Mike Hernandez Gouache Demo at Carmel Visual Arts

[@Seven-by2gg]

Some people can paint and some can teach, Mike Hernandez does both beautifully.

[@elisewarren9647]

I took a class with Mike. One of the most life-changing experiences I've ever had in my art journey. Such an amazing guy and amazing teacher :)

[@tschuhster]

I learned so much from this demo that I think I need to go back and watch a second time. And kudos for the camera work, being able to see him mix his paints. Bummer that it cut off before that last splash!

[@lindazorich6734]

Thank you for offering the Carmel Visual Arts on KZbin and having this amazing artist demonstrate his work. He not only brings a history working knowledge but also is quite articulate and gave us so much during this video. Thank you

[@MrMjp58]

A brilliant painting and exposition. My [only?] fascination in art has always been the 'translation' of visible elements in the world into painted form. Superb demo. Thanks.

[@csxanatos653]

I knew Mike when he was part of the infamous Thee Fashionable Ones . Good to see his art is still a major part of his life. His talent always blew me away.

[@devinmichaelroberts9954]

Definitely the best demo on here.. great work because he doesn't rely on a gimmick technique. Just good old using whatever works to manipulate that paint!

[@karenklauber7322]

Fabulous, Thank You. I waited 1 hour 35 minutes and never saw the splash!!! Darn!

[@anca5480]

Wow, amazing. One of the best artists working with gouache! 👏👏

[@rossmcleod7983]

Fantastic tutorial, many thanks.

[@magalysuarez3233]

Excelent class! Thanks

[@mathewsarts]

This is awesome! Thank you so much for making this available on KZbin. Just discovered Mike's work recently and love it! Very talented dude.

[@yancowles]

This is wonderful to watch, thanks so much for posting. I came across Mike's work recently and it's fantastic to get an insight into his process.

[@deborahmeyers7839]

I'm a watercolourist... Your artwork and energy and easy conversions is very informative thank you love your attitude

[@leslienewman2052]

This was excellent he’s such a great teacher!

[@gracefawcett6521]

this is a gorgeous painting!! I love Mike`s explanation of technique and colour mixing! thank you!

[@Carmelvisualarts]

Thanks for your comments Grace. I whole-heartedly agree with them. Rich

[@volkerpaffenholz4157]

If you see Mike working at the easle, you know which long way you have to go.And that you still have to learn so much.Congrats

[@tjpaintfilms]

A real treat Mike, thank you guys!

[@Lauragld]

Thanks so much for this wonderful video....to watch you work from beginning to end is so valuable....thanks so so much for including your color mixing!!!! So much information...so helpful....thank you :)

[@Carmelvisualarts]

We are glad you enjoyed the demo Laura. Keep painting!

[@CulturedGem]

So glad I found this site. Will look into your workshops.

[@Carmelvisualarts]

Thanks Nancy, We have a lot of workshops still to come. Check the list out at www.carmelvisualarts.com/workshops/ - We hope to see you soon.

[@borealiswan2363]

Really awesome demo! Thanks for profuse, informative commentary. If you see an elephant shape in the inspiration material, would you also put the elephant in the final painting or would you make sure there's no elephant shape in your work ? Thanks

[@obikenobi1906]

Excellent commentary while painting. While personally I do not use much gouache this is very engaging and informative. Thank you :)

[@JaredCullum]

Huge fan! Thank you so much for putting this out there.

[@randominternetuser2]

This is such a great demo, thank you. Just wish the higher quality camera was used on the painting instead of the palette

[@milicaaa]

amazing, so talented 👏

[@isabellefoubert785]

C'est super merci j'aimerais savoir quelles couleurs vous avez utilisées merci isabelle

[@juliawhite7938]

Excellent

[@slendermike3206]

was that tim hecker in the background?!!!!

