Gouache Paints

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From a beginner’s paint set to individual hues, Riot Art & Craft has all of the gouache painting supplies, drawing materials you need. So if you are touching up your Gouache paint skills or finishing your next masterpiece we have you covered. ***** Discover The Incredible Versatility Of Gouache With Our Gouache Painting Supplies! If you love the transparent fluidity of watercolour paint but want the opacity of acrylic paint , then gouache paint is your answer. Gouache is a happy-medium between the two paints, being a type of watermedia that can be watered down for a translucent look or applied thickly for a bold matte finish similar to acrylics. Riot Art & Craft have an exciting range of gouache painting supplies by leading art brands like Eraldo Di Paolo, Artists First Choice, Art Spectrum and Holcroft. From convenient paint sets designed to get you started experimenting with gouache faster to individual tubes, sketchpads, paint brushes, palettes, canvases and everything in between - we'll make your discovery of gouache an exciting and deeply rewarding one. Gouache Painting Explained Gouache paint is often described as 'opaque watercolor'. Pronounced 'gwash', it's made using a combination of coloured pigment, a solid white pigment additive (chalk or acrylic), water and a binding agent, usually gum Arabic. Being water-soluble, gouache is a stunningly unique and versatile medium that can be applied similar to watercolour but has a heavier, more matte appearance when dried with the radiant brightness of oil paints . Gouache can be used with other paints, such as acrylics and watercolours, as well as with pens, pencils, crayons and markers for a mixed media project. Difference Between Gouache and Watercolor While gouache has similar properties to watercolor paints and can be diluted with water and applied thinly to a surface, it has larger particles of pigment which makes for a far richer colour and more opaque appearance than when using watercolours. Both goua