Gouache painting

Sketching

Gouache is the abbreviation of gouache pigment, which has various names in our country such as "propaganda color", etc. It has a weaker coverage compared with acrylic pigment (or "concentrated advertising paint"). It is a special kind of watercolor, i.e. opaque watercolor pigment. Because they are cheap and easy to learn and use, they are often used as an introduction to color painting for beginners, and their usage simulates oil painting techniques or watercolor techniques.

famous Artist

1.William Henry Hunt
Hunter was an English 19th century naturalist painter. He excelled in representing subjects such as fruits, flowers and trees, birds of prey and bird nests. His works were so realistic that they were unmatched by his peers. He rarely used long brush strokes. At that time, there were many painters vying to imitate this exquisite painting technique.

2.John Frederic Lewis
Louis spent his early years in the art of printmaking and later produced watercolors, and became known for his paintings of exotic Middle Eastern landscapes. His focus was on the human figure, a true reflection of the life of the Arabian people. With fine lines, delicate brushwork and rich colors, subtle tones of light and dark, he specialized in depicting exotic figures in that beautiful environment.

3.Stanleigh Roy Biedeming
Biedermin is not only a watercolorist but also a printmaker. He often painted in a combination of transparent water colors and opaque gouache. He has a great interest and passion for nature and likes to depict everything he sees in a scene with painstaking care and attention to detail.

4.Buttress

The Soviet painter Buttress is mainly characterized by rough, heavily colored opaque watercolors. In terms of expression, the emphasis is on simple and vivid colors combined with bold deep black thick lines, with strong and bright colors, so that the effect of the picture shows power and has some artistic characteristics of printmaking.

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