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Gouache: The Perfect Sketch Medium

  • All levels
  • 18 and older
  • $305
  • Virtual Classroom
  • 18 hours over 6 sessions

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Class Description

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What you'll learn in this sketch class:

Taught by CFA Faculty member, John Wellington. John has often referred to his favorite color sketch medium as "watercolor for those artists that make mistakes". Gouache, unlike watercolor, allows for buildup of white and light colors with the ability to work on colored and toned papers. In this way, the application process is similar to oil paint, but with a much less toxic medium. This six week class will focus on working from the model online, painting both quick and longer poses each week, along with demos and a weekly sharing of our work. There will be full review of materials on week one.

Working in gouache offers artists a great opportunity to work quickly in color, correct and adjust drawing, value and color, in an easy to use medium.

Supply List

  • Gouache colors:
    • Turner, W&N, and Holbein (among others) make well-made gouache paints in tubes.
    • The following colors are suggested only as a starter guide and may be added to liberally. With gouache, there is no such thing as too many colors! ... Especially when it comes to greens, blues and reds!
      • Ivory Black
      • White
      • Raw Sienna
      • Burnt Sienna
      • Burnt Umber
      • Yellow Ochre
      • Red Ochre
      • Cadmium Red
      • Alizarin Crimson
      • Cadmium Yellow
      • Cadmium Green
      • Ultramarine Blue
  • Plastic palette for gouache or watercolor such as the large size Blick Folding Palette Box https://www.dickblick.com/items/03001-0010/
  • Brushes:
    • Well made watercolor brushes are perfect for painting in gouache. Kolinski Sable are the highest quality brushes, but there are many less expensive synthetic watercolor brushes available as well. Most of my brushes are “rounds” rather than “flats,” sizes 6 and smaller for most areas. However, as with all brushes, the correct one is the one that does the job you need done. 
  • Heavy weight paper or cardboard stock to paint on. The instructor often paints on colored paper as an advantage of working with gouache is that one can work the lights as well as the darks. All watercolor blocks and papers are also perfect for the medium.
  • Water cup to clean brushes and thin out paint.
  • Paper towels

Refund Policy

100% refund will be issued up to seven days after the first class. After this, no refund will be issued.

MAKE-UP POLICY
Unfortunately, we do not offer makeup classes. The instructor can tell them what they missed. Most of our classes are taught atelier style. If there is a demonstration during the particular session, after the demonstration the instructor goes to each student to work with them on a one-to-one basis. During this time the instructor can work with the student who missed the previous week, talk with them and explain what to do.

Reviews of Classes at New York Academy of Art (127)

(4.6-star rating across 127 reviews)
  • Gouache: The Perfect Sketch Medium

    Anonymous review on 7/2/2021
    John Wellington is such an amazing and inspiring teacher, the class is fun and the interaction with other students can't be beat. I've taken this class twice so far...
  • Gouache: The Perfect Sketch Medium

    Reviewed by Kitty T. on 5/1/2021
    I absolutely loved this class! Gouache is such a fun medium to work with and the instructor is very personable and helpful. Oh and the models... they were fun and gave us some creative inspiration!!! Never a dull class. I would take this class over again and again.
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Students rave about the classes at Gouache: The Perfect Sketch Medium, especially praising the amazing and inspiring teacher, John Wellington. The classes are described as fun and interactive, providing a great opportunity for students to engage with each other. The use of gouache as a medium is highly praised, with students finding it to be both enjoyable and inspiring. Additionally, the models used in the class are highlighted as a source of creative inspiration. Students express a desire to take the class multiple times, highlighting the value they found in the instruction and skills they were able to walk away with. Quotes: - "I absolutely loved this class! Gouache is such a fun medium to work with and the instructor is very personable and helpful." - "The models... they were fun and gave us some creative inspiration!!! Never a dull class. I would take this class over again and again."

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