“In a world of digital art, staying true to the timeless beauty of gouache illustration is a mark of luxury, because it’s a matter of time, emotion, and authenticity.”
Hélène & Jeanne KARPOV
Learn the very secret art of jewelry gouache with us
Hello, we are Jeanne and Hélène Karpov, high-end jewelry designers.
After spending close to 20 years working at prestigious and exclusive houses on the Place Vendôme in Paris, we decided to teach YOU everything we know about our professions.
By the way, do you know what jewelry gouache is?
Technically, it is the art of painting jewelry in opaque watercolour.
There are not many people in the world who are deemed masters at the art of gouache. We are very happy and proud to be amongst them.
What we are going to share is what we have learned over 20 years of practice on the Place Vendôme. Furthermore, some of the techniques we will show you, no one taught them to us. We have literally discovered and refined them ourselves.
Jewelry gouache (or rendering) is an art in itself, don’t you think ?
High-End Jewelry Design & Gouache - Bejewelled Butterfly Brooch by Hélène & Jeanne Karpov
You can practice gouache just for fun or to relax, to make beautiful illustrations for your home or to get into the world of jewelry.
Professional gouache artists are currently in high demand!
Our courses
We reveal to you the most efficient techniques to become a master of design and gouache.
Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced painter, you will learn and improve your techniques step by step with our online courses. Gouache is accessible to everyone. It just requires some simple methods to begin and a little practice!
How about trying our FREE course?
In it, you’ll learn how to paint a diamond.
Student’s work
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What our students are saying about us
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I have been wanting to take this gouache course for a long time and I am so glad that I could finally make it happen. I am enjoying it immensely and I am loving all the vivid colors.
Anna W.
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I am thoroughly enjoying the course and would love to one day be able to do something like this as a career (after some more practice of course) thank you so much for creating such a wonderful course!
Louise N.
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The course is amazing, every video so well done, and very full of content!
Renata C.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the Opal course. It was great to deep dive into specifics: colours, opals elements, types of opals. Having the reference really helped and also the close up footage and step by step. With these tools, I am now able to apply them to my own opal collection. Merci!
Tori P.
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All your tips and online courses are very good, they helped me a lot to improve my illustration skills, thank you very much!
Jorge S.
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Vos cours en ligne sont très bien organisés et complets et votre ouvrage "Gouaches" est d'une finesse remarquable !
Adeline C.