Gouache Sketchbook Painting Time Lapse - Evening Clouds

[@expressocean9874]

Oh my gouache!!!

[@usimortis1940]

Thank you for showing the difference between painting and photography. This is art. Brush strokes and colors, no need to be "perfect" or hyperealistic.

[@forl1820]

I'm an art student, and thanks a lot for sharing your works!

[@wrenflower3320]

this is so beautiful! I love pink clouds so much, it always blows me away when I'm looking out my window in the evening and there's so many colours in the sky.

[@LenaRivo]

I feel the same when I see pink clouds! I saw this cloud and painted it from my kitchen window :) Later, I use the sketch to make this demo.

[@gloobnord]

There's always one thing that I dig about your work and that's your mastery of light. Doesn't matter the subject matter it's always about light for you it seems. Also dig the incredibly lose style on these gouache sketches. Thanks.

[@LenaRivo]

gloobnord Thanks Will! You are right, it is always about light!

[@expressocean9874]

Oh my gouache. Very nice painting, and i like your style.

[@LenaRivo]

Jeremy Golding 😁 thank you, Jeremy.

[@junovhs4646]

Your “painting people” gouache videos is one of my favorites, I was SO excited to see a new gouache video from you! Really beautiful work

[@LenaRivo]

Than I have a good news for you! In the next video I will be painting people again. The video will be live very soon ;)

[@squishyfuncharms123]

the peachy and purple clouds are cute and complements each other ☺️

[@neilmcvicar5210]

Great video, it's always a treat to see someone using gouache so skillfully. Looking forward to your next one..

[@matsamnicfam]

Love your work, i think your work is like modern impressionism...

[@theponderingpilgrim4342]

A fantastic painting Lena. The evening tones and colours are very rich and vivid

[@HeyFernance91]

So good! I love the moment when it all starts to come together, the colours in this are amazing 😍

[@DennisTysonPleinAir]

Great demonstration! It was cool to see the development from that starting color

[@LenaRivo]

Thank you Dennis! I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@wastedpaint8281]

i would love to see more gouache videos

[@brianpan6453]

Quite nice. I love the detail work on the bottom!

[@shatterstar8733]

Your painting made me feel nostalgic! Brought back some memory's from child-hood thank you great work!

[@defdac]

Love it so much. Reminds me of long summer travels looking out the car window.

[@lou-xr5rz]

god… that is the definition of _exquisite._ beautiful work - it reminds me of the reason i love art, because of how beautiful it makes this chaotic world seem

[@LenaRivo]

lou thank you so much!

[@melloroom7510]

She struggled with those clouds for so long, (I'm also a painter, so I can tell). good hustle!

[@LenaRivo]

Ooooh, absolutely... It often happens with gouache as it dries darker: I can repaint the same area for 10 times before getting to the right value and color :D

[@asiax3160]

This is beautiful. I just started using gouache. Your demo makes me want to practice today. Thank you!

[@JessicaCinNY]

Beautiful job, Lena! I'm so glad you posted another gouache video and hope you'll do more soon. Would love to see you do some flowers. I'd also be interested in seeing you mixing your paints and how much water you add to them with your brush. It's hard to tell from this video. So glad to see you back on KZbin!

[@LenaRivo]

Hi Jessica, I promise I will paint some flowers for you in one of my next demonstrations ;) As to the color mixing. Unfortunately I cant include my mixing tray into the frame as it takes too much space and the painting would be too small. I have to make a video on it... but it for sure will take some time. In general, the fist rule for mixing gouache colors is - gouache has to stay opaque. My mixtures usually have a not-very-thick butter cream consistence (like in the first brushstrokes in this video). They are never too fluid. If you feel you are messing water around the tray, then you probably have either to add more of the needed color into the mixture or more white paint (permanent white). Sometimes I dont add water at all. Paint has to be manageable, but opaque. Some colors are fluid enough to use them right from the tubes. I hope it helps.

[@JessicaCinNY]

Thank you, that does help. Looking forward to your next video! :)

[@eddiegalon3714]

exquisite Lena. Love it. You could easily paint this on a large canvas and sell for a lot of $$$. Love your palette and brush work as well. xxx

[@LenaRivo]

Thank you, Eddie! I will think about it :D

[@junathan9]

Love your color palettes! Thanks for sharing! So inspired!

[@garystephens9507]

Beautifull work Lena thanks for sharing and inspiring

[@kayceruleanne8096]

I really want to see the palette while you were mixing paints.

