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Jo Castillo
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Great plein air work.
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Bongo
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oops -nice work, and I wanted to know how you like acrylic gouache, other than being opaque and matt is there a difference.
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I have worked in real acrylics for decades and almost as long in watercolor. Gouache oddly hasn't quite worked all that well for me.
For some reason I don't really like this formulation. It's like a balky acrylic for me. I did one successful painting with it a few years ago and put it aside. My sister, who likes oils and acrylics, used it on vacation with me and loved it so much that she bought a big set. A couple of weeks ago I did a quickie with regular gouache and it was OK for me. This stuff doesn't suit my working style.
It's the Turner set and it comes with a plastic palette that requires a special cleaner, which also I find annoying. Neither true gouache nor acrylics ever needed that. So whatever they're putting in this stuff as a binder just kind of irks me. It dries too quickly for my taste, and remember I'm very skilled handling the drying times of acrylics. I certainly can't seem to get this to glaze, which I suppose would defeat the way one works with gouache anyway, but real gouache does allow me some glazing capability.
So my answer is that I don't favor this stuff. Not with my working styles anyway.
Bartc
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Thanks, Ayin and Bongo.
I suppose I didn't like working with this medium and that may be why I'm not enamored of the result in Acryl Gouache. It's better than I felt it was when I was painting it. I am convinced I could have done it much better in regular acrylic, however.
I've not sworn off true gouache, just the stuff.
I suppose I didn't like working with this medium and that may be why I'm not enamored of the result in Acryl Gouache. It's better than I felt it was when I was painting it. I am convinced I could have done it much better in regular acrylic, however.
I've not sworn off true gouache, just the stuff.
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Bongo, I was trying to define the other reason this medium frustrated me. I said it wouldn't glaze, which I isn't how one uses gouache generally, but with regular gouache I can glaze a bit using water to thin it out. This stuff is too opaque. But neither would it scumble well, and I cannot tell you why. With acrylic and/or regular gouache I can scumble. So this medium seems best used in flat areas of color only. At least, that's the way it seemed to be working to me.
