Plein Air painting in Gouache

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1501 10th Ave East Seattle, WA 98102 United States

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All Levels

7/18/2020-7/19/2020

10:00 AM-5:00 PM PDT on Sun Sat

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Spend the weekend learning the ins and out of plein air painting with gouache. Learn strategies and techniques to set yourself up for a successful and fun painting outing. Learn to understand and use all the different principles of atmospheric perspective to compose and create the painting you want. The group will meet at a different park each day, and the days will be broken into a morning and afternoon, painting session, although, with how fast gouache dries, it is very possible to get several paintings completed each day.

  • Easel Types:
  • -French easel- heavy and large to carry, but stable
  • -Field Easel- lightweight and compact, but need to be weighed down for stability
  • -Pochade Box- Stable and useful, most require a tripod, and they can be expensive
  • You are free to bring any setup that you already have or are comfortable with, but remember
  • that you may have to carry it a little ways to the painting location from the parking lot. I would
  • recommend trying out your setup before class, even if just in your own yard
  • Since we will be starting with smaller pieces, the simplest setup is just a compact folding chair,
  • like listed below, and a watercolor sketchbook and your gouache paints and brushes.
  • My gouache plein air set up is usually just a small chair, my paints and brushes, and a 15” x 9”
  • Panel that I tape my watercolor paper to, and hold. The above options are great for easing
  • comfort and efficiency, and are highly recommended in the long run, but if you’re on a budget,
  • you can get by without them.
  • Resources: You can google all these and find great options
  • Field Easel: I’ve used a Napoli easel for several years, it was cheap and simple, found it at
  • cheap joes art
  • Pochade box: Open Box M, Strada Easel, Edge Pro easel, Guerilla Painter, New Wave
  • pochade. I currently use a Strada Easel with a tripod.
  • Read this article for more: https://www.outdoorpainter.com/best-plein-air-easels-for-artists/
  • Brushes- soft, water media brushes. I tend to use cheap synthetics. Make sure you have a good
  • variety of sizes.
  • *A brush carrying case is very helpful:
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  • Paper Towel, blue shop towels are best
  • Jars or containers for your water.
  • Appron or clothes you don’t mind getting paint on.
  • Trash bag for dirty rags
  • 140 lbs watercolor paper, small sheets or
  • 6” x 9” or 7” x 10” Watercolor sketchbook
  • Any watercolor palette will work, I use this one:
  • https://www.amazon.com/Mijello-Airtight-Watercolor-18-Well-Palette/dp/B0049UZEWQ/ref=sr_1
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  • Paint
  • Any brand you have already or prefer to use is fine, just make sure you have the gouache paint
  • that comes in tubes. We will not be using the dried watercolor cakes.
  • This is my palette:
  • -Permanent White
  • -Cadmium Lemon
  • -Azo Yellow
  • -Raw Sienna
  • -Cadmium Red Light
  • -Cadmium Orange
  • -Alizarin Crimson
  • -Permanent Green Light
  • -Ultramarine
  • -Ivory Black
  • You are free to use your own palette of colors, However, having Cadmium Lemon, Raw Sienna,
  • and Ultramarine are highly recommended additions to whatever your pallet is.
  • *Compact foldable chair:
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  • *Brimmed Hat
  • *Sunscreen
  • *wet panel carrier: a container to carry your wet painting safely home.
  • https://www.amazon.com/RayMar-Wet-Painting-Carriers-Carrier/dp/B07M6RGL5D/ref=sr_1_4?
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  • Backpack to carry everything/weigh down your setup
  • *Umbrella- this can be for both sun and rain
  • *Spring clamps, assorted sizes: these are good for a number of random applications, I typically
  • bring a few big ones and 3-4 tiny ones.
  • *recommended but optional