Mixing Gouache and Watercolor - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists It is interesting that this question popped up,,I have been thinking about gouache lately…I have not painted with any opaque medium Except pastel in my chalk drawing days in the 80s,,,I was thinking gouache would be a good introduction to opaque paint as I am already familiar with watercolor,,,I have some that I never used , but I don’t think they are artist quality ,,,does anyone use them
Reactivating dried gouache in palette - WetCanvas: Online Living for . . . Schmincke has three lines of gouache: academy gouache (student grade), HKS designer’s gouache and the high quality Horadam gouache The cheap rewets *very* badly and when it does, it is still gritty and hard to manage The middle one rewets much better and the most expensive rewets very well
Suggestions for best ‘good enough’ gouache? Before, I started playing with gouache I bought a bottle of white and black and then proceeded to go to town in monocolor I then bought all the other colors they had I own a complete designers box set of Winsor Newton (read the whole line of colors) along with some colors long out of production that I still use (why did they dump Cadmium
Varnishing Gouache - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists Regarding acrylic “gouache,” I believe its main marketing birth was intended as a balance between genuine gouache and acrylics, offering the “best” of both Users of genuine gouache tend to have a certain fear of getting it wet, and (as touched on here) varnishing it Personally I see the re-wetting of gouache as a big plus
Tempera-esque mixed egg yolk with gouache I tried mixing some egg yolk in with tube gouache for this one The photo just doesn’t capture the ‘glow’ of this medium Not sure if it has the permanence of real tempera, but as I said, it has a depth of contrast, a glow, that is more than gouache alone C C always welcome It is done on Clayboard, 7″ x 5″
Pastel Gouache together - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists I use a gouache underpainting often on Wallis, preferably that has been dry mounte to prevent buckling Only use it as a wash, not ‘body’ paint to prevent the tooth from being filled Gouache is better than watercolor I think because it’s so much more intensely pigmented The coverage as an underpainting is better with gouache
Can we consider watercolor and gouache as a Tempera technique? Like watercolors, gouache is a water-soluble “tempera” paint Or this one on the Talens website [ URL] (I found it yesterday) ON THE TUBES AND POTS OF GOUACHE THERE ARE FOUR NAMES: GOUACHE, PLAKKAATVERF, DESIGNER TEMPERAFARBE AND COLORES TEMPERA
Discussion: Gouache BRAND COMPARISON - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists Others like Turner or Lukas designer gouaches are very good quality paints LeFranc has a gouache that used to be labeled designer but now is called “fine” (their “Linel” gouache is a better grade ) Reeves is rather low quality and only use the label “gouache ” Essentially, that all means the paint quality for gouache varies wildly
Storing gouache long term - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists I’m about to buy a bunch of new gouache paints I have some very old ones, and they have dried out somewhat over time I was wondering, for both gouache and watercolors in tubes, is there some way of storing them for the long term that will help prevent them from drying out? I, I dunno, keeping them in an airtight container or something?
Gouache as Underpainting, a question - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists Gouache, when dry has a chalky toothy texture to it I used it all the time under softies You can use it as thickly and opaque as you would like, or thin with water for lighter washes Thinned too much though, the color looses its vibrancy I think Mary, it also depends on whether you are using turps to blend your pastels