Color Saturation: Learn to Paint Tones in Gouache
Color Saturation: Learn to Paint Tones in Gouache I by Larissa Yeung Fung
This exercise is all about exploring color saturation by practicing painting tones in gouache. As I explained in my Paint Color Wheel in Gouache class, a tone is a pure color (also known as hue) mixed with gray. So the key to this exercise is to practice creating tones using gouache paints. And then we use these colors and tones to paint a house illustration.
Color Saturation: Learn to Paint Tones in Gouache tutorial | the Challenge
The Supplies I Use
I used the following supplies for this exercise:
Winsor & Newton Designer Gouache
Winsor & Newton Cotman Round Brush
Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper, Cold Pressed, A4
Round Porcelain Paint Palette (12 well)
Picking or Mixing Colors
I suggest you do this exercise by using only three colors. You can use colors straight from the tube, or mix your own colors. I mixed my three colors in the image below. In the meantime, I have also mixed black and white to create a light gray and a dark gray.
Color Saturation: Learn to Paint Tones in Gouache tutorial | Picking or Mixing Colors
Preparing Paints
I mixed each of the three colors with light gray and dark gray respectively, creating a number of tones as shown in the following image.
Color Saturation: Learn to Paint Tones in Gouache tutorial | Preparing Paints
Sketching Houses
I drew a bunch of crossing lines to create many diamond shapes across the paper. Then I sketched all the houses out of those diamond shapes.
Color Saturation: Learn to Paint Tones in Gouache tutorial | Sketching Houses
Painting Houses
Lastly, I painted the houses using all the colors I had prepared.
I keep things simple in this work, just using a color to paint a shape. You may consider painting patterns on the houses to make them look better.
Color Saturation: Learn to Paint Tones in Gouache tutorial | Painting Houses
Enjoy the tutorial and hope you will have fun painting the houses.
Happy creating!
