Simple Still Life with Gouache

[@limefroggzoned5112]

Young teen trying to get better at still life, find it absolutely incredible watching an experienced artist use their magic, thanks for this video.

[@JaredCullum]

Very cool! I'm always here for encouragement and to answer questions as you go. If you're very early on I'd suggest you focus on drafting and drawing from life. Don't worry about making great paintings or drawings yet. Just focus on making a lot of them. The more you do- especially from life- the better they will be in time. Also- everything is a still life. Don't waste time setting stuff up. Draw every single thing you see in front of you.

[@limefroggzoned5112]

@@JaredCullum thankyou so much, I hope I can get better like you!

[@zltn2408]

Thank you so much for this! I love how you explain the hidden complexity of such a seemingly simple topic. I feel the same for still lifes - feels stuffy at first, but thanks to you it's a topic that's starting to grow on me. I'm new to gouache and I'm very happy to have found your channel.

[@ncognitoergosum957]

I will play this video at night as a lullaby and sleep better than ever

[@JaredCullum]

You’ll probably find that for most of my videos. I don’t have a great personality for KZbin. This is about as intense as I get happy or angry. :) judging by the comments I get- it’s certainly not for everyone.

[@ruthballardart]

As an artist, one of the main reasons I pop on KZbin is to find inspiration from another artist's work. Learning along the way is also a plus. I'm so glad I happened across your channel. This is a treasure trove of lovely, thoughtful videos with great voice-overs. I love your subject matter, insight and your calm approach. So timely as I await an arrival of gouache, a completely new medium for me, so I'll be checking your channel often. Thanks so much!

[@JaredCullum]

Thank you for watching! :)

[@themightymarlo5921]

My heart flutters every time I get a notification of a new video. You’re awesome!

[@JaredCullum]

That means a lot to me. Thank you for saying that. :)

[@CatherineGraffam]

Yes!! I love that big chunky brush!!! BIG BRUSH. So good as always

[@haciyevahaciyev5854]

Wow

[@НадеждаГусева-ю9м]

Благодарю. Я вернулась к гуаши в этом году для использования её на пленере. 10 лет обходила этот материал. Что-то новое открыла для себя. Ваш канал оказался для меня очень интересным. Благодарю

[@piefjep9508]

Every time after seeing a video by you I feel more confident about painting with gouache. Again thank you so much for sharing your thought process.

[@JaredCullum]

Piefje P thank you for watching! I’m glad :)

[@thunderbird3353]

Wow 😍

[@elflordsjourneys]

Masterful how you get round shapes with the edge of a square flat brush.😀

[@JaredCullum]

Elf Lords Journeys I love that flat brush haha it started out as an exercise in using a bigger brush but it really stuck :)

[@antoniogilart]

So good!

[@sweethomes674]

Beautiful 😊

[@salehamalik4490]

Very inspiring

[@artscience9981]

You changed my plans for the afternoon. I had planned to do plein air, but the weather was kind of bad, so when I saw your video I decided to get out an orange, a cabbage, and a beet and try my hand at a still life with gouache. It was fun and I learned some good stuff. Thanks!

[@JaredCullum]

Awesome! I never used to do still lifes because I thought they were boring and pointless but I've come to totally fall in love with them. The whole world of colors and composition is all there and you can do them relatively quick and have fun. :) I'm glad you did it!

[@PHeMoX]

Excellent still life painting!

[@brianashmorestudio]

Great thoughts on painting a still life... and, as always, great thoughts on color and why you work the way you do. I’ve thought about color more than ever before in my own work after watching you in your videos. Awesome stuff!!

[@jennifernewmanart]

this is fabulous, you are so great at achieving light in your work and you explain how to do it wonderfully.great work

[@JaredCullum]

Thank you :) I appreciate you watching.

[@NPaintingStudio]

I love your painting so much.

[@JaredCullum]

Thank you! :) that's very encouraging.

[@piktip]

Wow! I'm so happy to find this video. It's inspiring! And yes I thought still-lifes are boring too. But gouache and still-life seems to be a match. This might change the way I see still life. Thank you!

[@victoriadlg6779]

Great video! Really enjoyed using it as a tutorial :)

[@didierleprince6106]

Bravo et merci

[@JaredCullum]

didier Leprince thank you :)

[@DannySabraArt]

Really nice painting man. I really liked your approach to the orange! I'm a huge fan of still life painting, but I haven't done it in a while. Two years ago I challenged myself to paint a still life from direct observation every day in may. It was incredible how much my painting advanced in a month. I also think still life painting is such an amazing exercise in design. After doing 30 in a row I really started to think of symbolism and metaphor. It was a really good exercise. I'm curious as to why you did this from a photo. Is it to practice the skill of uncompressing the values in the photo? I'm learning more and more the skill in interpreting a photo to make it lifelike.

[@JaredCullum]

That's an awesome exercise! I would love to try that some time. Well said- Photo is only because with two kids and regular work it's just too hard to set up still lifes to record. I have a recording station at my drafting table and it just saves me time. I also like to keep an eye out anytime I'm arranging food or any thing on a counter for a light or surface material difference I can snap a photo of and I keep a backlog of those for when I want to just do an exercise in painting. :)

[@DannySabraArt]

@@JaredCullum That makes senes. Actually I've been taking more photos lately with the intent of painting them. Sometimes when I go to paint from life I can get sucked into the paradigm of looking for a "good" scene till I run out of daylight or my schedule runs against something else I have to do. If using photos makes it easier to do then I say do it!

