Gouache

Word GOUACHE
Character 7
Hyphenation ‖Gouache
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Definitions and meanings of "Gouache"

What do we mean by gouache?

A method of painting with opaque watercolors mixed with a preparation of gum. noun

An opaque pigment used when painting in this way. noun

A painting executed in this manner. noun

A method of painting with water-colors mixed and modified with white, so as to be opaque and to present a dead surface. noun

Work painted according to this method.— noun

A pigment used in such painting. noun

Noting the method of painting known as gouache, or a work executed by that method.

A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted. noun

A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque noun

A painting made with this paint noun

An opaque watercolor prepared with gum noun

A watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum noun

A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.

A painting made with this paint.

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The word "gouache" in example sentences

The standout image, though, was an 11 by 14 inch painting in gouache by Brian Floca from his "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11." ❋ Sammy Perlmutter (2010)

Illustrator Stephanie Buscema has that perfect “retro cute” thing going on with paintings of children, skillfully rendered in gouache. ❋ Unknown (2009)

New Yorker Nancy Stahl, whose specialty is WPA-style mock-heroic illustrations (like the image at right), says the fragility of her traditional medium -- the opaque watercolor known as gouache -- used to drive her crazy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For S. Paolo, in Verona, Francesco painted a panel-picture in gouache, which is very beautiful, and another, also most beautiful, for the ❋ Giorgio Vasari (1542)

In this case, it's probably watercolor from his palette mixed with Chinese white and gouache, which is watercolor that has an opacifier, typically chalk, added. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Here she is working with both bodycolor and watercolor, in particular gouache, which is watercolor made opaque through the addition of an opacifier -- typically chalk -- which allows it to cover whatever is painted underneath. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They sell Holbein gouache which is very good paint as is Schmincke Horadam. ❋ James Gurney (2008)

Old Masters - a way of working that was then common in commercial art, before being superseded by more modest media such as gouache, watercolour and digital image-making. ❋ Unknown (2010)

About the contributor: Diahn Ott is an eclectic, self-taught artist, working primarily in water-based media such as gouache, watercolor and acrylics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The nuanced colors and visible brushstrokes of the gouache disappear in the simplified image of the poster, which is characterized by the flat fields of color and strong, expressive lines that made Lautrec an early master of the fine art lithograph. ❋ David Galenson (2011)

In a current exhibition at London's Courtauld Gallery, a Lautrec gouache of Avril in precisely the same pose hangs beside the famous image -- obviously a preparatory study for the poster, demonstrating clearly the truth of Alexandre's claim that Lautrec's art was "very calculated in its conception." ❋ David Galenson (2011)

Phranc of California | Cardboard, paper, gouache and thread come together to create life-size, three-dimensional representations of familiar summer objects in Phranc of California. ❋ Bill Bush (2011)

Once she has built and decorated a shrine in her studio, she sits down and paints it in lovely watercolor gouache. ❋ Regina Doman (2009)

Mr. Danella began his painting career creating Paul Klee-inspired abstractions, including the small, substantial figurative gouache "Nail Biter" (1955) and the ambitious, tessellating "magic square" painting "Sunday Afternoon" (1951). ❋ Lance Esplund (2011)

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