What a great lesson! I don’t use gouach, but am always thinking I can fix my watercolor which nearly always ruins everything with a flat overworked piece. I have been repeating a Mt Rainier watercolor over and over trying hard to make my mind just leave things alone…with limited success. This last week I had a breakthrough as I did the scene quickly in about 10 minutes. No retouching, once the color was down I moved on…what a refreshing change to the freshness of the resulting work. Your lessons, examples and thought processes have been extremely helpful. Thank you.

Beautiful. I love the contrast of purple, blue and almost gold green on the tops of those rocks. The description was very helpful on making the rocks and the painting more 3D. Thank you. My daughter and I loved watching this.

What a lovely place to paint! After my sister and I grew up and moved on, our mother turned our bedroom in to a guest room/sewing room which she dubbed the pouting room. I think every house need one.

It's funny..but even your so called "overworked" paintings I still love..the reason is..I get to see what was in your head..your actual process. Loved the comparison...I think all of them side by side is really cool to see. I can see your brain playing and refining. How liberating to allow yourself to give it a try with different colors. Having watched your videos and working your process in a study..helped me realize..not every painting or work of art needs to be a masterpiece. It has been my barrier. Thank you for always sharing your process. Loving this series!!! How fun to combine a physical hobby as a mode to create!! ❤️👍

I loved this type of video. I would enjoy seeing more “lessons learned” videos :) maybe a cool extension for Patreons is to post a before/after of a painting they repainted using similar concepts.

Just went back to watch this video. I’m very new to gouache. Very helpful tutorial. I also want to mention that I REALLY appreciate how humble you are with your craft. The fact that you would share tips like taking the “drying” time to work on other things. Though it may seem like an insignificant tip, it actually relieves us who are new to painting from thinking that it all just magically happens in one smooth go. It served as a reminder that it takes time. Also, when you weren’t happy with the first study you did, you shared that with us. But you didn’t just leave it at that, you also shared what it took to make it more like what you were aiming for. Your perseverance was a reminder to not be so quick to toss away what we don’t like, but to challenge what’s not working instead. That humility and perseverance can’t help but lead us to grow in our craft…and in life. Thank you again for your generosity of spirit Sarah! It’s encouraging!

there is so much weight to the fact that you show us how to go about your painting when a certain aspect of it is not just right. Thank you so much

I just began painting with gouche. I adore your color choices and your sea scapes are amazing. I am modeling my gouche color choices after your tutorials. Thanks so much!

after a " pout" break lolol perfect way to put it 😁😁norakag , here .. 👍👍

Hi Sarah long time watcher. First time commenting though. I think you're a wonderful teacher and you appear to be a good human being. Very humble, and very talented. You deserve way more subscribers for the value you give in return. Teaching me heaps! Cheers from Australia and have a great day.

Loved seeing an example of how to rework a painting! I like the idea of using technology to assist in the process. I no longer have photoshop, but I used it several versions ago. I plan on purchasing procreate for playing around with painting mock-ups, I wonder if you can import pictures into that tool? I will look into which one might be a better purchase for me! Considering a no-spend September (and maybe October!) after a summer of too much “investing” in art supplies, so I have time to research before buying lol. Really need to limit videos that review new supplies. 💸

How coincidental, the painting I'm currently working on is sea and cliffs with bridge where the water pushes through. Since most of the class uses acrylics I am too. Also in danger of overworking the cliffs. I'm going to try to pull some attention away from them with the addition of some gulls. I hope that it works. Enjoy your channel, especially your coastal walks.

Really useful video Sarah, thanks! The painting improved enormously. Can't wait to try the Photoshop technique! 🙂

Beautiful, Sarah!!! Thank you 💙 I'm more and more enamoured with your gouache painting all the time, and you explain it so well! The deep blues draw me in every time in these gorgeous coastal scenes! Loved the "After a coffee and a little pout break" confession 😅 I can so relate to that!!! Take care and sending you hugs 💕💕💕

great video!! and painting...thanks for sharing your process!

I really like the idea of revisiting previous works and improving them. :)

Excellent advice!

Great technique.

I love when you share insights and your thinking process, both on painting and hiking! Thank you so much. Amazing

That was very helpful and interesting, thank you :)

lovely looking water 😀 I just instinctively pick colours when using coloured pencils, with every other medium its a guessing game lol

Bravo Sarah! So great to see the thought process and evolution! The final is my favorite rendition!

Thank you! Loved it 🥰

Pout break. 🤣 Goodness, do I understand that. Thanks so much for your lovely videos!

Beautiful, as always! You inspire me to paint! Thanks!

Great video, such a useful way of learning!

Love seeing your process for reassessing a painting. Your thoughts on Gouache vs. watercolors are also quite interesting. Thank you for sharing!

A very helpful video. I like your final version.

My head is spinning. That was sooo cool. Just a really fabulous tutorial. Thank you so much, it was a beautiful painting. And the knowledge is incredibly helpful, learnt so much about letting go, glazing and gouache facts.

Gouache brushes??? Be still my heart, tell more!

Thanks for sharing your process. I find it really helpful to see painters struggle and find their way to the other side. Good on you. I can’t help but wonder tho, if you had done a preliminary value study before starting to paint, you might have spared yourself some frustration, overworking, and redos. It sure keeps me on track along with knowing where my center of interest is and how to get the viewer to it. Thanks for doing these tutorials. I’m new to gouache and lovin it.

I’m about to begin learning how to paint with gouache for the first time this week as soon as my Winsor & Newton gouache arrives. Sounds like fixing mistakes is a bit easier to achieve then watercolor, especially with the layering. I am looking forward to seeing how it works. I’m really enjoying your art journey and your channels. Thanks for sharing this 😃💕.

I love watching your videos on KZfaq and waiting for the beginning of Sept to join your Patreon page so I can follow and apply what you have instructed more closely!! Lovely work and great instruction!!

I always learn so much from your videos!!!! Thank you so much for making it, for sharing it! 💗💗💗

thanks a lot for sharing ^_^

how a bout doing a quick tonal sketch highlighting shadows midtones and highlights keep it very simple with just a basic layout to take a way complicated decieions enabling you to focus on the important parts

I actually would have worked on your first effort, blend some of the foreground rock marks to soften the edges and reduce the business, boost the contrast in the middle shadow area, but leave enough light there to show detail. And use color repetition to unify. The blue is a very bold color - big that’s your style/ very identifiable. Like your redo though.

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Why does everyone use flat brushes with gouache, but mostly rounds with watercolor?

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What is that gold portable flat brush you use?