1
: a method of painting with opaque watercolors
2
a
: a picture painted by gouache
b
: the pigment used in gouache
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Four Classic Designs Artist Denise Fiedler created the works with gouache and acrylic paint layered on vintage gardening book pages, then assembled on archival cotton board.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Artist Don Carney has released a series of fine art prints of Lover’s Eyes created from his watercolor and gouache paintings.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The legendary artist and North Shore resident — who uses gouache paints to create lifelike depictions of Marvel and DC characters — is constantly creating.
—Kelly Haramis, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
One of them was watercolor and one of them was done with opaque gouache — The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, all of these are gouaches.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 May 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Artist Don Carney has released a series of fine art prints of Lover’s Eyes created from his watercolor and gouache paintings.
—Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The legendary artist and North Shore resident — who uses gouache paints to create lifelike depictions of Marvel and DC characters — is constantly creating.
—Kelly Haramis, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
One of them was watercolor and one of them was done with opaque gouache — The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, all of these are gouaches.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 May 2025
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“Gouache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gouache. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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