Gouache

The medium

Gouache is opaque watercolor — the matte, velvet finish that illustrators have sworn by for a century. Flat, even, and endlessly correctable.

How we teach it

finish    matte, chalky, uniform
opacity   covers dark with light
reactivate  rewets with water
surface   paper or illustration board

When to choose it

For flat color, clean edges, and design. Gouache gives you the control of acrylic with the soul of watercolor.