1
: a method of painting with opaque watercolors
2
a
: a picture painted by gouache
b
: the pigment used in gouache
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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.
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2023
Most of his pictures at Hemphill are oils, and the others employ gouache, sometimes supplemented by ink.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
The gouaches are all from the early 1950s and show the influence of such European or Euro-American artists as Arshile Gorky (a Kainen acquaintance) and Paul Klee.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
The following day, Doja unveiled a second cover — this time of a gouache watercolor painting of two arachnids.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2023
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2023
Most of his pictures at Hemphill are oils, and the others employ gouache, sometimes supplemented by ink.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
The gouaches are all from the early 1950s and show the influence of such European or Euro-American artists as Arshile Gorky (a Kainen acquaintance) and Paul Klee.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
The following day, Doja unveiled a second cover — this time of a gouache watercolor painting of two arachnids.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2023
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“Gouache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gouache. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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