Beginner's Guide to

In this demo I use acrylic gouache to replicate a piece of bright and trippy concept art made by Mary Blair for Disney's 1951 classic, Alice in Wonderland! I'm obsessed with painting on black paper. Gouache's super power of being bright and opaque makes it the perfect medium for a deep, dark background. In this video I talk about how to get that bright contrast along with some tips on colour mixing. ((Scroll down for a guide to the colours I mix))

If there is a piece of concept art that you would like me to try, or, if there is a specific technique that you want to learn more about, let me know in the comments below! Thanks for watching!

Also... for anyone who watches the entire video ;) here is the definition I found when Googling the "The Mandela Effect"
* it is an observed phenomenon in which a large segment of the population misremembers a significant event or shares a memory of an event that did not actually occur.

List of materials used in this video:
Sable watercolour brush in sizes 6 and 1
masking tape (USE WASHI TAPE)
Black cold press watercolour paper
White pencil crayon
Acrylic gouache in:
Primary White
Primary Black
Primary Magenta
Pure Red
Scarlet
Opera
Luminous Red
Primary Cyan
Ultra Marine
Primary yellow

1. tomato red for awning & plants: Pure Red, Luminous Red, Scarlet (+white to create coral tint)
2. blue for Alice's dress: Primary Cyan, Ultra Marine, White
3. Alice's hair: White base, Primary Yellow
4. Trippy road: Primary Magenta, Opera, Ultra Marine
5. Tree: Primary Red, Primary Cyan, Primary Yellow, Black, White (+black & red for bark tint)
6. Turquoise wings: Primary Cyan, Primary Yellow, White
7. CHARTREUSE (lol): Primary Cyan, Primary Yellow, White, Black

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