1
: a method of painting with opaque watercolors
2
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: a picture painted by gouache
b
: the pigment used in gouache
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One of them was watercolor and one of them was done with opaque gouache — The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, all of these are gouaches.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
Her works are softly abstract; powdery colors form cloud-like shapes that might be superimposed with free-handed linear strokes in acrylic, gouache, oil stick, oil pastels, and graphite.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
Preferring to use pen over pencil to avoid the need for erasing, Martinez begins with line work before adding color with bright watercolors, gouache, or alcohol markers.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2024
One of my favorites, done in gouache, chalk, watercolor, and pencil; sheep dance against a gray-green industrial background—mostly in pairs, balancing upright on each other's shoulders, their front legs crossing like matchsticks.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2023
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
Her works are softly abstract; powdery colors form cloud-like shapes that might be superimposed with free-handed linear strokes in acrylic, gouache, oil stick, oil pastels, and graphite.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
Preferring to use pen over pencil to avoid the need for erasing, Martinez begins with line work before adding color with bright watercolors, gouache, or alcohol markers.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2024
One of my favorites, done in gouache, chalk, watercolor, and pencil; sheep dance against a gray-green industrial background—mostly in pairs, balancing upright on each other's shoulders, their front legs crossing like matchsticks.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2023
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“Gouache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gouache. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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