What actually is Gouache? I will explain to you in this blog! Great to be blogging again! I'm keeping the blogging spirit up. I have wanted to write a blog about goauche for a long time. So I have more of those topics that have been on my list for a very long time. New blogs and videos will be online in the coming weeks!

How do you pronounce this impossible word?
Gouache is pronounced 'gwosh'. Of course you can add a nice French touch ;). Perhaps a fun fact to know: the word comes from 'guazza', an oil painting technique that was previously used to make cheaper and fresh paintings. For the experts: lean oil paint on tempera that produced a matte result.

What is gouache?
Gouache is an opaque watercolor. And is often called the baby of watercolor and acrylic paint. Gouache the best in the enormous saturation of colors. The paint, like good watercolor paint, consists largely of pigments. Only opaque pigments are used for gouache. Adding more water to the paint makes the paint more transparent. Gouache is almost always used on paper, as it does not adhere well to other surfaces.

Gouache vs gouache?
Gouache and gouache are the same type of paint. The terms are used to indicate the difference in quality. Just like with watercolor paint and watercolor, which is actually the same, watercolor is the quality version and watercolor the more budget version. Unlike watercolor paint, gouache is opaque.

What is Gouache made of?
The basis of Gouache often consists of pigments and dextrin (potato starch) or possibly a gum agent such as gum arabic. Pigments and just a little dextrin or gum make the paint liquid enough to use as paint. Otherwise you would only have some kind of powder in the tube. The dextrin is also a glue that allows the paint to 'stick' to the paper.

How to recognize a good quality gouache?
In the past, watercolor was mixed with white gouache so that the paint became opaque. You can now recognize good gouache because no opaque white paint is added to it. The best Gouache is therefore not mixed with a white substance but consists of good quality opaque pigments. A good Gouache is therefore made as pure as possible. The more pigments, the better. Holbein is known for adding very little to the pigments. This makes Holbein gouache slightly less opaque than other gouache brands. The colors of the gouache are therefore incredibly bright!

Shopperdeshop
Sorry, I can't resist ;): I sell several types of Gouache, including this one from Holbein and this Winsor&Newton Designers Gouache. You will probably see immediately: I am indeed only selling the more expensive Gouache. I think it is better to buy a few better tubes than a large set of colors for the same price. Of course I can't look at your wallet, but I'd rather buy 5 tubes of good quality than 20 colors of mediocre quality :). With those five tubes you can mix a lot of colors <3.

How do you use gouache?
Gouache is itself an opaque paint. Adding more water makes the paint more transparent. I will tell you exactly how to use the paint in a next blog, or maybe even a video!

Do you want to know something specific about Gouache? Let me know in the comments and I will include it in the next blog!

Love,
Judith

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What actually is Gouache? I'll explain that to you in this blog! Happy to be blogging again! I'm keeping the blogging spirit up. For a long time I wanted to write a blog about goauche. For the coming weeks I will have new blogs and videos about topics that have been on my list for a long time.

How do you pronounce this impossible word?
Gouache is pronounced "gwosh". You can of course add a nice French tone to it ;). Perhaps a fun fact to know: the word comes from "guazza", an oil painting technique that used to be used to make some cheaper and fresh paintings. For the experts: lean oil paint on tempera which gave a matte result.

What is Gouache?
Gouache is an opaque watercolor. And is often referred to as the baby of watercolor and acrylic paint. Gouache the best in the enormous saturation of colors. Just like good watercolor paint, the paint consists of the most part of pigments. Only opaque pigments are used for gouache. Adding more water to the paint makes the paint more transparent. Gouache is almost always used on paper, as it does not adhere well to other surfaces.

Poster paint vs gouache?
Poster paint and gouache are the same type of paint. The terms are used to indicate the difference in quality. Just like with aquarel paint and watercolor, which is actually the same, aquarel paint is the quality version and watercolor is the more budget version. Unlike watercolor paint, gouache is opaque.

What does gouache consist of?
The base of Gouache often consists of pigments and dextrin (potato starch) or possibly a gum agent such as gum arabic. Pigments and just a little bit of dextrin or gum make the paint liquid enough to use as paint. Otherwise you would only have some kind of powder in the tube. The dextrin is also a glue that makes the paint "stick" to the paper.

How do you recognize a good gouache?
In the past, watercolor was mixed with white gouache so that the paint became opaque. You can now recognize good gouache where no opaque white paint is added. The best Gouache are therefore not mixed with a white substance, but consist of good quality covering pigments. A good Gouache therefore is made as pure as possible. The more pigments the better. Holbein is known for adding very little to the pigments. This makes Holbein's gouache slightly less opaque than other Gouache brands. But it makes the colors of the gouache very bright.

Shopping!
Sorry, I can't resist;): I sell several types of Gouache, including this one from Holbein and this Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache. You will probably see immediately: I indeed only sell the more expensive Gouaches. I think it is better to buy a few better tubes than a large set of colors for the same price. Of course I can't look in your wallet, but rather buy 5 tubes of a good quality than 20 colors of moderate quality :). With those five tubes you can mix a lot of colors <3.

How do you use gouache?
Gouache itself is an opaque paint. Adding more water makes the paint more transparent. I will tell you exactly how to use the paint in a next blog, or maybe even a video!

Do you want to know something specific about Gouache? Let me know in the comments, and I'll include it in the next blog!

Love,
Judith