[@borderlands6606]

I always considered gouache too flat and lifeless, but you get some lovely subtle effects.

[@khart1825]

Gorgeous!

[@oscarliu5012]

been waiting for this for a long time

[@franceswilcock2889]

Thanks Lena. Very interesting video! I tried to do my own version of your clouds but had great problems with my whites/paler colours ‘sinking in’. I had been attracted to gouache because of its supposed opacity and a friend gave me some old ones to try. The tube of W&N permanent white was a little dried up and hard to get out of the tube but seemed to rewet to a reasonable consistency. However it wouldn’t cover any darker passages. When I bought a new tube of permanent white the consistency was much better, the problem disappeared and I got a good opaque coverage where needed. So a message to those watching - don’t use old paint! I suspect this is the reason many people don’t get on with gouache.

[@LenaRivo]

Thank you, Frances. You are right. I wouldn't use cheap brands for the same reason. They are much harder to work with...

[@cris.sandman4599]

The winser and Newton gouche I bought doesn't get to that consistency even if I add a little bit of water :( did I get defective ones from Amazon?

[@TheLord_MyShepherd]

Cris, try 50% water to paint. Generally you are supposed to add water... Play around with ratios till you find what you like... Use more water for your underpainting then get thicker (less water) as you build up your layers. Generally you paint light colours over dark with gouache. 👍 also w & n are a good brand but the make their gouache specifically for designers not fine artists. I prefer schminke or Daniel Smith or M Graham for this kind of painting but don't waste your Windsor & newton!! Still great. Hope that helps. Kind regards. 😉

[@nickydavis9308]

Love your choice of colours. A very successful painting. How do you keep your gouache paintings safe from reactivation when on display e.g. accidental water droplet. Do you varnish or display behind glass like water colours?

[@LenaRivo]

Nicola Crook Thank you! I always frame my gouache paintings behind glass. I do not varnish them.

[@nickydavis9308]

Lena Rivo thank you for replying so quickly and with good advice, much appreciated 😊

[@JeepinReefer406]

Beautifully done!

[@clay078]

So pretty!

[@ElizavetaSmirnovaArt]

I love your style with gouache!! And would really like to learn it myself! Could you maybe film a short tutorial for your technique one day? Or maybe you know some tutorials which can explain a similar style? Thanks in advance!!:)

[@LenaRivo]

Elizaveta Smirnova thank you! I am working on a short tutorial on gouache right now. It will take some time to shoot everything, but the tutorial will eventually appear here 😁

[@SkyeArtist]

beautiful video, always good to see other artists work :)

[@crystalclear4414]

your art never cease to take my breathe away! I always wondered if you made all the colors ahead of time and just reactivated with water when you needed them? Or do you remix a color every single time?

[@LenaRivo]

Hi Crystal! Than you! I am glad to hear that! I mix every color right before applying it to the paper. I have been working on a gouache tutorial in which I will explain how I work in detail ;)

[@richardpearson2999]

Beautiful work! Could you tell me what paper you are working on?

[@righttoleftrepeat]

Hi, I’ve always used normal acrylics and recently started on gauche and felt like the latter seemed to darken in color as it dried more so than acrylics. It was also a pain in the ass since I am a super slow painter, and the paint on my palette would also start to darken to a point where I couldn’t tell how to mix to it’s original pigment. The skin I was painting became patches of dark strokes that seemed to appear out of nowhere... I would very much appreciate it if you could give me some tips. You seem so comfortable using gauche, I wish I could paint like that ☹

[@LenaRivo]

Yes, I know what you mean. Painting with gouache is a bit tricky :) I always mix my mid tone and light value colors (not the dark ones) a bit lighter and more saturated than they suppose to be. It results in right values and saturation of the colors when the paint has dried.

[@righttoleftrepeat]

I guess I’m being impatient to get things done the way I’m used to with acrylics. Thank you so much for the reply! More practice and hopefully I’ll get a hang of adjusting the lightness/saturation.

[@LenaRivo]

Yes, patience is what you need working with gouache! To me painting with oils is much more easy that with gouache, because of absence of that color shift.. But the velvet-like finish of gouache is worth the suffering :D

[@burnts1enna]

This is lovely! Why don’t more artists paint in gouache? It doesn’t seem to be a popular medium but it can produce very appealing paintings.

[@LenaRivo]

Thank you, I am glad you liked the painting! You are right, it can produce really strong paintings with a color harmony that I, for instance, cant achieve with oils..

