2 Day Gouache Workshop in SF

📅 03/08/2025 & 03/15/2025
🕰️ 10am to 2pm
📍Day 1 at140 9th Street, San Francisco
📍Day 2 at Wahsington Square Park, San Francisco

💲Workshop Fee with supplies: $250
🎟️ Our event tickets can be found on our site, or bought in person at any event:
💸 Scholarships are available! Limited to 2 spots. Email us by 03/01/2025 to be considered. We will prioritize individuals in school or facing financial instability.

In this 2 day workshop, Kate and Nathaniel teach participants to paint still lifes and cityscapes in gouache with a focus on simplification, value, and abstraction. Attendees benefit from both artists’ experience and perspective, and develop observational skills, which will help them to create compelling paintings in gouache from life and from reference. All skill levels are welcomed!

On day one, we meet indoors and get comfortable with gouache and image making fundamentals with an overview of value, composition, color, and simplification. We use still lifes to develop the skill of observation from life. Homework is assigned for the week between the two days of the class.
On day two, we take our gouache skills on the road and meet at Washington Square Park for a guided plein air session. Together we dive into the potential of gouache as a versatile plein air medium, and practice taking a painting from start to finish on site.
Upon completing this course, participants will come away with new techniques for composition, color, value, and a better understanding of gouache as a medium. All materials are provided, and participants will have completed a set of in class exercises and at least 5 gouache paintings.

Host or Publisher Sketchboard Co.