Still Life Painting with Gouache
Winter Class | Available
A class in painting still life in gouache, open to all levels, beginners or experienced. Classical still life techniques will be taught using gouache, a versatile and fun to work with medium that allows working from dark to light, like oil, but thins and cleans up with water, like watercolor.
- Gouache paint (Winsor & Newton or Holbein are good brands), colors:
- Ultramarine Blue,
- Cadmium Yellow Pale or Light (not “Hue”),
- Perelyne Maroon (W&N) or Alizarin Crimson,
- Winsor Red (W&N) or Pure Red (Holbein),
- Burnt Sienna,
- Permanent White
- Short handled synthetic brushes labeled for mixed media or acrylic
- 1/2 inch flat wash (or shader)
- 1/4 inch flat wash (or #6 or #8 flat shader) - ideally, 2 of these
- #4 or #6 round
- Heavy (140lb / 300gsm) watercolor or mixed media paper — hot press, vellum or cold press surface, 8x10 or 9x12”
- Watercolor palette with generous mixing area, or “Masterson Sta-Wet Handy Palette”
- Spray Mister bottle, for keeping palette wet
- Water container - cup or jar
Charley Parker
Charley Parker studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. For the past several years he has been teaching at the Delaware Art Museum, the Delaware College of Art and Design and Jester Artspace. Charley works in and teaches workshops and classes in gouache, water mixable oil and ink and watercolor. Charley is the author of the popular arts blog, Lines and Colors: http://linesandcolors.com
Website: http://www.charleyparker.com