Gouache Painting Studio
Adult (Ages 16+) | Registration opens 10/28/2026 10:00 AM
Explore the medium of gouache on panel, painting representational images of objects from observation, or imagery using photographic resources. Gouache is an opaque watercolor paint with rich, matte color, and working on a panel provides a stable support for applying many layers. Build technical painting skills and consider concepts as you develop paintings to convey meaning. Class discussion will give you feedback as you grow as a painter. Tuition includes paint and boards.
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- Students bring:
Resource images (photos) - printed or digital (at least ipad size helpful), or objects to paint from observation.
Metal, ceramic or plastic palette/plate/butcher tray, preferably white, with enough area to put out a palette of 15 colors, and an area to mix paint.
Brushes: at least 3 different-sized round watercolor brushes (i.e. synthetic sable) – small (2), medium (4, 5, or 6) and large (8, 10 or 12)
#2 pencil or B to 2B drawing pencil, eraser, paper for sketches
Scraps of watercolor paper or pad to test color mixes
Vicki Paret
Vicki is a painter and a potter with a M.A.T. from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, a B.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University, and ongoing education at the Harvard Ceramics Studio, Mudflat Pottery School, and Haystack Mountain School of Craft. She has been on the faculty at the Museum of Fine Arts, DeCordova Museum, and Cambridge Center for Adult Education, and until recently was Chair of the Art Department and teacher at Waring School in Beverly. See Vicki’s paintings at http://www.vickikocherparet.com/.