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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And in its gallery on Melrose, the dealer is showing that Lipsky remains active, with a suite of acrylic gouache abstractions all dated to 2024.
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Confusion and frustration lead to understanding in Barnett’s funny and philosophical book, with beautiful gouache illustrations by Ellis.
—Travis Jonker, New York Times, 10 Feb. 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, 26 July 2024
Her works are softly abstract; powdery colors form cloud-like shapes that might be superimposed with free-handed linear strokes in acrylic, gouache, oil stick, oil pastels, and graphite.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Confusion and frustration lead to understanding in Barnett’s funny and philosophical book, with beautiful gouache illustrations by Ellis.
—Travis Jonker, New York Times, 10 Feb. 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, 26 July 2024
Her works are softly abstract; powdery colors form cloud-like shapes that might be superimposed with free-handed linear strokes in acrylic, gouache, oil stick, oil pastels, and graphite.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Gouache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gouache. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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