gouache

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Recent Examples of gouache 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 Poodle Powder Box French, 1940, ink and gouache on tracing paper In 1940, the extremely posh jewelry purveyors Maison Boucheron hired the design firm of Strauss, Allard, and Meyer to come up with ideas for makeup compacts. Via Chronicle Books, Literary Hub, 5 May 2025 One of my favorites, done in gouache, chalk, watercolor, and pencil; sheep dance against a gray-green industrial background—mostly in pairs, balancing upright on each other's shoulders, their front legs crossing like matchsticks. Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for gouache
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Noun
  • The Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art has the largest collection of Florida art, including 2,600 oil and watercolor paintings of the state.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Antonio Bustamante has kept a watercolor of labor leader César Chavez for more than 35 years, hanging it on the wall of his law office in Yuma, Arizona.
    Fernanda Figueroa, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The statues, printed in Dallas in a bright lime-green acrylic, depict athletes such as FIFA World Cup champion Julie Foudy and pro golfer Lucy Li and other sports professionals such as former Dallas Mavericks chief executive officer Cynt Marshall and kinesiologist Colleen Hacker.
    Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • When the box is lit, the acrylic pieces shine and play off each other.
    Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026

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“Gouache.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gouache. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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