Witness The Stunning Effects Of Mixing Gouache Paint With Soft Pastel - Love the Results!

[@monetcafe]

Did you like this lesson? I love experimenting with different mediums in combination with soft pastel. Give me some suggestions of what type of lessons you'd like to see! ;) 🤩

[@bmac5242]

This turned out great! I would love to see you do huge white peonies with dark background. Sounds random but I know you're going to use some great colorful undertones to bring out the white. I just love the folds and shadows in these flowers. Another I would love to see you try is the Florida ghost orchids. My son challenged me and I had such fun painting them in watercolor. My family has them hanging on walls now. Can't wait to try in pastels.

[@spookyfirst9514]

Did you seal this once it was finished? Do you use a fixative for finished pieces? If so, what would work best?

[@JoeBrann-q6u]

I'd like to see how linseed oil would do with pastels, and I think many others would to

[@annenglish2935]

I love your watercolors!!! 😊❤🎉

[@M33838]

I use gouache with colored pencils but pastel if i touch them the color smudge and disappears

[@Jeannine754]

Fellow Floridian here, native actually :) I always learn something from your tutorials, and this time it was turning the board sideways to make the reflections easier to translate. Many thanks :)

[@monetcafe]

Great to hear! I love sharing these things because I often remember how excited I was to learn a simple art hack. :) We are always learning!

[@TheTimeshadows]

That test piece, the what? poppies? Lovely. Wow, that was so cool. Really shakes up my way of thinking about colour.

[@monetcafe]

Awesome @TheTimeshadows, I appreciate that so much!

[@juliepekarske8302]

I have been using gouache for about a year. Last summer, I was plein air painting with my pastels, and when I applied a fixative, I lost some of my rich sky and other colors from using the fixative. I touched up the areas that had faded with gouache, and the colors were returned with the gouache. Since then, I have been using this technique with success. I enjoyed watching this tutorial because it is a reverse to my technique. Thank you for sharing your wonderful love of pastels.

[@monetcafe]

Oh wow! How sweet of you, @juliepekarske8302! I appreciate your tip so much! God bless you.

[@jennw6809]

I love the final painting! I started in gouache with the Holbein mixing set, which is CYM primaries and black and white, and is about $26 on Amazon. I'm glad you mentioned using dried vs. out of the tube, because a lot of the joy of gouache is the opacity and having a medium that's easy cleanup but can be used like oil or acrylic! However, there are airtight palettes -- which keep it wet, but you do have to be careful to keep it from molding. Sarah Burns also has a method of using a watercolor palette like you're using, but reconstituting it much more fully by spraying it with water several times in the 1/2 hr or so before you use it. Using it frequently also helps. She has great info on both these methods on her channel. One thing that will help with opacity is actually NOT making the puddles like you did - works great for watercolor, but not so well for gouache. Another thing I do sometimes is pour gouache out of the tube, and cover the leftovers with plastic wrap after painting, so that I can use it over the next several days for more paintings. And then of course you could try a sta-wet palette.

[@monetcafe]

Thanks for that input, @jennw6809! I'll have to keep that in mind!

[@gigiartstudiowithartistvir3919]

If I'm working on white papers I use transparent watercolors as my under painting. Gouache is watercolor, just an opaque form of it. I used to use pastels for under paintings but decided it filled the tooth up too much. My favorite paper that allows for endless layers is toned Pastelmat. It's expensive but worth every cent. Happy painting!

[@vickiweiss311]

WOW!!! Haven't attempted this technique, but definitely intrigued.... Simply beautiful 😍

[@rosaliefunk1629]

Very impressionistic! I think you are becoming Monet himself. Thank you. Love what happens on an intensely colored surface. ❤️

[@monetcafe]

Wow, thank you! That's a super awesome comment Rosalie! You're so sweet! I also love the intensity of colors when applied to a colored surface. I love the Colourfix pastel paper.

[@lynneellis2647]

I love the lesson. Thank you for all the great teaching.

[@monetcafe]

You're very welcome! It's so great getting to share my ideas and new painting techniques!

