Gouache Myths: The TRUTH About Gouache Paint

[@CecileYadro]

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[@InnerMagpie]

Omg! I’m so happy to find your channel. There is so much I don’t understand about Gouche.

[@CecileYadro]

Welcome!!

[@deannam7551]

SO happy that I found your channel. I am loving your tutorials and advice for gouache. Thank you!!

[@CecileYadro]

Welcome!!

[@GailBurfoot]

I’ve started painting with gouache just to give it a try. I spend my winters in Mexico and no longer wanted to take all my oil supplies. I haven’t had a problem and quite happy with the results. Since I’d never tried it before I went through the process of making a rather large colour wheel 😂. I prefer it over water colours, I’ve been painting with oils since 1962. Unbelievable I know. Love the knowledge you share, thank you from my heart.

[@CecileYadro]

Have fun!

[@rosemattaliano3997]

thanks very much! i am gouache artist of 30+ years. it is my favorite medium. so i love to hear from other gouache artists!! ❤

[@CecileYadro]

Wonderful!

[@arcuda2001]

i'm biased too lol love gouache!! ( and i have been watercolorist for most of my adult life) .. i still love my watercolors, but gouache opened a whole new world of expression for me 😬😬😬thx for this video, cecile!!❤ norakag here 👍👍👍

[@CecileYadro]

Thanks for your support Nora!

[@ChantelleArts]

gouache is such a versatile medium, I love how you can use it like both acrylic and watercolour 🥰

[@CecileYadro]

And even like oil painting!

[@lcarolc03]

Always enjoy your enthusiasm and expertise in gouache.

[@CecileYadro]

Thank you very much!

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

im using Gouache as watercolour in urbansketching...initial layers and if i do mistake than go light over dark with its opacity....its so versatile as you had mentioned.

[@CecileYadro]

I do that too but for portraits

[@claritzairosario68]

You are very true about the gouche "is an opaque watercolor" it's not! I'm a watercolor Artist, and when I start with gouache...OMG! It was so hard, I have to delete my hardware from watercolor 😅 and change my mind, to understand gouache! I'm still learning, and I love it so much! I preferred gouache than acrylics for sure! They're versatile, it looks beautiful and the same you said, you can re work the areas always you want it! 🥰 thank you for clarifying all the myths of the gouache 😊

[@CecileYadro]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@ephraimsanford5042]

Great video. I love your enthusiasm. Have been using watercolor but have always been intrigued by gouache. Looking at a gouache set from Schminke and now I’m ready to give it a try!

[@CecileYadro]

Go for it!

[@creativecolours2022]

Hi Cecile! I was trained to paint with gouache back in my student days and then I switched to watercolors that is my favorite medium. So I can confirm that you are right when you say that gouache is a completely different medium on regard of its handling and properties. Gouache is very versatile and forgiving medium and due to its opaqueness it is easier to scan photograph and reproduce and that is the reason why it was in the past the favorite medium of poster, magazine, cover or packaging illustrators. The main disadvantage of gouache is that it can't be worked in transparent layers and so the final artwork or illustration might lack the depth of colour that gives super realistic results. You can get super realistic results with gouache too, if you know how to work with it, but it is double the work and way more difficult.

[@CecileYadro]

That's funny because I feel that watercolor is more difficult than gouache. I guess it depends how we use them.

[@creativecolours2022]

@@CecileYadro Hi. Of course it depends on how we use each medium but different mediums give different results either way. Watercolour ( and oils too) can be worked in transparent layers, and each and every different layer of colour reflects light with a different way. Our eyes now are able to detect these different light reflections and our brains can put all together to make the final result look like real. Gouache though doesn't have the same properties as it is flat and opaque. It gives more illustrative results but the different layers of colours mix with each other, and reflect the light as one flat layer. Same applies for acrylics, pastels etc. That is great for reproductions as that is the way that camera lenses detect light but doesn't give the same depth of colour as other more transparent mediums do. At the very end everything has to do with what sort of results you want to achieve. Out advantage as modern era artists is that we have all these different types of media available to experiment and get whatever result comes to our minds. It has to do with how much effort and time we want to invest to master and understand the properties of each and every art medium. Gouache though is a great medium. Versatile, forgiving, reworkable and more convenient if you have to produce a series of works for commercial or other use.

[@CecileYadro]

I agree!

[@judithutter1924]

As a long time watercoloist I’m venturing into gouache. One question in my mind is that I have heard and read about how layering is difficult . As you will work up the under layer when painting another color on top. Can you layer without disrupting the color underneath ?

[@CecileYadro]

Sure! Watch this video to find more: This Hack is CHANGING Gouache Layering kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2fahHR_qdaqmpY

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Very impressive video...thanks cecile👌

[@CecileYadro]

Glad you liked it!

[@khairakadri]

Thank you for sharing thing information i just started learning painting with gouache and i completely felt in love with it . I still have difficultys using it but thanks to you i found out your channel

[@CecileYadro]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lizleiart]

Thank you Cecile, for reminding me that I must return to gouache sooner rather than later! And I certainly discovered that it's not always opaque. 😅

[@CecileYadro]

Have fun!

[@annegretstaiger3428]

Thanks for this very good introduction. I have been playing with gouache for two months now. And your tutorial have helped me realize what i did wrong. I have used gouache for the most part very diludet, mostly because i dont want to rinse paint the drain thaz is legt over on my paletze. I do like this diluted effect of gouache as well.

[@CecileYadro]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stelaminako]

Thanks for your videos!❤ I am still suffering with guache, but it is my goal to be as confortable with it as i am will watercolors and pencils. Which medias can you use on top of guache?

[@CecileYadro]

Watch this video maybe: Best and Worst Mediums to add on gouache - feat. Inktober 2024 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3yvkHePfsRsnNU

[@HeavenlyBrujo]

Thanks a lot, I've been painting with watercolor and I'd love to try gouache. Can I use the same brushes that I use for watercolor?

[@CecileYadro]

Yes, and no. I mean the gouache won't damage them, but some watercolor brushes hold too much water for gouache. You could watch this video to find more about gouache brushes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJe8ZICdobSbr7s

[@suzanneboily5224]

Love gouache

[@CecileYadro]

😃

[@I.K.2013]

would you recommend the MIJELLO MISSION Titanium Class Gouache? do you try it ?

[@CecileYadro]

I can't tell, I haven't tried it...

[@rejihime7380]

i want to learn gouache's learning curve

[@CecileYadro]

Did you try my gouache bootcamp in the video description?

[@sevresblue]

I also like gouache on Aquabord or Gessobord!

[@CecileYadro]

yes, me too!

[@pktdbgnzwl]

Yes I have seen also that people coming from water color treat it like water color and they just water it down. I wonder why not just continue use water color instead of guoche it's cheaper.

[@CecileYadro]

so true!