Gouache in my sketchbook

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[–] [S] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I started in watercolor, and spent so much effort trying to get an opaque effect. A friend saw me struggling and said “why aren’t you using gouache?” It blew my mind 😅

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I do love the transparency (and sometimes unpredictability) of watercolor which got me interested in the first place. There’s a vibrant and lively quality to gouache though, though, that really tugs at me. Maybe it’s the fact that you can go both opaque and transparent? Unfortunately money is tight and I can’t afford to splash out on decent gouache at the moment so I will focus on watercolor and squash the gouache for now.

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