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    Feb 19, 2021 3 minutes

    WATERCOLOUR’S BEST FRIEND

    MATT JEANES gives five reasons why all watercolourists should invest in gouache

    1 Gouache shares many properties with watercolour but there is one key difference: it dries opaque. This means you can repeatedly layer it up and you also don’t have to stick to painting from light to dark as you do with watercolour. This versatility made it the paint medium of choice for illustrators in the 1950s and 1960s, as its bright and brilliant tones were perfect for magazine printing.

    When painting in watercolour, a touch of gouache

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