[@DDartlover8888]

I love how you experiment, very inspirational

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much, @DDartlover8888! I'm so glad you liked it! Happy Painting!

[@goli2790]

Susan you are wonderful!❤

[@monetcafe]

Oh thank you!😊

[@herbalannie7707]

I just found you last nite and I am fascinated with your process.

[@monetcafe]

YAY!! Thank you! @herbalannie7707 Comments like this are part of why I do this. I love inspiring others, especially in their art journey! Thank you for your sweet comment!

[@vickygrant3912]

I have been wanting to mention I use marble dust mixed into any acrylic for color background or clear gesso for a sandy surface. It works very well to make your own sanded papers.

[@monetcafe]

Oh wow! How sweet of you, @vickygrant3912! I appreciate your tip so much! God bless you.

[@Calme1918]

Love watching your art come to life. I have gouache and some pastels but the pastel paper over 60$ in Canada, everything is more expensive here. So I stick with watercolor but love your work

[@monetcafe]

Oh wow! That is expensive! You know you can actually make your own pastel surface with watercolor paper. I like to do an underpainting with watercolor (keeping it loose much like in this tutorial) then I apply "Clear" Gesso (which has bits of sand in it for texture), let it dry and then add pastels. Works great.

[@meganesergerie5382]

@@monetcafe Oh, Wow! Thank you for the tip about the clear gesso! I take note of it! I love your work and I find it extremely inspiring to watch the process. Thank you!

[@lindayoung6845]

Lovely work

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much, @lindayoung6845! I'm so glad you liked it!

[@annelloydholden2567]

Thank you Susan. I actually have this set of gouache, so I am excited to try it as an under painting with my pastels. Thank you for introducing another fun under painting technique.

[@monetcafe]

You are so welcome! It's so fun to experiment!

[@creativesolutionsart-h3o]

Hello! I just recently started using gouache paint a lot for a painting class that I’m taking… I have to transport it on the bus and I don’t like a lot of set up time when I get to my class… I use those little paint pot strips that sometimes kids use, to hold the paint and keep it fresh :-) makes it easy to dip into it and put it out on the pallet! I love pastel, and I love gouache so I had to click on your video! I’m really trying to get into landscapes and your work is inspirational :-)

[@monetcafe]

YAY!! Thank you! @creativesolutions902 Comments like this are part of why I do this. I love inspiring others, especially in their art journey! Thank you for your sweet comment!

[@helenhabel1773]

Very beautiful.

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much, @helenhabel1773! I'm so glad you liked it!

[@daniellegibson7299]

Gouash guide. Love your work!

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @daniellegibson7299 color-mastery.com/guide-to-gouache?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0ee-nEHrBiYVWxDnweOOUUaD51c56hviVhESfL0PINO8uWd9jOS7__fMM_aem_AU7_gcOaDFtNNVfrLJziP16uRQBFVihccKDfrOye-NzieLqjE6M-h80bYN-hmdcLSSEwZuJPkh1IMYGlbxHfLTKU

[@karenlavigne1108]

Stunningly Beautiful! Happy Easter Susan

[@monetcafe]

Praise Jesus! Thanks @karenlavigne1108! I can't help but shout praises to my Savior! I hope you had a blessed day!

[@erinaceus]

Beautiful! God Bless and Have a Happy Easter!

[@claowue]

Wieder super gemacht! Danke - und ich freu mich schon auf den nächsten Teil.

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @claowue Vielen Dank fürs Zuschauen! Bleiben Sie dran......

[@DeirdreBaker-zo9gl]

Whoa nice medium ; great composition

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much, @DeirdreBaker-zo9gl! Your comment blessed me.

[@berolinastrassmann]

What a grea idea! Imhave small sets of gouache, as I am trying to lean. Ixing rather than have tons of colours. I got the Holbein starter set of 6 andam delighted! They are super opaque and travel fast. I havent used them with pastels so far...so thanks for the inspiration.

[@monetcafe]

Wonderful! And thanks for that info about the Holbein set! Now I've gotta get some!!

