Brushes in Bunkers July 2026

Thank You !

I want to extend a big thank you to everyone who showed up for my new gouache brushes in bunkers workshop at Possum Park. It was an absolute blast to meet all of you and share some art knowledge. We had a bit of fun at Trevor’s expense. Hopefully you learned some new skills and have a better understanding of gouache as a paint medium and learned a few brush techniques along the way.

All workshops were follow by example, Osborne explained each technique while sketching and painting. more visual demonstrations were shown on a tv screen.

Students were shown a good workspace setup and how to avoid mishaps while working on their project.

Sat 4th July 2026

Gouache White Label
In this workshop student got to learn about different types of brushes, paper and how to use gouache paint in different strengths to create a leaf and a landscape painting.

Gouache White Label V1 – Class Notes Download

Tree Reference Download

Materials Used

This is a list of materials that were used in the gouache workshops.

Paper

Cheap watercolour paper 180g (paint consistencies exercises)
Canson Watercolour Paper cold pressed 185g (leaf exercises, scratch pad)
Derwent Academy 300g (main gouache painting)
Glassine Paper (rest hands on)

Materials

A3 Clipboard, Card, Mat (Tape paper to)
Frog Tape (local hardware shop)
Pencil Staedtler, Faber Castell, Mont Marty (2H, HB, 2B, 3B, 4B, 6B)
Kneadable Eraser – Lyra or Faber Castell
Artist Watercolour palette (yours to take home with paint)
Brushes – small round, large round, rigger, big flat, small flat, angled, (stippling or stencil)
Water Container – old Ice cream container (Choc mint, vanilla or toffee!)
Kitchen Towel or Tissue

Winsor & Newton Gouache Paint

Sky Blue
Cerulean Blue
Cadmium Lemon
Brilliant Green
Olive Green

Raw Sienna
Burnt Sienna
Vandyke Brown
Lamp Black
Permanent White

Art Supply Purchase Locations

Pencils and fine liners, local newsagents.
Frog tape – Mitre 10
In store Artplus – Bundaberg
In store Wide bay gallery – Maryborough
Online http://www.Artsup.com.au – Kingswood, NSW
Online http://www.artshedbrisbane.com.au – Brisbane

Upcoming Workshops

If you enjoyed your workshop and would like to receive some more training then jump back to the Upcoming workshops page.

Chris Osborne Art