"Gouache"
Fred Joslin is a passionate 65 year old artist. Fred started painting 30 years ago, but had to stop in order to raise his family. A couple of years ago he was able to start painting again. It is easy to see his love for art in his eyes.
Fred is attending Dixie State University's "Artist Materials and Methods". This course is taught by McGarren Flack. The students in this class have learned how to make their own charcoal, gouache, oil paints, and gesso. They are also learning about varnishing pieces, framing, and each media's archival qualities.
I was able to attend a couple of their classes and observed them making "gouache". Gouache is an opaque watercolor paint. Most watercolor paints are transparent and show the white paper below it. Gouache allows the artist to paint in layers. To make gouache, first you choose the color pigment you want, second it is watered down, third white chalk is added, fourth and last a mixture of gum arabic and glycerin are added until the desired consistency is made. A few things that I learned while attending was that gouache doesn't absorb into the paper like regular watercolors do. You have a wide open color palette, because you get to mix the colors you want. Gouache gives the painting a matte, texture appearance due to its mixing with the under colors. This type of watercolor dries very quickly, and is considered to be a quick painting technique. Gouache is a great for color studies for the artist.
Fred is attending Dixie State University's "Artist Materials and Methods". This course is taught by McGarren Flack. The students in this class have learned how to make their own charcoal, gouache, oil paints, and gesso. They are also learning about varnishing pieces, framing, and each media's archival qualities.
I was able to attend a couple of their classes and observed them making "gouache". Gouache is an opaque watercolor paint. Most watercolor paints are transparent and show the white paper below it. Gouache allows the artist to paint in layers. To make gouache, first you choose the color pigment you want, second it is watered down, third white chalk is added, fourth and last a mixture of gum arabic and glycerin are added until the desired consistency is made. A few things that I learned while attending was that gouache doesn't absorb into the paper like regular watercolors do. You have a wide open color palette, because you get to mix the colors you want. Gouache gives the painting a matte, texture appearance due to its mixing with the under colors. This type of watercolor dries very quickly, and is considered to be a quick painting technique. Gouache is a great for color studies for the artist.
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