Practice question · Select all that apply
Which of these are true of watercolour and gouache?
Hints
- Three describe the difference between the two; one gets the direction of a change backwards.
- Watch what happens to a gouache swatch as the water leaves.
Show the answer
- A. Both use gum arabic as the binder
- B. In watercolour the white of the picture is the paper rather than a pigment
- D. Gouache carries added chalk and a heavier pigment load, which makes it opaque
Why
Gouache dries lighter, not darker, which is why matching a gouache passage to a dry one is so frustrating: the swatch you are judging is still moving. The rest of the list is the whole difference between the two media, and it is a difference of loading rather than of binder.
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