How I paint LOTS of detail with GOUACHE - Forest Path full tutorial

Sarah Burns

Sarah Burns

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Today's video shows my full process of painting a forest path with gouache. I'll talk through my thoughts and decisions and you can see how I apply it to the paper. #gouache
Let me know if you have any questions!

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:32 Timelapse of full painting
02:17 Using Reference
03:19 First layer wet-into-wet
04:06 Background details
07:08 Color choices
08:18 Painting the forest floor
08:55 My first mistake
09:48 Brush technique
11:42 Saturation
12:50 Value structure
14:13 Establishing the light source
16:03 Colors on the forest path
17:01 Focus trees
17:51 Getting into the details
18:38 Colors on the bark
19:28 Shadow colors
19:42 Variety is key
20:17 Avoiding burnout
21:07 How do you know it's done?
21:54 Final Results

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