Cost per student: $90 (includes materials)

Checks should be made payable to: Palette and Quill Studio, LLC

Please mail to:

Palette and Quill Studio, LLC

185 Potomac Crossing Street

Charles Town, WV 25414

OR

Firehouse Gallery during business hours. Thurs., Fri., Sun. (11AM-5PM), Sat. (10AM-4PM)

Beginner Level. Open to adults and children ages 13 and up. Space is limited. Registration closes March 6.

Come and learn how to paint with gouache! Gouache is water-soluble and combines the best of both acrylics and watercolors that is easy to use. It can act like watercolor paint when thinned with enough water. Unlike watercolor, it can be painted from dark to light as well as light to dark. Gouache contains a lot of pigment, and it is thick and opaque like acrylic paint. Unlike acrylic paint that once dry cannot be reworked, gouache permits you to return later and alter the paint. Gouache is so versatile and easy to handle! You can do the following:

Work with other media to produce mixed media art such as watercolor pencils, charcoal, markers or colored pencils
Rework dry areas
Use dry brush techniques
Direct color blending
Use as watercolor paint
Layering
Wet-on-Dry and Wet-on-Wet
Create gradients

In this workshop, you will learn gouache color mixing and some basic techniques for working with gouache. You have two choices. You will need to pick one:

You can create this lovely painting using colors of your own choosing. Drawing skills are not necessary as you can trace the entire image or certain elements of the image you wish to paint onto watercolor paper.
You can bring in items of your choice that you will both draw and then paint using gouache.