Gouache Fruit Bowl & Transformer Still Life

[@mindofwatercolor]

Excellent as usual Jared! "I'm focused on getting the major value relationships first" ... listen well people!

[@JaredCullum]

The Mind of Watercolor thanks! That took me a long time to grasp and I still wrestle with it. :)

[@brianashmorestudio]

Awesome!! I always marvel at how much you accomplish with a big flat and its corners. Makes me want to try using one, more. It seems to help with such a nice, loose quality. Love the Transformer, too! I know Homer would have painted one if he had had one. 😁

[@JaredCullum]

Brian Ashmore Studio hahaha that would have been cool to see. I would love to see more sketches of mundane stuff from him and others. Wyeth has a bunch of big really cool sketches of mundane simple stuff. No transformers though hahaha

[@CoreFineArt]

How do you feel about those short handle Richeson brushes? I'm not sure if it's just me but I feel like they don't hold paint very well. I like the longer handle Gray Matters ones though. Have a couple of flats for acrylics and watercolour rounds that I use for everything.

[@JaredCullum]

In a pinch I like them but I almost always reach for the karells which are my favorite. They’re Raphael and pretty cheap. Those gray matter brushes are great! I use their oil painting brushes. I agree though.

[@CoreFineArt]

@@JaredCullum I'll have to check the Karells out sometime.

[@SteveAtkinsonFineArt]

Awesome sketch and teaching video Jared! Augh, getting sucked into the details too early is such a big challenge for me, thanks for letting me know I'm not alone, lol! What a tremendous challenge that transformer toy is, and from watching this sketch, I learned a lot on how to paint something that complicated with gouache. Thanks!

[@JaredCullum]

Draw Paint Repeat thanks! It was fun. Ever since your last video I’ve been wanting to get a Montana point hat for Plein air painting haha Brian and I have a joke that Sargent got his power from cool hats because there are so many photos of him in the field with big fancy hats. :)

[@mindofwatercolor]

@@JaredCullum Thats actually Steve's super power, wearing a western hat to perfection! True story!

[@SteveAtkinsonFineArt]

@@JaredCullum haahaha, I get it, and the montana peak hat is one of the coolest. I'd love to see you wearing that sucker around Pittsburgh, lol! Thanks buddy =0)

[@JaredCullum]

Draw Paint Repeat as long as it had a huge yellow P on it, or the Steelers logo people wouldn’t mind hahha

[@SteveAtkinsonFineArt]

@@JaredCullum True dat!

[@stephanieribeiro3298]

Awesome! I'm learning a lot by wacthing your videos, mainly about values and lighting. Thanks for posting!

[@JaredCullum]

Stephanie Ribeiro thank you! Thanks for watching

[@DannySabraArt]

Awesome painting Jared! I echo Brian's comment, it's crazy what you get done with a big flat! It would be interesting to see you work with a round brush or filbert, just to see how it changed up the look of you work. Great job!

[@jenna2431]

Good stuff, Jared! I really need to double-down on the value relationships, matching values and all that. I'm usually trying to push them at the end, instead of at the start. They just look at me at that point and say "What in the world do you think you're doing?" LOL!!

[@JaredCullum]

Jenna Caruthers haha I know how that goes. I have to remind myself to focus on it. It helped me a lot t work black as white for a while because then you don’t have a choice. :)

[@rebeccapage4411]

As a mom of two college aged sons, this still life was a tear jerker /smile maker.

[@JaredCullum]

Rebecca Page that’s so sweet :) Thanks for watching!

[@blackcat138]

I loved your video Jared. I like gouache too but I still have a long way to master it, so is gouache your favourite medium? Also, do you paint digitally as well?

[@JaredCullum]

Thank you. I love gouache. It is not my favorite. My primary medium is watercolor for all my illustration and personal work. I ended up doing more gouache videos because people request it much much more than watercolor. :)

[@blackcat138]

@@JaredCullum gouache is all the rage right now.

[@JaredCullum]

blackcat138 seems like it :)

[@essietangle9931]

Thank you for talking us through the steps. I will bet your son will enjoy seeing the transformer in the painting.

[@JaredCullum]

Essie Tangle haha yea it always cracks him up to see stuff he’s familiar with.

[@essietangle9931]

Jared Loves to Draw I should have added, unless its yours😲, have a great weekend and thank you for sharing your work.

[@JaredCullum]

Essie Tangle hah! :)

[@nmonteiro7144]

Excellent as always. 😊

[@JaredCullum]

N Monteiro thank you!