[@berolinastrassmann]

You will love the set. I went for the smallest one of 6 soni could motivate myself to mix. It is easy to get overwhelmed by an abundance of colours. They are creamy and opaque. I use them from the tubes, rather than from dry pans. Hope you like them. I loved this video and am ready to experiment with gouache now@@monetcafe

[@cinnie2543]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much!!

[@sujatakonjengbam7107]

Thank you so much 😊. I've learnt so much from your videos. You are the best art teacher. God bless.🎉

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much 😀

[@sterlingsiam]

The brush is called a Hake brush (pronounched ha-keh). Japanese brush, or Hake, has a long history with first records from the “Wamyō Ruijushō,” a document written in 923 AD during the Heian Period, and was made of millet plants to paint lacquer on bow and arrows and bowls.

[@monetcafe]

Awesome @sterlingsiam, I appreciate that so much!

[@cobaltbluearts]

I think that you have given an absolutely brilliant exhibition of how to create superb mixed media arts with these media. I was inspired enough to buy some pastels and pastel card. At the least it gives me a fighting chance of breaking my addiction to watercolours :)

[@monetcafe]

Hi, @cobaltbluearts. Here is a list in my Amazon Shop of some pastel painting products I recommend for beginner pastel artists. Happy Painting! www.amazon.com/shop/monetcafewithartistsusanjenkins/list/2NY2AMTL7D050?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_list_d

[@cobaltbluearts]

@@monetcafe thanks but I've already bought some.

[@jamesgowen4781]

Hi..I use a small bottle that has a point so I can distribute a couple of drops of clean water to my gouache palette before painting to reconstitute the paint.. and also to make it more creamy when I push it out in the half pan. After applying a couple of drops of water to the gouache paint.. sometimes I use more than a couple of drops..... I let it sit for a few minutes and it is ready to go. Gouache is opaque watercolor. The opacity comes from the pigment or an opaquing agent like chalk. If using professional paints it will be the pigment that makes it opaque. I don't dilute further than a milk consistency because of "white-ing out" meaning you will have a white spot and it won't accept color because the tooth is lost.

[@stampinturtles]

My friend gave me that 60 color set. I love playing with it and making mixed media. Thx for sharing your art with us.

[@monetcafe]

You are so welcome! Have fun!

[@meinradgabriela]

Beautiful !!

[@juicebox86]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@monetcafe]

My pleasure!!

[@ladonnabaroni7986]

GOUACHE GUIDE I love working with gouache and now I’m excited to try it with pastels.

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @ladonnabaroni7986 color-mastery.com/guide-to-gouache?fbclid=IwAR39wMFiXHGwBoKcqdSNA1ow3rFpD_cluVxzwGox_Dr4f4W1PXt3ZDXFoEo_aem_AfCvfRK7k59TxrbCxVfxlE_PEjjcZCxCjHfEHthZoi6AVrk32ew7y4mGx_-AaQZc5upS3UJ7S4Uwc6R9nkl9IkCt

[@leaott296]

Gorgeous

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much!

[@sreedevi92]

Gorgeous ❤

[@monetcafe]

Thank you! 😊

[@vanniekerkjohannes5568]

Beautiful 💞👌

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much, @vanniekerkjohannes5568! I'm so glad you liked it!

[@sylviawoolridge6524]

Thanks once again I have a all green photo gonna try this method

[@monetcafe]

Have fun! Yippee!!

[@paulawilliams9645]

Thank you. I find pastels very tricky so will definitely try underlining with gouache.

[@monetcafe]

YAY!! Thank you! @paulawilliams9645 Comments like this are part of why I do this. I love inspiring others, especially in their art journey! Thank you for your sweet comment!

[@kathyhall668]

Very fun!

[@monetcafe]

Yes!! that’s what I thought too!

