gouache
noun
ˈgwäsh 
1
: a method of painting with opaque watercolors
2
a
: a picture painted by gouache
b
: the pigment used in gouache
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In her gouache illustration on a digital print background, Ruth Burotte portrays a wide-eyed young woman in hard hat and boots. 
Elisa Turner, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2022 Executed in gouache and watercolor as well as oil, these smaller paintings are as immersive as Abraham’s near-abstractions, yet very different in composition. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 As Tanita's website explains, the daughter of Michael and his first wife Wanda Hutchins is a visual artist based in Los Angeles who works with mediums such as acrylic, watercolor, gouache, ink, graphic design and photography. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 15 July 2021 Words are at a minimum as, in gouache paintings, Mr. Estellon presents five colors (along with black and white) as they are expressed in nature. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2021 Tintin creator Hergé crafted the elaborate design—intended to grace the cover of his 1936 comic book The Blue Lotus—with ink, gouache and watercolors. Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2021 The Strathmore’s Visual Mixed Media journal comes with a hardy 190 gsm paper, which works well for wet and dry media including pencil, pen and ink, gouache or watercolor, and acrylics. Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2020 The reference books show how Schorn uses not only colored pencils, but other materials and media such as pastels, ink and gouache to create certain effects in his art. Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2020 In an eerie premonition, an ink and gouache drawing by François-Nicolas Chifflart shows the fire in the cathedral imagined by Victor Hugo in his novel. Elaine Sciolino, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2020 See More
Elisa Turner, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2022 Executed in gouache and watercolor as well as oil, these smaller paintings are as immersive as Abraham’s near-abstractions, yet very different in composition. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 As Tanita's website explains, the daughter of Michael and his first wife Wanda Hutchins is a visual artist based in Los Angeles who works with mediums such as acrylic, watercolor, gouache, ink, graphic design and photography. Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 15 July 2021 Words are at a minimum as, in gouache paintings, Mr. Estellon presents five colors (along with black and white) as they are expressed in nature. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2021 Tintin creator Hergé crafted the elaborate design—intended to grace the cover of his 1936 comic book The Blue Lotus—with ink, gouache and watercolors. Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2021 The Strathmore’s Visual Mixed Media journal comes with a hardy 190 gsm paper, which works well for wet and dry media including pencil, pen and ink, gouache or watercolor, and acrylics. Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2020 The reference books show how Schorn uses not only colored pencils, but other materials and media such as pastels, ink and gouache to create certain effects in his art. Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2020 In an eerie premonition, an ink and gouache drawing by François-Nicolas Chifflart shows the fire in the cathedral imagined by Victor Hugo in his novel. Elaine Sciolino, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
French, from Italian guazzo, literally, puddle, probably from Latin aquatio watering place, from aquari to fetch water, from aqua water — more at island
First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1
gouache
noun
as in watercolor
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- watercolor
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- pastel
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- finger painting
- sketch
- canvass
- canvas
- oil
- panorama
- masterpiece
- oil painting
- pièce de résistance
- showpiece