I've been very inspired by the videos of James Gurney, so I got a set of gouache paint. I looked for more gouache videos here on KZread but mainly found young women painting fairies and galaxies. Finally I found your channel: I love your content! Really great to hear what your thought process is. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and investing so much time in recording, editing and doing the narrative. It is very much appreciated!

@JaredCullum

4 жыл бұрын

Piefje P thank you for watching! It’s nice to meet you- I’m always here if you have questions :)

With inspiration from you, Lena Rivo, and James Gurney, I just bought some gouache and did my first sketch with it. Looks like crap, but the medium is fun, so I’ll be doing more. Thanks for the videos.

@jeffreymorter7063

5 жыл бұрын

riordenjeff Same.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Lena and James are the best. Check out pixelpchan, Mike Hernandez, tiffanie Mang, Jesse Winchester Schmidt, and heather Martin. They are incredible gouache artists. Tiffanie has some gouache classes on gumroad. So does pixelpchan. All cheap and incredibly informative. I made a lot of poor sketches before I understood the medium more. I’m still learning. :) thanks for watching

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Morter awesome! Thanks for watching

That edge of pink is wonderful! I learn so much by watching your process, thank you for sharing so much.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Myriam :) I love that trick when it works out. Invariably when someone sees a sketch they point out that they like how I added this or that little dot of bright color- which is usually from the initial wash or the pink/purple sketch lines that create a kind of vibration. :)

❤❤ serotonin boost

VW buses are so popular. This painting will sell quick. "Cotton candy wash"....that's a cool description. I'm gonna use that one.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Dan Thomas fingers crossed haha yea! Haha it looks especially “cotton candy” on white illustration board.

Another wonderful sketch, Jared, thank you so much! I love to watch the timelapsed version here for the quick process overview time and again, but the very best for me is seeing you paint the same in real time on Patreon and learning to go s l o w , take my time and zen my way through the experience :)

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

So glad you get a lot out of it. That really means a lot. Thank you so much for watching.

Great!!! Thanks for the vidéo

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Hey- thank you for watching! :)

Great minds thinking alike. I recently jumped into water mixable oils and found I went kind of organically straight to a magenta tiny round to do my sketch so that's now washed over (pun intended) to my gouache work, as well. I also enjoy that little pop peeking out. Love the trip down memory lane, so to speak :) with the van. Takes me back to my flared jeans and choker necklaces. :)

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

haha :) Awesome! I've been dying to get a set of water mixable oils when I get some extra money in the budget.

@jenna2431

5 жыл бұрын

@@JaredCullum I used a 60% off for some Artisans but was not impressed. Kind of gloppy and the coverage isn't fabulous. Look at Lukas Berlin at Jerry's--good balance of price and quality, I think. They also have a quick dry medium.

Great video! The perspective is very interesting.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

LOVE your videos and your informative commentary. I've just switched from watercolour to gouache, because I can't get my values right with watercolour. Darkest darks turn to mud. My husband said that the little gouache sketch was the best thing I've done. I would probably prefer to use both watercolour and gouache in a sketch, because I do love the transparency of watercolour. I also love the beautiful brightness of gouache. Anyway, I love watching and listening to you and I think your work is really fine.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! I know what you mean. I wonder if people perceive gouache as more finished than watercolor because of the opacity. I don't know. I've had similar response regarding the differences between mediums and outcome of work. I will say that working with gouache will help you to think about value differently and improve your watercolor when you go back to it. Check out Alvaro Castagnet, Andy Evanson and Joseph Zbukvic (watercolorists) to see how they really punch home value.

Nice work!! Great colors. I never do value studies but need to. Would probably help with not just “fumbling through” something as I tend to do. I love how you make common things worth painting and get such great results.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Brian Ashmore Studio i don’t do it every single time but when I do i really see results. That’s true.

So pretty, I've always like VWs in general the van is no exception. Awesome painting! Love it! :D

Great composition and values.. love this..!!

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

J Marie thank you! :) appreciate you watching.

Thanks for the great demo. Love your sketch. I’m just starting with gouache and this will help a lot.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Good luck with it! I'm here anytime for questions and encouragement.

Your the flat brush ninja.😀I really should slow down and do a thumbnail too but I'm always so excited to get painting.😀

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Elf Lords Journeys haha you’d be surprised. It really helps.

@jenna2431

5 жыл бұрын

@@JaredCullum Seconding that.

fantastic sketch and explanation - thank you Jared!

