I will scrub back, wash over and generally destroy less important regions of the work then subtly reconstruct them. I retain this area of clarity through out the course of the painting. I generally start with transparent watercolor, charcoal and ink, build up a powerful focal area with strong tonal contrast and intense color. I like to start with a solid, structural plan – a composition thumbnail, an idea of color arrangement and a focal point to build the painting around. If you like to play and experiment during the course of a painting, then Gouache is a wonderful tool. If you are a traditional transparent watercolor painter then Gouache is probably not for you. It can be re dissolved after it has dried just like watercolor. Gouache also has chalk or Calcium Carbonate added to make it flat and opaque. It uses the same gum Arabic binder, but has more pigment which is not ground as finely as watercolor. Gouache is very closely related to watercolor. No matter which manufacturer you choose, it is a good idea to check their color charts before buying paint. Graham’s range of artists watercolor and color matched gouache). Some manufacturers produce the same colors as their watercolors in their gouache range.( See M. Artists however still appreciate the flat, velvety quality of Gouache and to this end most of the paint manufactures have improved the permanence and light fastness of the product. The use of Gouache in the graphics industry has all but disappeared. The fact that Gouache was a stepping stone to a final print product meant there was no need for permanence – once the scan or photograph was taken, the artwork had served it’s purpose. Gouache was the perfect pigment – it could be applied without showing any brush strokes, it was completely opaque and extremely flat.
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