[@mariaholvoegouras936]

Thank you for sharing this priceless demo! Not sure questions can get answered in this forum....would however love to know the name of the easel /and box - I have never seen this system. :) :) Maria

[@Cabingirlandrandomcrap]

It’s a Strada easel. Very light weight and sturdy. Top of the line.

[@mariaholvoegouras936]

@@Cabingirlandrandomcrap Thank you! :)

[@jillrobbins4488]

Beautiful painting. Thank you so much for sharing your process! Can you tell me what colors are on your palette? Thanks

[@karenthompson9906]

Mikes brush strokes distinguish his paintings from other artist. what kind of brush is using- soft or stiff? Also if you could angle the camera so his hand is not in front of the painting as he makes his strokes- thank you for featuring mike.

[@essietangle9931]

Mike, do you ever paint on paper? If so what do you prefer? Very helpful on not going too large on the size of the painting and starting out with wetting the background. (Among many other hints as you painted) Thank you all for the video!

[@sararosa5436]

Wonderful👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@rhondamann3616]

I was wondering what your pallet colors are and what brushes you use. Especially the one you use fro the drawing at the beginning. Thanks for the great video

[@suzbart2084]

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[@callmedeno]

Does anyone know what type of brushes he uses or are best for guoache? nylon, stiff?

[@riversidedesigner1358]

I don't know what he used but the thicker you want to use the gouache, the firmer the brush needs to be, so for when you want to blend a "cream" mix in the oil painting style, firm helps. But (I'm new to this) having some soft brushes on hand in case you will be painting a thinnish color over a dried area can help prevent the lower layer color from reactivating and mixing into your new color if you don't want it to.

[@samseadragonsoda7567]

For the flats he was using the red handled Princeton Snaps, which have orange synthetic bristles, and I believe a Princeton Select for the round, also a synthetic. Both brushes lean mostly on the soft side with a little bit of springiness. They're both pretty fluffy in terms of the amount of bristles as well. I find both types are pretty nice for gouache, because they can handle both very wet and slightly thicker paint well. They're not the best with really cakey, dry brush techniques so it can help to keep a stiffer brush too.

[@riversidedesigner1358]

P.S. I've been using Blick Masterstroke Golden Taklon chisel blenders, which have a super sharp fine edge but are little flats, and a Silver Ruby Satin angular brush, for my main brushes. All are firm and synthetic with a great edge. For small rounds, what used to be called Blick Master Synthetic (I think that's now Synthetic something--maybe Synthetic Mongoose?). The chisel blenders are great for fading one color into another.

[@suzbart2084]

Gaa! The end was cut before he added the splash!

[@AshaJacobb]

This is nice

[@reneekroyer5104]

What exactly IS gouache? Is it a watercolor? Is it an acrylic paint? Can you paint with pastels over it? Thank you.

[@nestingbirdcreations]

Renee, I think of gouache as opaque watercolor. Having said that, it can be thinned with lots of water and used just like watercolor (more transparent) or you can use just enough water to get it to move and it will be opaque. It dries matte. I use it for sketching ideas and color studies before painting larger in oils because it lets me paint thin or thick, transparent or opaque. If you want to try out gouache, you can just buy a tube of artist grade white gouache and use it with your regular watercolors to have whatever gouache color you want! After it dries on your painting, regular gouache can be altered by simply rewetting it, much like watercolor. So be careful when layering/glazing. There is also something called acrylgouache or acryla gouache (something like that) that is permanent once dried, like acrylic. That makes layering easier, but it brings its own issues. As far as painting pastels over gouache, if you use it thinly like watercolors for underpainting on a sanded surface, you could probably still layer pastel on top. I don’t think it would work well if used opaquely, though I have not tried it. Hope this helps!

[@reneekroyer5104]

@@nestingbirdcreations Thank you for your answer; it was very helpful!

[@houda6810]

ماشاء الله 👍🏻

[@johnwalters978]

Why Gouache?

[@TonyBraun]

OMG......how could anyone thumb this down?

[@katrinweigel3796]

BEasutiful. I just think, he should have separated from the photo at some point …