Media: Painting — Gouache Going on about gouache Gouache is an opaque watercolor paint. It offers the same fluidity as transparent watercolors, or ink — but since gouache is opaque, the colors it creates are usually bolder and more saturated than those found in traditional watercolors or ink drawings. Artists tend to use gouache when they want to create a precise but fluid drawing with strong, undiluted color. Many use it in combination with other media (such as watercolor and graphite) to block out areas of color and lend a graphic quality to the work. Below are examples of gouache paintings available on NextMonet. Click on any of them to learn more about the individual work. Jackie Hunsaker Courtney Jordan The main types of painting are: Acrylic  Encaustic  Gouache  Oil  Sumi  Tempera  Watercolor  Mixed Media