what is gouache paint used for?

Question

Who uses Gouache, what do you use it for?

Answer 1

mainly used be designers to get a good vibrant colour and easy to blend. i've got some, quite expensive but really easy to work with.

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Answer 2

Just a few more things:
Gouache is often used as a sketching/study medium because it is quick drying, portable, and workable (that is, you can paint over it soon after the previous layer was painted, and it can be removed with just a little water and tissue paper).
I, personally, like to use it in watercolors, at least in parts of a painting. It retains it's brilliance even when thinned out and applied more thickly than traditional watercolors.
Pastel artists, even Degas, often paint their subjects first in gouache before applying pastels. This gives the artwork a richer color with less white spots.

Answer 3

Gouache paint is similar to watercolor except it is opaque (not transparent.) It has a nice matte finish, unlike glossy acrylics. Gouache was traditionally used for cartooning and design work, but now it is used by artists in a variety of ways.

Personally, I usually use goauche as part of mixed-media paintings and illustrations. I often start painting with watercolors and add goauche in the areas where I want the paint to be opaque.

Answer 4

It is paint that is popular with graphic artists, advertising designers, and artists alike.

I like to use gouache becuase it has a really nice matt finish, the colors are pure, and alittle paint goes along way. I am a native artist and the style I painting focuses on shape, colour and line. It is very graphic and I find the paint to be conveinent.

Answer 5

Gouache - pronounced gwash as in squash.

Gouache paint is often called 'Designers Gouache' due to it's opaqueness, speed of drying and matt finish, being so necessary for designer, illustrators and commercial artists. It is also often referred to as 'opaque watercolour'
A good quality Gouache paint is a mix of pigment and Gum Arabic. Gum Arabic is the binder for the pigment, giving it
a creamy 'flow' consistency, cheaper varieties may have chalk added to the pigment and they often 'flow' less than a
better quality product. Gouache can be used thin to give a wash at the start of a painting allowing the thicker layers to be used towards the end.Gouache is a quick, direct and amenable medium, with superb covering power. You don't need to reserve your 'white' as in watercolour; it's more controllable then watercolour and you can remove mistakes and re-paint. Sable or Synthetic brushes are ideal, bristle brushes if you want more expressive brush marks Gouache painting techniques are usually used on watercolour paper, white or tinted. You can also use coloured pastel paper or mount board. I would recommend heavier papers to give a more stable surface for the paint, especially if you like to paint in numerous layers. They are also best preserved under glass using a mount.Gouache paint is designed to be applied fairly thickly; diluted with too much water and they can 'powder off'; applied in too many thick layers and they have a tendency to crack. The cracking is due to the under layers, absorbing the water and Gum Arabic out of the newly applied paint, but it only become apparent when dry.
'Less layers are best layers' with Gouache!
I especially like them for small and detailed paintings, give them a try, they can be very rewarding.
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Answer 6

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what is gouache paint used for?
Who uses Gouache, what do you use it for?

Answer 7

gouache is simular to acrylic paint, which is used in a variety of media, it is mainly used for design, but i have also used it on canvas and as a base for mixed media, ie pastels etc. I have also used it for dying fabrics for eiher textile sculptures or appliques, using pva glue as a gloss.

Answer 8

I was going to tell you but I see that 'Claire B' has it covered, as it were! Happy painting.

Answer 9

to paint something

Answer 10

It is good for designers & is sold as being easy to overpaint with.