Gouache Painting Masterclass by Vidya Kumaresan

I am (@thewishingink) a Self taught artist from Namakkal and the founder of The Wishing Ink, which mainly focuses on making personalised handdrawn art. I specialize in hand lettering, Calligraphy, Water coloring and have two years of experience in Graphic designing as well.  I started learning hand lettering / calligraphy two years back and have been teaching the art for a while now. I love anything and everything that's handmade and believe in spreading good vibes through art.

Session 1 - Basics with Gouache (2.5 hours)
-  Introduction to Gouache paints
- Gouache vs Watercolor vs Acrylic
- Tools and materials
- Paints and consistency
- Colour mixing and Layering
- Painting simple elements with gouache

Session 2 - Painting Botanicals (2.5 hours)
- Choosing and sketching florals using reference
- Creating a colour palette
- Tracing the sketch
- Layering the paints
- Final project and discussions

Session 3 - Negative Painting (2.5 hours)
- What is Negative painting?
- Tracing Alphabet to Black paper
- Sketching the composition
- Painting and adding details

Materials Required :
 A4 or A5 Watercolour paper (Preferred choice : Hot pressed paper)
- 270 or 300 gsm / A4 or A5 Black paper for Negative painting.
- Artist Grade gouache paints (Brustro, Pebeo, Daler Rowney, White night etc)
- Round Brush of size 0 and 4 or 6
- White glass marking pencil (Apsara) for Negative painting.
- Pencil, Eraser, Ruler
- Palette for colour mixing, Paper towel and Cup of water.

Seats available: 20

Date: January 16th & 17th

Duration: 7.5 hours (3 sessions)

Time :

• Session 1 - Basics with Gouache (2.5 hours) - January 16th - 6pm
  
• Session 2 - Painting Botanicals (2.5 hours) - January 17th - 8.30am
• Session 3 - Negative Painting (2.5 hours) - January 17th - 6pm