Gouache still life 24.99 €

1) Introduction

2) Taking your own photo

You can make your own photos with items you have at home, no fancy equipment needed. Or you can use the photo I provide to follow along with me during the class

3) Tweaking your photo

As good as it might be, you'll need to change a bit the contrast, light and shadows to have a perfect reference photo for painting.

4) Supplies and materials

All you need to do this painting, I attach the supply list as well.

5) Getting ready for the drawing

Preparing our paper before drawing

6) Drawing

You can draw from the photo, or trace by placing the photo under your paper on a light table or a sunny window for example. And if you want, I enclose my sketch so you can use it, you can print direct ...

7) Painting the lights

To help you judge the values between light and dark, I enclose a black and white photo

8) Painting the darks

9) Painting the cast shadows

10) Part 1

Time to give more texture to our first layer

11) Part 2

12) Part 3

13) Painting the background

After a second thought, it really needs a background

14) Final details

Correcting some values, adding highlights and removing the tape. I enclose a photo of the final painting.