For anyone who has wondered how to create beautiful hand lettered cards on kraft paper, or any dark cardstock, the answer is gouache, a high pigment, high opacity water colour paint! SUPPLIES ...

Gouache is similar to watercolour but, because of the pigment in the paint, is opaque. Bloy says there is “a romance” to gouache designs. “And, to me, part of the creative process is to ...

Though some artists find gouache easier to work with thanks to its thicker form and higher pigment content, traditional watercolour allows you to build up layers in a more transient yet detail ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Gouache paint is often called designers' gouache or opaque watercolour as it can be used like watercolour but is not ...

Eastern gouache painting was introduced to Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period and is often referred to as nihonga, a Japanese painting style, to distinguish it from Western styles. The paint ...

the provincial exhibition’s organizers banned Eastern gouache the following year. “The materials, ink, paper and both mineral and soil pigment in Japanese painting are virtually identical to that of ...