Painting Atmospheric Landscapes with Gouache

Learn how to paint layered landscapes with a magical atmosphere using gouache paint

• Introduction
• Getting to Know Gouache
• Finding Magic
• Painting a Magical Waterfall
• Moving Forward
• Final project

The ability to pull the viewer into your magical scene takes both imagination and technique. Ruth Wilshaw is a self-taught painter with a passion for exploring nature and depicting the wonders of it through her art. She enjoys sharing her love for gouache and has recently published a book Creative Gouache, encouraging her readers to have fun with this medium.

In this course, Ruth shows you a new way to explore the beauty of the natural world and how to translate it into a layered gouache painting. Combine bold colors with dark silhouettes, learn gouache techniques, study texture, and discover ways to stay inspired.

• About Me
• Influences
• About Gouache
• Materials
• Consistency
• Layering
• Blending 1
• Blending 2
• Landscape Basics 1
• Landscape Basics 2
• Landscape Basics 3
• Landscape Basics 4
• Being Inspired
• The Shape of the Painting
• Turning an Idea into a Plan
• Starting with Colour
• Layers and Sketching
• The First Layer or Background
• The Middle Ground
• The Foreground
• Texture Studies
• Staying Inspired and Sharing Your Work
• Painting Atmospheric Landscapes with Gouache