October 2025 Art Demo - Painting Geometric Abstract Scenes in Gouache

Painting Abstract Geometric Scenes in Gouache

Hobbs is a high school art teacher in Fremont Unified School District and a multifaceted and adventurous painter. In her demo, “Painting Geometric Abstract Scenes in Gouache,” Hobbs will reveal geometric shapes and patterns that lie invisible in nature and illustrate techniques in capturing landscapes through basic forms, vivid colors, and textures. She will also provide an overview of gouache and offer tips for honing this fun, fast, and forgiving opaque watercolor paint.

Versed in a wide range of styles from realism to impressionism to abstraction. Hobbs’ explorations and depictions of landscapes in their simplest geometric shapes seamlessly blend realism with abstraction. Her fresh and bold interpretation and representation of nature brings a distinguishable element to her already remarkable body of work.  

For Hobbs, nature is a continuous source of wonder and inspiration and through her art she strives to bring attention to the need…