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Deepen Your Painting Skills This Summer With This Book!
My love for Gouache has only deepened as each year progresses. I invite you to give it a try by following Kate Jarvich Birch instructions and tricks.
Gouache for Beginners. Simple, Stunning & Realistic Projects by Kate Jarvik Birch (Author)
Gouache can be categorized as an opaque watercolor. There′s acrylic gouache (an opaque type of acrylic) and the real thing, which can be reconstituted with water.
It can be as translucent as watercolor and as dark as acrylic, and is a perfect mix between both. When you experiment with watercolor, there are tons of tricks for texture and light, but mostly, white as an additive is out of the question. Adding white to gouache gives you unlimited possibilities.
This book is meant for beginners and intermediate artists who are not afraid to try complex subjects: All 22 step-by-step projects yield stunning results and are an invitation to learn different aspects of the paint. Colorful food, household objects, beautiful landscapes and flowers, all the way to the trickier bits of reflection and transparency, there is something for everyone.
Kate Jarvik Birch is a full-time artist and writer living in Salt Lake City, Utah. She's the author of three YA novels, and she offers online painting classes and sells her original art and calendars on her website. Her art has been sold in American big-box stores, as well as featured in television series. Find her online at and as @kebirch on her social media channels (her Instagram videos are golden).
Gouache for Beginners is available since June 03, 2025.
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing Pages: Trade Soft Paperback 128 Pages
ISBN: 9780760393482
