Gouache Painting Masterclass by Vidya Kumaresan on January 16th & 17th

About the Artist:

I am Vidya Kumaresan (@thewishingink) a Self taught artist from Namakkal and the founder of The Wishing Ink, which mainly focuses on making personalized hand-drawn art. I specialize in hand lettering, Calligraphy, Water coloring and have two years of experience in Graphic designing as well.  I started learning hand lettering / calligraphy two years back and have been teaching the art for a while now. I love anything and everything that's handmade and believe in spreading good vibes through art.

Here's what you'll learn at this Masterclass:

Session 1 - Basics with Gouache (2.5 hours)

• Introduction to Gouache paints
• Gouache vs Watercolor vs Acrylic
• Tools and materials
• Paints and consistency
• Colour mixing and Layering
• Painting simple elements with gouache

Session 2 - Painting Botanicals (2.5 hours)

• Choosing and sketching florals using reference
• Creating a colour palette
• Tracing the sketch
• Layering the paints
• Final project and discussions

Session 3 - Negative Painting (2.5 hours)

• What is Negative painting?
• Tracing Alphabet to Black paper
• Sketching the composition
• Painting and adding details

Materials Required:

•  A4 or A5 Watercolour paper (Preferred choice : Hot pressed paper)
• 270 or 300 gsm / A4 or A5 Black paper for Negative painting.
• Artist Grade gouache paints (Brustro, Pebeo, Daler Rowney, White night etc)
• Round Brush of size 0 and 4 or 6
• White glass marking pencil (Apsara) for Negative painting.
• Pencil, Eraser, Ruler
• Palette for colour mixing, Paper towel and Cup of water.

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The Masterclass will be hosted via Zoom. We will send you a unique Zoom link a day before the Masterclass for you to join.

• Date: January 16th & 17th
• Time:
• Session 1 - January 16th - 6pm to 8.30pm (IST)
  
• Session 2 - January 17th - 8.30am to 11am (IST)
  
• Session 3 - January 17th - 6pm to 8.30pm (IST)
  
• Duration: 7.5 hours (3 sessions)
• Cost : Rs.1999/-
  

(Recorded Session Available. If you aren't able to attend the Live Sessions, you can choose to get the Recorded Version during registration. Recording will be accessible for 96 hours)