The Artist - UK (2021-02)

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DIGITAL ISSUE EXTRA CONTENT

41 i |February 2021

Why not try this quick, 30-minute

exercise? You’ll make a postcard-size

painting in gouache, a medium that

is so versatile as you can almost do

transparent watercolour washes in one

stroke and opaque passages in another.

I tend to use Schmincke Horadam

gouache as not only is it an opaque

medium but the purity of the pigments

allows you to dilute the colours until

they are almost transparent.

Paint a wintry sky in

gouache

Barry Herniman invites you to paint along

with him as he demonstrates a winter sky

in gouache

MATERIALS

l Schmincke Horadam gouache: Indian

yellow, cadmium red light, cadmium

orange, cobalt blue light, ultramarine

deep, violet

l A piece of good-quality watercolour

paper no bigger than 8 3 6in

(20.5 3 15cm. I used Hahnemühle

Leonardo 300lb Rough

lPalette – I use a glass one

l Size 6 round brush – I use DaVinci

Cosmotop

lSpray diffuser bottle

MY TOP TEN TIPS

l Tape a piece of watercolour paper no

bigger than 8 3 6in (20.5 3 15cm) onto

a board.

l The palette can be any suitable

surface: a plastic lid, tear-off paper

palette, a piece of glass, etcetera.

l Use good-quality gouache, such as

Schmincke Horadam.

l Squeeze out a small amount of the

paints you will use onto the palette –

a little goes a long way!

l Dilute the colours side by side on

the palette and allow them to merge

together.

l Use wet-in-wet for areas you want to

blend.

lUse wet-on-dry if you want an edge.

l Use the spray diffuser to keep the

paints wet.

lSet yourself a 30-minute deadline.

q STAGE TWO

Using a dilute wash of Indian yellow, brush in

the lightest parts of the sky

q STAGE ONE

Tape a piece of Not or Rough surface

watercolour paper, roughly postcard-size, to a

rigid board. Then draw in the basic elements of

the view, the hillside and the main cloud areas

q STAGE THREE

Whilst the wash is still wet, drop in some orange

along the cloud edges that are catching the

sun’s glow

q STAGE FOUR

Turn the painting upside down and start to

establish the main cloud section. Here I am

using a mix of orange, cadmium red light and

just a touch of violet to brush in the lowest and

brightest part of the main cloud

I don’t overmix my colours, rather I let them

‘merge’ gently on the palette where I can scoop

up a semi-mix of the colour I wish to describe

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