[@MerrittW]

I agree with you. Gouache has always been the medium for traditional graphic designers etc, I have noticed over the past 2-3 years its making a huge comeback to not only designers but also good fine artists this had to happen its such a great medium. I am so happy to see this revival Lena, I use it with water colours you can see this on my site www.merrittwatson.com.au

[@JohnWolffPortraits]

A very nice demo! Can you tell me the names of the music tracks? I would like to get them for myself.Thanks

[@LenaRivo]

Thank you, John. I am afraid I cant. I got all of them on Epidemic Sound without paying much attention to their names.

[@sooart5333]

Beautiful~!! Thanks for sharing

[@Avalon1951]

What was the name of the music you used, I just need the title of the song:)?

[@aynapaisley]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing :)

[@SykesFW]

What kind of sketchbook are you using, paper weight and so forth

[@LenaRivo]

Madd Hatter Saunders Waterford NOT 140lbs

[@zahrahdilmahomed8380]

Beautiful....

[@MerrittW]

Smiles @ Lena's painting, another thumbs up from me, wonderful colours & construction, hopes your going to sell reproductions of these perfect for small frames or cards etc.

[@LenaRivo]

Merritt thank you! I am glad you like them! I do sell reproductions (giclee prints) of these at lenarivo.com ;)

[@saundrayork767]

Excellent.

[@TheJohnnyMiner]

somehow I liked it more before you removed the tape lol very nice work!

[@tamijacque8335]

Lena, I have been working to try and get that lightest peach like color you have in the top of the cloud and just seem to be off, not getting that pop. I combine the orange with some zinc white and it immediately drops the saturation making it dull by comparison to what I see in the above painting. Any thoughts that I should be thinking about? Thanks~

[@LenaRivo]

Tami, I struggled with this painting too. The entire painting turned out to be pale/washed out. It looks better in the video. This is not the best example of how to paint an evening sky. Among my “pleinairpril” paintings there are two with evening skies. I think colors are truer in them.

[@JosueWithContext]

Great work... and good video quick question where did you get the music for your video?

[@LenaRivo]

Thank you! The music is from Epidemic Sound ;)

[@tammyscoop7037]

This is so beautiful and I absolutely enjoyed watching your process. What kind of tape do you use? Mine keep ripping my paper :(

[@LenaRivo]

Tammy Scoop thank you! I use Protapes tape. It rips the paper too.. I use it only when I film the process because it is the same color as my paper. Otherwise I use a cheap yellow low tack masking tape that works great.

[@tammyscoop7037]

Thank you Lena! I will make sure my tape is less tacky.

[@usimortis1940]

You can also use paper tape or masking tape as said above. Stick the tape once on the top of your hand and remove then stick it to your paper. This process removes excess glue (and removes some of your hand hair, ouch).

[@abdillahazhar1833]

"Let's paint some clouds!" "Yeay!" "Let's start with this pale orange color!" "What...???" And no white colors are actually seen on the clouds. Anyway, THAT's why gouache is an awesome medium. You can explore freely and do the unexpected. Thank you for sharing this. This is beautiful! On another note, I have trouble in blending colors with gouache. Can you kindly share some advice? Thank you in advanced. 😃

[@LenaRivo]

Abdillah Azhar 😆 white colors in the evening clouds?! What?! You won’t find any white in the evening sky. Only muted warm and cool colors. Even painting a noon cloud no pure white can be used because clouds are too far from our eyes and their color is always affected by the distance.

[@LenaRivo]

Abdillah Azhar I don’t have any troubles in mixing colors with gouache. After drying light colors become much darker, that’s true, but it just takes some time to get used to mix all the light colors a bit lighter.

[@shatterstar8733]

Also what kind of book are you painting in? The brand and name if you can please! Thank you.

[@LenaRivo]

Christopher layne it is Saunders Waterford fat pad NOT 140lbs ;)

[@shatterstar8733]

+Lena Rivo Thank you very much for the info!/keep up the great paintings!

[@LenaRivo]

Christopher layne thank you, Christopher! :)

[@saundrayork767]

Thank you!

[@ik3912]

Great. Color balance, how to choose colors, And freshness not drawn in detail. I was fascinated.

[@henryfawell3349]

Thank you for sharing you work. Do you typically let the gouache dry before applying a shade color on top of it or apply on top when as it’s till wet?

[@LenaRivo]

It depends, Henry. If I want to create a smooth transition of colors inside an area then I keep applying different shades while the previous ones are still wet. But if something is wrong with the color of an area, for example if I see that it has started drying into a darker value than I need it to be (to me it happens only when I work with gouache) then I wait a few minutes until the spot is almost completely dry and apply a lighter version of the color over it.

