Gouache Paint

Art Supplies And Materials


Daler-Rowney Gouache
Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache
Designers Gouache colours are a range of opaque watercolours, so called because they were developed for and continues to be used by designers, illustrators and commercial artists to create crisp vibrant visuals and illustrations in solid colour. However, gouache is also widely used in fine art as an opaque watercolour, or in combination with artists’ watercolour. It is also used widely by colleges to teach the theory of colour mixing. Why use Gouache? Gouache is a very versatile paint which can transcend the boundaries of many mediums. It can make a wash like a watercolour, blend like an oil colour and dry brush like acrylic. It can be used thinly for a wash at the start of a painting then applied in thicker layers towards the end. Due to its opaque nature it can be applied in solid colours, allowing you to paint in layers from dark to light. It is a direct and quick drying paint with superb covering power which is achieved by the high levels of pigmentation. Unlike transparent watercolour, where you need to plan and reserve the white of the paper, gouache is more controllable and enables you to remove mistakes and re-paint.
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