Gouache

“The first time i discovered Gouache, the truth is I didn’t like it!”

It took me a while to work out how to use it, and there are so many different ways of using it. But it has really become my favourite painting medium. I still have no idea whether you should pronounce it ‘Goo-ash’ or ‘Gu-wash’ but I like to think of gouache as something between watercolour and acrylic and it’s often referred to as an ‘opaque watercolour’.

I like to use gouache to create highly detailed work, i’m often there hunched over my paper with a tiny little brush. The real beauty of it is being able to layer colours, I normally start with a watered down wash and build up.