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Love Life Drawing thank you! I appreciate you watching it. :)

this was great ! the painting was awesome! also i loooove volkswagens , i had a pet vw lol it was a type 3 fast back in burnt orange ! so cool ,thanks for another great video

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

I love the burnt orange on those. :) I'm finishing up a graphic novel right now that will be in shops next summer and I included a VW bus in it. haha That's awesome. They're really cool. My wife had a 67 bug for her first car but it kept leaving her on the side of the road. She has a lot of really fond memories of it though. It had no windshield wipers and no heating system so she had to install a space heater in the floor haha :)

@jennifernewmanart

5 жыл бұрын

Haaaaaaahaaaaa yep , mine finished on the side of the rd when its engine actually fell off the welds that were supposed to hold it in’ One summer a friend and i went tho the beach , it was a 45 minute trip that took hours because it was air cooled and here in australia Our summers are midto high thirties so we kept stopping to let the engine Cool ! I still love them though lol the memories were helarious Mine had windscreen wipers but they were hand turned on the inside lol, its name was Wolfgang lol

A super painting Jared.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Douglas! :)

Bravo 😀

@JaredCullum

4 жыл бұрын

didier Leprince thank you!

Especially I like your voice so much :-) It sounds relaxed and smooth - just like your art :-) Best wishes

@Freedaaa

5 жыл бұрын

Your neighbour should appreciate your little artwork -- my husband and me had just the same VW bus - loooong time ago. Orange and white - with nice black and white curtains.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Aww- hey thanks haha I appreciate that. It's cause I edit out all the "uhhhhs" haha I'm always self-conscious my videos put people to sleep ;)

@jess60901

4 жыл бұрын

@@JaredCullum Sleep? Never happen--wouldn't miss a nanosecond. Thank you, Jared...

Thanks

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you watching :)

😍😍😍

Love this composition. It has a nice value structure. You use nearly all gouache and little water toward the end right? I really like the opaqueness you create. Have any workshops coming up?

@JaredCullum

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! That is correct. Yes I do! I'm teaching Gouache level 1 and 2 starting next thursday at Sweetwater in Sewickley. :)

love your videos, especially the opaque uses of guoache. I know it dries pretty fast but is there a couple of minutes where you can blend strokes on the page in the opaque form. I know if you dilute you can blend by reconstituting but what is the time window for opaque blending?

@JaredCullum

4 жыл бұрын

callmedeno hi! Yes. There is a window where you can get a decent lush oily looking blend but you have to go relatively fast. If you watch the Arteza gouache demo I talk about it on that. You don’t have a big window- like 30 seconds to a minute so it helps to premix some variations and try to plan a bit.

Love Vw’s , trying to accomplish gouache

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Karen Gulick awesome! Thanks for watching

Very awesome man! Really love this one. How do you feel painting on a surface like this vs on cotton? I've been painting on those pentallic journals and they have some cotton content I think which is new for me but it definitely feels different than the last mixed media paper i used.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Danny Sabra i love it for sketching. The pentalic boast 100 perfect I think but I believe if you look into it they have a slight blend but it’s not that noticeable. I like a cotton for watercolor because of the absorption. My favorite gouache surface is crescent 100 board. You can’t beat that. It just sits comfortably on top. Erases cleanly and blends well. I recommend you get a board of that and cut it down and give that a shot some time. :) watercolor does excellent on cotton. It’s tough to beat Arches 100% cotton. They’re remarkable for watercolor. But the pentalic sketchbooks are some of the best you can buy.

@DannySabraArt

5 жыл бұрын

@@JaredCullum I'll have to try the crescent sometime. I actually looked around for some of that grey mixed media paper, but nobody in my town carries it! I really enjoy working on grey paper for drawing

Hi, just came across your channel. WOW !! Thanks for the awesome demo/explanations. Loved the brush u drew with. It seems to hold the point very well. Is it an oil/acrylic brush -- could u provide link. Thanks.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Moon! Thanks for watching! Absolutely. I love these brushes. They do hold very well in flat and round. They are on the higher end of cheap brushes so they're still relatively affordable except for the really large sizes, but from a great brand. It's a Raphaël Kaërell Synthetic Sable Brush short handle flat (22): www.dickblick.com/products/raphael-kaerell-synthetic-sable-brushes/

@moonram2569

5 жыл бұрын

@@JaredCullum Oh, not the flat one, but the round one with which u draw. Looks like its a Jack Richeson one.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

@@moonram2569 Oh yea! You nailed it. It's one of the small rounds from a travel kit I have for my gouache travel stuff. I also have a karrell that size I use to draw at first. Sometimes I just draw with the corner of the large flat. But yea- the little travel kit from Richeson. Great brushes also!

@moonram2569

5 жыл бұрын

@@JaredCullum Thanks for the info and super prompt reply : ) : )

When Gouache dry, cab it be reactivited with water or should it also be ground first like ordinary water paints? Love your work!

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Stefne! It can be reactivated, however, it does not hold together nearly as well as watercolor. Watercolor hardens and stays together where gouache turns chalky and crumbles into bits. I have tried many different ways of getting around this problem but the reality is, I think you're better off pouring a little fresh paint each time. Eventually you get used to not pouring too much and wasting less. But gouache really works best straight out of the tube.

