Are you ready to learn gouache painting with me?
How to start with gouache painting?
I’ll show you how to paint beautiful landscapes with gouache and cozy nature pieces (Even if you’re a complete beginner!).
Success stories
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Lauren K.
"Luisa Preissler's nature gouache-painting lessons were so approachable and fun! Despite being a challenging subject, Luisa broke the steps down in a way that both newcomers and experienced artists can absorb and build from.
I also appreciated her supportive, patient, and radiant personality during the review sessions. I highly recommend Luisa's painting course for nature enthusiasts and artists who want to become more comfortable with gouache flora and landscapes." -
Leonie K.
"I've never painted with gouache before. After this 8-week course gouache turns out to be one of my favorite painting mediums.
Luisa is an excellent instructor. Her high-quality, step-by-step videos and the weekly live feedback helped a lot to make fast progress.
All in all, the course was a great learning experience and brought me so much joy!" -
Tamara T.
"Shout-out to Luisa and her gouache course! She is a wonderful teacher and not only explains the content very clearly but also in a super aesthetic way with a lot of humor. I'm now in week 4 of 8 and can highly recommend it."
"Just because I work as a full time artist doesn't mean I'm an expert in everything. And to avoid the hassle (and especially the time) of teaching myself new materials and topics, I love using online courses as further education and benefiting from the expertise of my colleagues."
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Mauricio S.
"Luisa's course was the spark I needed to pick up my brush again. Her weekly demos and instructions are highly detailed and informative. I highly recommend her course to anyone wanting to learn new tips and tricks and to brush up some art fundamentals."
What's included?
🌸 8 structured lessons to build a rock-solid foundation in gouache
🌸 Weekly live Zoom calls with personal feedback from me — ask anything, get tailored support
🌸 8 beautiful paintings you'll finish — frame them, gift them, be proud of them
🌸 Step-by-step video tutorials — start from scratch, even if you're completely new
🌸 An encouraging, private community where every question gets answered (no more feeling stuck!)
🌸 My “Painting Compass” — a blueprint to find joy and discover your unique painting voice
🌸 Time-saving lineart templates — skip the drawing stress and jump right into painting
🌸 Master the perfect gouache consistency — no more streaky disasters
🌸 Learn the magic of opacity vs. transparency to make your work glow
🌸 All the color theory you’ll ever need — made simple, useful, and fun
🌸 Easy tricks for painting smooth gradients & clouds using wet-in-wet techniques
🌸 Value & simplification hacks — to stop overworking and start painting with confidence
🌸 A lesson on adding beautiful texture without painting tedious details
499€
Lesson 1: Fundamentals & Mindset
You’ll learn how to mix the perfect consistency of gouache paint, achieving that rich, velvety finish that makes gouache so unique, You’ll also get to know your tools better, and it’s not just about painting—it’s also about how to achive the right mindset for painting to succeed.
Lesson 2: Transparency & Layering
How to learn layering gouache: You’ll learn how to paint in both transparent and opaque layers, and how to reactivate dried gouache paint in a controlled way–– that works with your process—not against it.
Lesson 3: Texture
We’re diving into texture by painting rocks! Using gouache’s transparency and some wet-in-wet magic, we’ll let the brush, paper, and paint create the details - so you don’t have to paint every one by hand.
Lesson 4: Gradients
Learn how to achieve smooth sky gradients with gouache and how to paint atmospheric landscapes, dipping your toes into wet-on-wet techniques.
Lesson 5: Wet in Wet
Fully dive into the versatile wet-on-wet technique learning how to create soft edges with gouache and beautiful blends in your paintings. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to paint clouds with gouache, delicate and fluffy, by gently pushing and guiding the paint across the paper.
Lesson 6: Values & Simplification
Master the essential concept of what is a clear value structure. We’re exploring gouache specific value-challenges and learn how to simplify complex subjects into cohesive, compelling compositions
Lesson 7: Color
Learn how to mix gouache colors with confidence by understanding hue, value, and saturation. See how colors can look different depending on what’s around them, and explore how warm and cool tones can change the feeling of your artwork.
Lesson 8: Paint What You Love
Put everything you've learned into practice by painting subjects that truly inspire you, focusing on how to create personal and meaningful artwork. Learn how to paint from reference photos, discover what sparks your creativity, and begin cultivating a lifelong artistic journey.
Picture by Christian L., student
What my students say about the course
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Andy L.
"I'm just coming to the end of the course with Luisa and would like to say how much I've enjoyed the course. Each week you learn a new area Gouache painting wich builds to a complete understanding of the subject.
Luisa gives you her feedback on any work you've done and I've found this to be particularly valuable to my painting. Showing me where there are issues, what I can do to improve paintings and make them better. This has brought my art along a long way in a short time.
Thank you Luisa." -
Christian L.
"Participating in the course was great! I was able to significantly improve my general artistic skills and had a lot of fun.
It was my first time working with gouache and it's wonderful! The medium specific tips were so helpful.
Another thing I would like to emphasize is that it was great what different stages of their art journey the participant were at. Wether beginner or professional, everyone was helped equally.
I can only recommend the course!"❤️ -
Carolin S.
"It's been an absolute amazing journey and the eight weeks of the Gouache course just flew by in a riot of colours and a wealth of practical tips accompanying the lessons.
The design of the course was such that each lesson covered an important topic wich was presented in a way that made it easy to comprehend even as a beginner in painting. The demo for each weeks homework made it possible for me to create my own version of the piece showcasing each technique by following Luisa's work in the video while the Skool format is very nice for discussing details and sharing progress with the group.
I'm really glad to have taken part in this course and to have discovered Gouache - I am beginning to sense why Luisa is so passionate about this medium. Since this experience opened a whole new field for me I'm looking forward to adding new paintings to the ones created during this course - let's see where this journey take me. Thank you Luisa for creating this course and sharing your insights with us."