[@henryfawell3349]

Thank you, Lena! I have been transitioning from watercolor to gouache and fascinated by the differences, including how best to layer and the need to generally load more pigment on the brush than watercolor (especially with clouds). Your videos have been educational and enjoyable. Thank you!

[@LenaRivo]

Thank you, Henry! I am glad you enjoyed the videos. Yes, gouache has more in common with oil or acrylic than with watercolor.. Being an opaque medium it requires a completely different approach.

[@kanamichelle7404]

Another beautiful painting and fascinating to watch. Do you mind me asking what brand(s) of gouache you use? And also, what sketchbook?

[@LenaRivo]

Kana Michelle thank you, Kana. I use W&N and Holbein gouache. The sketchbook is Saunders Waterford fat pad, 140lbs paper ;)

[@kanamichelle7404]

Thank you, Lena!

[@thepochade5992]

Hi Lena, did you mix these colours or do you have a large range of premixed tube colours ? Also.. what brand of gouache are you using on this lovely piece ? Thanks 😊

[@LenaRivo]

Hi April! I use a palette of 24 colors of Winsor and Newton Designers gouache. You can learn more about the colors I use on my blog here: lenarivo.blogspot.pt/2016/09/my-palette.html I use the same selection of colors with oils and gouache. You can see how I mix them (maybe not close enough ) in any of my real time plein air demos.

[@thepochade5992]

Lena Rivo... Thanks for such a thorough reply and I really appreciate the link 😊👍

[@majj2370]

this is so beautiful! everytime i try to do an impressionistic piece with gouache, the colours seem to merge together and act more like watercolour than acrylic, even if i use water only to dampen my brush? any tips?

[@LenaRivo]

I am not sure.. I wipe off any excess of water using a paper towel every time I wash my brush so that the paint stays creamy and not to watery like watercolor. I also always start my paintings by blocking the largest shapes of the composition; thus the colors have some time to dry and when I lay a new layer on top of them they do not mix together..

[@majj2370]

thats probably it, my paints are probabaly too wet haha. thanks for the fast reply i really appreciate it!!

[@LenaRivo]

Probably yes. I have found it difficult to work with some brands of gouache (like Sennelier for example). Maybe because they were too watery/wet/diluted. If it is the case you could buy a tube of high quality permanent white gouache and try again because white paint matters the most. If your white is thick your mixture will most likely be creamy and more opaque (it applies to acrylics and oil colors as well). Most of my gouache colors are transparent so it is really white that gives body to my colors ;)

[@majj2370]

Lena Rivo ahhh i see!! I use the Winsor and newton brand, specifically these ones www.therange.co.uk/hobbies-crafts/art-supplies/art-sets/mixed-media/winsor-and-newton-designers-gouache-sets . do you think if i mixed the white acrylic with my white gouache that would make a difference? Love ya!

[@LenaRivo]

Oh, but WN designers gouache is great. I painted the painting above using it only. So seems like you just have to play with it a bit, without trying to make a painting, just looking for a perfect creamy consistency. Do not mix acrylics with gouache! If you used acrylic gouache then it would be ok, but mixing traditional gouache with acrylics isn't right. I am sure about that :) Having said that, nothing terrible will happen if you do :D

[@amandaluz77]

What references do you use for your gouache paintings?

[@LenaRivo]

Amanda a Sketches done from life and photos taken with my phone. Sometimes it is just a digital sketch done on the ipad. I never use photographs as a single reference for painting.

[@amandaluz77]

Thanks a lot!

[@franciscoreygonzalez9908]

Oh!.

[@MohanKumar-jo3tc]

Hi v amazing

[@kyyylerz]

Why do you use gouache if it was acrylic??, like the way you paint with gouache is similar to how people paint with acrylic.. You don't really seem to blend the colors together (Like you would when using watercolor) which is confusing for me

[@LenaRivo]

Goulash :3C I have been an oil painter for years so I keep approaching every new medium as if it was oil :) and, as I feel, gouache is much closer by its behavior to oil or acrylics than to watercolors.

[@ClaudioAlessandri]

Absolutely wonderful! Congratulations! I hope you like my channel!

[@richardpearson2999]

Beautiful work! Could you tell me what paper you are working on?

[@LenaRivo]

Richard Pearson Thank you, Richard! It is Saunders Waterford NOT paper fat pad. My absolute favorite ❤️