An old VW Bully ...Like we says in Germany, I remember a schoolteacher of mine drove such a bully 42 years ago. Lots of memories with this car. My Question for you : Did you use a Photoreferenze or did you paint it from life? Gretings from Germany Volker

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Volker Paffenholz wow! This one is from a photograph. I usually film the outdoor, in location at a distance you can see that I’m outside. It’s too hard with two small kids to do them all in location right now. :)

👍

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Robert! :)

Great painting! What brand/size is the flat brush with the red/orange handle

@JaredCullum

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's a Raphael Kaerrell brush. 3/4 flat- I think it's the second or so largest you can buy. Dick Blick carries them. they're my favorite synthetics.

Beautiful! What's the brush you are using?

@JaredCullum

4 жыл бұрын

That is a Raphael Kaerell flat brush :) I usually finish with a no. 4-6 round.

Hi Jared! I’m starting out with gouache and I’m a bit scared of going thick because everyone says that it can crack, do you recommend a varnish to finish it?

@JaredCullum

Жыл бұрын

Sorry I’m late to respond. Don’t worry about it cracking on the painting- I mean- gouache isn’t really meant for finished museum quality work. It’s mostly intended for a sketching medium. My friend tiffanie Mang uses it thickly though and I don’t see hers crack on the board. It may depend on the brand too. It certainly cracks and falls apart I’m a palette. Either way- varnishing is a great idea. I use a matte spray varnish. I’ve seen people use wax but I like the spray varnish. It will help UV protect it as well! Good luck!

How do you decide your subjects to paint? I haven't touched my paints in three months and I don't know how to get back into painting with gouache and using my paintbrush. How do you choose?

@JaredCullum

4 жыл бұрын

Sneha Kandoi good question! I have some considerations... shapes- if the value and light is interesting. If the texture of the various objects is interesting. Largely it has more to do with if I just think it will look good. A lot of what I sketch is pretty arbitrary. Make what I can about what I see. I’d recommend keeping it simple at first if you get back into it. Maybe draw things you see to get moving and back into it.

Hi Jared, so i noticed that you did a wash first much like staining a background with watercolors. then i couldn't tell if you wet your brush each time, and mixed a new color or mixed colors straight from the tube piles on your pallet. can you clarify a little your process. I am having trouble and i suspect it might be too much water late in my paintings.

@JaredCullum

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Tuck hi Mark! Yes- I used a lot of water in the initial wash just to get a ground down to build on. I use minimal water from there on out. Any amount of water really breaks down gouache. It’s a finicky medium. That’s the most common issue I see people have.

@marktuck7752

4 жыл бұрын

Jared Loves to Draw hi Jared! Thanks for the advice. This helps alot.

Awesome! Have you ever tried gouache on arches paper? If so do you recommend it?

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Veasey Jackson i have! I hated it hahah it absorbed the moisture and sat weird on it. It wasn’t bad- just didn’t sit on it like I prefer. I like crescent illustration board. It’s my all time favorite for gouache. Cheap too for large board you can cut down. Arches also makes illustration board which is great.

@veaseyj

5 жыл бұрын

Where do you get your sketchbooks bound? And how? Does staples do it?

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Veasey Jackson staples can do it! If you take a stack of paper to a local print shop and ask them to spiral bins it most can do it. I’ve done it with Arches for watercolor sketchbooks. Call a local place and ask if they do spiral binding. They’ll usually just ask if you want metal or plastic. Plastic is cheaper.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

angela14962002 thank you!

Why don't you paint close to the true colors of the photo? Or do you tone down or alter colors for harmonies sake?

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Good question. I don't tend to think I'm that far off in terms of color. That's a complicated thing- because in my experience painting on location I know some elements have more color than a photograph. Photographs crunch the value and the color out of a scene. My main goal is to hang on the system of value first. Color is like third or maybe 4th important to me. So- with that said- I think your guess is right. Because I consider the color harmony and the saturation more important than copying the photograph. I increase or decrease saturation utilizing harmonies of duel compliments to control which areas are more interesting than others. I hope that makes sense. Thanks for your question. It's a good one.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Also- maybe I'm just not great at mixing color hahaha ;)

@claytondupree8746

5 жыл бұрын

I just feel like I struggle when I try to add color to my drawings I can't figure out what I do wrong or how to correct it. I just feel that when I paint there's no depth.

@JaredCullum

5 жыл бұрын

Clayton Dupree i know what you mean. That’s a really difficult transition to make but at least you’ve been working on value which is important. My best advice would be to do master studies and find out how they mixed the colors they mixed to get their results. Wyeth, Sargent etc.. I like to go to the library and get the big print catalogs of their work and then do small mini versions in sketchbooks of their paintings. That helped me a lot.