Step by Step Ice Cream Painting

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Here is a little step by step guide to painting ice cream using gouache. If you give this a try tag me in your pictures so I can see!

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Step one: Paint a triangle in a ice cream cone color.

Step two: Paint the first scoop by painting a D shape on top of the cone with four small circles on the bottom of that D shape.

Step Three: repeat the same sape as in step two but on top of the first ice cream scoop.

Step Four: Mix just a slightly darker you used for the ice cream scoops and add shadows on the bottom right of each circles on the ice cream cream scoops. I also added a line where the crease of the ice cream would be.

Step Five: Mix a slightly lighter color that you used for the ice cream scoops and add highlights. Add the highlights to the top right of the circles and scoops.

Step Six.: Add a shadow and detail lines in diagonal on the ice cream cone.

bonus: if you want the ice cream to have a more gradient effect use a watered down base color of the ice cream to blend into the shadow and highlight areas.

Have fun painting,

Mickey

How to Gouache from a Non-Expert

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So I’ve reviewed the Himi Jelly gouache plant. If you missed it you can find that blog post: here. So now you might be considering getting the paint yourself OR you might just be curious as to how one might use that paint. If that is the case you are in luck! I’ll show how I use them. Also a reminder that I am no gouache expert but I use gouache paint and this is how I use it.

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The best technique for using gouache in my opinion is layering until you get the desired look. You can do this a couple different ways. Gouache can be watered down to a watercolor look. So ! like to start there. I get my idea for the painting down with a watercolor like base. Then I’ll layer on top of that. I use less and less water to get the desired opacity. The layering technique for me is ideal and creates some beautiful color mixing and texture. I think layering in this way is way is what makes gouache so unique. Below are some examples of what gouache can look like with more or less water.

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Below I painted a simple apple to show how I layer the paint starting with a watercolor like opacity then to a more opaque finished piece.

I hope this was helpful or insightful. Gouache takes getting used to. So my best advice is to play. Play with the water to paint ration, play with how colors mix together, and just play. Trail and error is the best way to use anew medium you might not be familiar with. once you play around gouache really is a fun medium. Let me know if you give it a try!

Until next time,

Mickey