Exploring painting using gouache with Lyn Davis

Name: Exploring painting using gouache with Lyn Davis
Start: 2026-06-20T13:00:00+11:00
End: 2026-06-20T13:00:00+11:00
Location: Edward River Art Society Sunday School

About

Join Lyn Davis on this two-day workshop offers an introduction to the expressive and versatile qualities of gouache, a medium that sits beautifully between watercolour and acrylic. Participants will explore how gouache can be used opaquely or transparently, layered, reworked, and combined with other media to create fresh, lively paintings.
The workshop encourages a spontaneous, intuitive approach to painting, while also developing essential skills in observation, composition, and colour awareness. Working from life, participants will create one or two small paintings, learning how to simplify forms, capture light, and respond to what is seen rather than overthinking the outcome.
Day One – Landscape
If weather permits, the group will work plein air, painting directly from the landscape. If conditions are unsuitable, participants will work indoors using collected reference images. The focus will be on capturing atmosphere, colour relationships, and the overall feel of a place.
Day Two – Still Life
Working indoors from life, participants will explore still-life painting, focusing on composition, tone, and mark-making. This session supports careful observation while maintaining an expressive, loose approach.
Prerequisites
No prior experience is required — just curiosity, enthusiasm, and a willingness to learn and share in a supportive environment.
Duration
Two days, 3 hours per day.
Materials you will need to bring:
· Water colour or gouache paints.
· Palette each preferably well style.
· Watercolour brushes, range of sizes.
· Cardboard backing board to rest paper on.
Materials that Lyn will provide:
· Lyn will supply some of the above for those who cannot supply.
· Watercolour paper for 2-3 small paintings approx. A4 in size.
· Tub of white gouache which will adapt watercolour to a gouache quality.
· Some mat board off cuts and mounting materials to frame finished works.
· A range of fun still life items to inspire great pictures.
· A range of stimulus imagery should the weather not be suitable for being outside.
· A range of painted examples of my work.
Book your ticket there are limited spaces (Maximum 15 in the Class):
$115 per person - Non Members
$85 per person - for ERAS Members
or $110 become a ERAS member (includes workshop ticket)