Oh My Gouache!: The Beginner's Guide to Painting with Opaque Watercolour

By Zoe Ingram

Book Overview

Welcome to the wonderful world of painting with gouache, with the creative guidance of popular artist Zoe Ingram.
In this comprehensive beginner's guide, Zoe shares everything she possibly can about getting started with gouache painting. Why gouache? Because this exciting paint medium creates opaque effects making it more vibrant and graphic than traditional watercolors, meaning you can layer it, paint on dark backgrounds and much more.
Gouache is one of the easiest of paint mediums to use. It's very forgiving and fun to use and is also versatile. Gouache paint can mimic watercolour and can give the opacity of oil paint if used with less water. You can use it to paint large, smooth, flat blocks of background colour and the finest lines and details. Gouache paint also dries quickly too which is a big bonus
Starting at the very start, Zoe takes you through the basics and explains what materials you'll need, then explores a wide range of techniques and finally, there are a host of fun and vibrant step-by-step projects that you can follow along with or use as a springboard for your own ideas.
From animals to flowers, hand lettering to patterns, this book will kickstart your love-affair with gouache, so all that's left is deciding how to pronounce it... "gooash"..."gwash"..."goo-uhsh"?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1446308316
• ISBN13: 9781446308318
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: David & Charles
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 10.7"