[@adrinacherie3446]

I had a soul-gasm when you said the pallet could be rehydrated 😂🎉

[@baldwinleatherworks]

I don't have a fine art channel, but I do paint and sometimes sell my work. Please Be cautious with using Gouache on original works you are going to sell. Traditional Gouache is not light fast. Arteza is notorious for fading when your artwork is displayed. I have test swatches of their Gouache and watercolors that severely faded within 6 months of light exposure. I would never use Gouache on an original piece of my work that I am selling or what I would display. If you want to do a Gouache like underpainting I recommend you use a professional brand of watercolor like Windsor & Newton professional watercolor or Daniel Smith Watercolors and mix it with a Holbein or similar professional brand gouache titanium or zinc white to get your color. they will stand up to the light this way. This is what I do if I want to work in Gouache and not keep it in a sketchbook. Hope this is of some help. I'm not trying to rain on your parade,

[@monetcafe]

Thanks for that.... I actually recommended using Winsor Newton gouache in the description of my video. I didn't even give the arteza link. I appreciate your experience with this. :)

[@baldwinleatherworks]

i love your channel have watched since the beginning. I'm awe of your work.@@monetcafe

[@b.comeau2597]

Oh my goodness, thanks for the suggestions regarding Arteza Gouache as I began using that brand and fell in love with it and now have Holbein and DanielSmith. Are these Gouache brands lightfast?

[@rantonerik]

@@b.comeau2597yes, depending on the specific pigment(s) used. Daniel Smith and Holbein gouaches have lightfastness ratings on each tube.

[@karinchristensen220]

On a similar note, I know an artist who thinned acrylic paint with water and painted on unprimed canvas. I tried to tell her that she needed some kind of binder but she didn't listen. She sold the big abstract paintings for a good price. Not very long after the paint started to flake and literally fall off the canvas.

[@lerakogan]

So interesting! Thank you for sharing this technique! I'm so surprised Gouache is not that popular in the US. In Russia we all used gouache in junior school for art classes. (all public schools, not some fancy special schools)

[@agold1702]

Interesting ❤

[@monetcafe]

Glad you think so!

[@ThePaintingPlayground]

Hey! I loved your video, super cool and informative! I just tried soft pastels the other day and my question is: what to do with all the dust? 😅🙈

[@momnnita]

It very well done. I love it and gonna need to buy some guashe!😂

[@momnnita]

Have a blessed Holy week Susan✝️🕊

[@monetcafe]

Awww.... bless you!!@@momnnita The resurrection of Christ is EVERYTHING!!

[@petrajimenez7323]

Wonderful painting ! I would try it . Thank you and God bless you .

[@momnnita]

@@monetcafe Allelujah!Resurrection Glory ! Amen Thank you Susan!

[@valeriegehling4358]

Could I use gouache on Cansons mi- Teintes? Very interesting to underpaint first. Thanks

[@monetcafe]

Yes, absolutely

[@valeriegehling4358]

@@monetcafe Thanks for reply.

[@lesyashulga9341]

Dear Susan, I haven't watched your videos for a long time. We haven't had electricity for few months and I have done some volunteering projects. Now I get depressed and stopped painting again. I feel destructed because of pain in my spine. I still limited in movement Every time when I walk some longer I have spasms and pain. And I have doubts wether I will be able to move freely as I could before. But I use this pause to scope inside my wish and feelings to work them out. Thanks for your kind words and prayers ❤️🙏

[@monetcafe]

Praise Jesus! @lesyashulga9341! I can't help but shout praises to my Savior! Sending prayers up to our Father for healing for your body and soul. Bless you! Thank you for watching. I pray better days for you are ahead for you!

[@lesyashulga9341]

@@monetcafe Thank you

[@MissDeeDickson]

Hi Susan it's a hake brush! 😊 I'm pretty sure 😮😅it is anyway?! I love this free video ❤ One of these days I'll rejoin. Take care 😊❤

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @MissDeeDickson Thanks so much!! Bless you!

[@RaquelliBee]

I'm a watercolor and gouche artist. And you're right you don't need 60 colors. I bought this set and pulled 6 colors for my main pallete (red Scarlet, burnt sienna, Prussian Blue, sap green, violet, bubble bee yellow, white) Basically the primaries and a green and purple thrown in. I've actually been selecting colors at random in sets of three just to use up the paints and fun experimentation. I probably will never buy this large of a set again.

