Thoughts on Painting

I have been having a lot of fun playing around with gouache in my studio. It’s a very different kind of medium. It’s kind of like acrylic and watercolor paint had a baby. It can be used like watercolor, put on in a transparent glaze and runs like watercolor. When it’s used in a thicker consistency it is much more opaque than watercolor (I think because of white added to the pigment in most cases.) And it dries kind of chalky. At least the type I’ve been using. I think you can get an acrylic gouache blend that stays wet a little longer and is less chalky. All things I am exploring and will be sharing on my youtube as I do!

Here is link to a demonstration of my new Winsor and Newton gouache paints on fall pumpkins. Hope you enjoy!

https://youtu.be/rwxNdzTjb58?si=00C8eW4bSi-iNAly