Gouache Painting

Whenever my non-artist friends ask me what gouache is, I always call it the love child of watercolour and acrylic paint. It’s not see through like watercolour but can be reactivated unlike acrylic paint. I’m also a huge fan of the soft, matte texture that gouache has when it dries. For me it’s the perfect texture to layer coloured pencil on over the top of it.

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The type of gouache I use is called Himi Gouache and I like to layer Fabre Castell polychromos and Prismacolour pencils on top.