[@monetcafe]

Exactly! Plus, I find the mixed colors are more exciting. I like to let the colors mix on the surface rather than premixing them to death. The colors are more lively when they blend together on the painting surface.

[@RaquelliBee]

Definitely ❤ and it can be a nice surprise when you mix on the surface. I have have found some of my favorite hues on accident. That I make them on purpose now lol

[@JoeBrann-q6u]

Joe Brann here from Farmville N.C. enjoyed this very much

[@monetcafe]

Glad you enjoyed it! I was born in NC and my entire family tree is from Sylva, NC.... not too far from Cherokee. :)

[@JoeBrann-q6u]

@@monetcafe oh my, we used to go up to Cherokee and Ghost Mountain when I was young, oh such good times

[@marthaharringtonn1382]

I’ve never used gouache but I would like to

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @marthaharringtonn1382 This might help you get started! Happy painting! color-mastery.com/guide-to-gouache?fbclid=IwAR39wMFiXHGwBoKcqdSNA1ow3rFpD_cluVxzwGox_Dr4f4W1PXt3ZDXFoEo_aem_AfCvfRK7k59TxrbCxVfxlE_PEjjcZCxCjHfEHthZoi6AVrk32ew7y4mGx_-AaQZc5upS3UJ7S4Uwc6R9nkl9IkCt

[@jgermano22ify]

Is this being done on watercolor paper?

[@monetcafe]

No, this was actually done on a paper that is called Colourfix. It’s a sanded paper for pastel painting that is water friendly.

[@beanie237]

i quite often use gouache as an underpainting for my pastel wildlife pictures , especially if its a spotty animal

[@b.comeau2597]

It’s a Hake brush I believe!

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @b.comeau2597 Thank you!

[@lindadahl4642]

When you say that you are using soft pastels, are these oil or chalk? Those are the only ones I know about!

[@monetcafe]

Hi,@KazTricks, I only use soft pastels, not oil pastels. I love their vibrancy and ability to layer. They have a chalky texture... sort of... hope that helps! Happy Painting!

[@ElhaMmHosseInzadeH]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much, @WorldOfEli1984! I'm so glad you liked it! Happy Painting!

[@sholly59]

You asked your viewers for the name of the wide white- haired brush in your video. It’s called a HAKE brush and it is often mispronounced as “Hayk” (similar to RAKE. However, it is a Japanese brush pronounced “Ha-Key” (similar to HOCKEY).

[@monetcafe]

YES!! That's it! I don't use it much, but it was perfect for painting in the larger areas. And thanks for that pronunciation. I would have butchered it for sure :)

[@jwhart7]

Gouache Guide

[@monetcafe]

color-mastery.com/guide-to-gouache

[@dmatyas22]

Lol: Don’t get “bogged down” in the marsh.

[@bmac5242]

Typed a whole paragraph for it only to disappear. Can you see this one?

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @bmac5242 I see it :)

[@b.comeau2597]

Gouache Guide…

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @b.comeau2597 color-mastery.com/guide-to-gouache?fbclid=IwAR1MC-IT-J1-2Dr7KDKbw1e0A7HI7ar_mkaBxzx0HZ19ClZe4KpZGmWKhyg_aem_ASON2N6b_flEtL6sXmDIO-2fWHTat4RIOnNNY9jrjZr2Bjgdm7suEMYeJGSLhATQrF7Q4l4CYZQF_Zirly1IXMTG

[@Jamsie27531]

Hake brush.

[@Engelhafen]

Hake brush

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @Engelhafen thanks so much!

[@Engelhafen]

Hake beush

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @Engelhafen ty!!

[@occaloccal4314]

You are a talented artist, we appreciate your pastel tutorial. I hope you don't get upset hearing the criticism, you talk too much and it makes us less able to tolerate your voice and turn off the sound and just watch.

[@monetcafe]

Thanks for that input, @occaloccal4314! I'll have to keep that in mind!

[@raymondfitzgerald-kuhl5976]

It’s not new, we were doing this thirty years ago.

[@monetcafe]

Well, I guess I missed that memo. Lots of things are new to me even though I’ve been painting over 15 years.