Anywhere, Anytime Art: Gouache: An artist's guide to painting with gouache on the go!

Take a fresh look at an up-and-coming art medium with Anywhere, Anytime Art: Gouache ! Gouache paint has a long history, but it’s often associated with watercolor and multimedia art. Until now, that is! Trendy artists with large social-media followings are reinvigorating gouache, making this the ideal time to add this medium to your toolbox...or start your art journey with it! Like the other books in the Anywhere, Anytime Art series, Gouache explores this medium in a portable, approachable, and contemporary way. Basic painting topics, such as tools and materials, techniques, and color theory, are presented in an easy-to-read, visual style. The subsequent step-by-step projects focus on various subjects that artists can find anywhere, whether they’re home or out and about. Artists can learn to paint their favorite things, including plants, flowers, cats, patterns, and more. Anywhere, Anytime Art: Gouache is filled with vibrant, colorful artwork that’s sure to inspire any artist to give gouache a try and get out there and paint! Learn how to create vibrant paintings with this reworkable opaque paint. Subjects include a harlequin pattern, city rooftops, a nocturnal cat—and more.Gouache paint has a long history, but it's often associated with watercolor and multimedia art. Until now, that is! Trendy artists with large social-media followings are reinvigorating gouache, making this the ideal time to add this medium to your toolbox... or start your art journey with it!Like the other books in the Anywhere, Anytime Art series, Gouache explores this medium in a portable, approachable, and contemporary way. Basic painting topics, such as tools and materials, techniques, and color theory, are presented in an easy-to-read, visual style. The subsequent step-by-step projects focus on various subjects that artists can find anywhere, whether they're home or out and about. Artists can learn to paint their favorite things, including plants, flowers, cats, patterns, and more.Anywhere, Anytime Art: Gouache is filled with vibrant, colorful artwork that's sure to inspire any artist to give gouache a try and get out there and paint!“Inventive and colorful.” —Arts & Activities“For the artist that is willing to begin an artistic journey and try out a new medium, this book is ideal.” —GeekDad MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 3 Title 3 Copyright 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 5 INTRODUCTION 6 TOOLS AND MATERIALS 8 PAINTING & DRAWING TECHNIQUES 12 COLOR THEORY 20 PAINTING ON THE GO 28 PROJECT 1: HARLEQUIN PATTERN 35 PROJECT 2: FLOWER 41 PROJECT 3: BIRD 47 PROJECT 4: FRUIT 53 PROJECT 5: FAMILIAR OBJECT 59 PROJECT 6: BIRD ON A BRANCH 67 PROJECT 7: FLORAL PATTERN 77 PROJECT 8: NOCTURNAL CAT 86 PROJECT 9: POTTED PLANTS 93 PROJECT 10: CITY ROOFTOPS 103 PROJECT 11: HIDDEN ANIMALS 113 PROJECT 12: GARDEN ON A BALCONY 121 INSPIRATION 129 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 130 "Learn to paint all your favorite things with the help of Gouache: an artist's guide to painting with gouache on the go! Whether you love to paint flowers, patterns, gardens, city rooftops, still lifes, or birds, you'll find instructions for recreating them in this book. All subjects are easy to paint on the go and will help you maximize the colorful, trendy art medium that is gouache"-- Back cover