[@zaraahmadzadeh]

Painting with gouache is difficult for me i hope i will do soon as possible:)))

[@arcuda2001]

another wonderful video !! always so helpful to watch you work, Jared !!👍👍👍 norakag here :-)))

[@JaredCullum]

Thank you! :) Always nice to see a comment from you.

[@burpo]

Sketch card!!

[@milosleng1175]

Hellom great video. My problem with gouache is that I paint wet on wet and my layers mingle and it's a mess then. How long do you wait a layer to dry out? Thanks!!

[@ratstattoos]

Nice tutorial, can i ask which size/brand brush you use here?

[@JaredCullum]

I use a 3/4 or 1 inch flat for most everything and a round 8 to finish. Thank you!

[@danakolpin1289]

I am beginner to watercolor.

[@samiahmed8127]

hello jared cullum i have seen your painting vidios and it is very nice tutorial ........but i want to ask someting it is possible to draw gwash with a large size please tell me if ir is possible

[@JaredCullum]

Yes it’s possible- I don’t prefer to paint big with gouache. It is not very stable but with some practice and a lot of paint you could paint larger with it. I find it works best small and fast but that’s just how I have always used it.

[@JasonJBrunet]

You shouldn't buy red delicious apples because it only encourages them to keep growing them.

[@ohsfer11820]

May I know what you call the first layer of paint you laid? Is that necessary in all paintings? Thank uou

[@JaredCullum]

I suppose you could call it the "underpainting" - I find gouache works best when it's layered on thin gouache- like it has something to stick on to as long as you limit the amount of water in subsequent layers. Thanks for watching!

[@ohsfer11820]

@@JaredCullum Wow! I'm learning th😊 I always wonder why artists paint a totally different color as their first layer. Thank you so much

[@NguyenLe-xh9zh]

Great video! I don't really know but your painting with gouache seems washed out in terms of color, that is not even a bad thing, but is it the technique, the paint or your personal preference?

[@JaredCullum]

Hmmm- good question. I don’t know. Typically when it looks washed out one has used too much white in the mixed- which is possible. Maybe I did. Haha it felt right at the time - but I always see ways to improve in hindsight

[@NguyenLe-xh9zh]

@@JaredCullum Maybe the paint is thinned down a lil bit too much so it blends all the layers underneath which would push some white paint up?

[@JaredCullum]

@@NguyenLe-xh9zh Perhaps. haha Gives me something to try to improve on in the future. :)

[@NguyenLe-xh9zh]

@@JaredCullum I think you do a lot better with still life. With landscape painting, maybe the above problem making your painting lack contrast somehow? Looking forward to your future videos.

[@jenna2431]

I keep hoping this will be the year Jared offers on-the-ground workshops. *sigh* Me and my little plein air gouache set-up are all set for a trip to Pittsburgh. Just sayin'.

[@JaredCullum]

Jenna Caruthers I may be! I’m looking into some options for when I’m traveling with the book this summer. :)

[@Skinnychelle48]

Beautiful, are u self taught?

[@JaredCullum]

Yes, I am, mostly through subscription schools like New Masters and Schoolism- so I did have direction.

[@OneLazyRacoon]

isnt it like that that u arent supposed to use just white? u gotta mix it with some other colors to make it warm or cold, i will have art exam tomorrow and im not very confident at some points. i will have to paint still life with gouache too but its really hard for me to do that and i really want to get in to that art school but i dont think i will :( any tips?

[@JaredCullum]

Rūta Navickaitė hi! Well unfortunately most of the knowledge comes from practice. Yes- you’re correct though. And be careful of white. White cools and neutralizes color. Try to mix all you can without it. When you add white to warm colors be sure to add yellow ochre as well to keep the color character warm. Focus on value. Make a small blank and white study first to find your simple shapes of value. That is the most important thing. Getting those value shapes correct- the color is not as important so just try to make the dark shapes dark and the light shapes light comparing area to area. I hope that helps. If you had more time I’d be happy to email and give tips but it sounds like you are up against the deadline.

[@OneLazyRacoon]

@@JaredCullum thank you so much for the tips:) I actually got into that art school. I`m very happy about that! Your tips were very helpful and I really want to than you for them. lookin forward of learning to draw with different paint too. is it a big difference between acrylic and gouache? thanks again, you`re awesome;)

[@JaredCullum]

@@OneLazyRacoon Yes!! I'm so excited for you!! I'm cheering you on. :) Well- I'm always here if you have questions or you can email me for side questions. The biggest difference is that acrylic does not erase. Gouache can rewet and be pulled off. Acrylic hardens and is permenant. It is a strength and weakness for both. With acrylic you can just keep layering and correcting. With gouache you risk the painting falling apart for the paint being so loosely held together.

[@sammycraftxo]

What brand of gouache did you use??

[@JaredCullum]

M graham

[@sammycraftxo]

@@JaredCullum thanks so much 👍

[@trinhyinh-1155]

Can you enable automatic translation on this video? I want to understand what you said but I'm not good at listening to English

[@JaredCullum]

I will try- I'm sorry. I'm not very good at youtube posting. It's hard enough to edit videos. I will look into it.

[@treksalzer313]

How long did it take for you to do this ?

[@JaredCullum]

Trek Salzer around an hour. The full length version is on patreon and it’s about 45 minutes.

[@L0ST-ALIEN]

You paint good but you talk a lot.