfortunately it depends on so many factors…each artist needs something that suits their needs. I have my personal preferences, all my supplies are shared here bit.ly/SBfavesupplies
Big thanks!!
More like this, this is so nice to see
just discovered your channel. my new favourite. Binge watching your videos currently. Joined Discord too :D
Can I please ask is gouache ok with 200gsm paper? also, what are your fav brushes for gouache.
love xoxo
Welcome aboard! It should be fine on 200 gsm as long as you dont use too much water. I have a variety of favorite brushes but mostly I use flat brushes with gouache because I can control the amount of water better.
Sarah Burns Studio Thankyou so much for being so prompt🥰
Just found you, beautiful work and very helpful and informative video, thanks 😊
Amazing
Amazing.....thank you..