Personal Study and

Investigation on
Watercolor and
Gouache

ARYA UDAS
 Watercolor
Watercolor, also referred to as aquarelle (Italian diminutive of Latin aqua
"water"), is a painting technique in which pigments are suspended in a
water-based solution. Both the medium and the finished piece of art are
referred to as watercolor. The term "aquarellum atramento" (Latin for
"aquarelle made with ink") is used by specialists to describe aquarelles
painted with water-soluble colored ink rather than current water colors. But
lately, this phrase has tended to lose favor.
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The medium of watercolour has been The Great Fall of Reichenbach in Love's Messenger, an 1885
the Valley of Hasle watercolor and tempera by Marie
particularly associated with England
Spartali Stillman
for several hundred years. However,
its origins lie further back in the
history of European painting.
Pigments, consisting of earths or
vegetable fibres ground to powder
and bound with gum or egg, were in
use in the Middle Ages. They were
applied to vellum to adorn
manuscripts, to depict religious and
(later) secular scenes - as well as to
enrich capital letters and ornament
borders.
- By Andrew Wilton
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My Watercolor Works

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My Watercolor Works(Commission)

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 My Watercolor Works

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My first try making watercolor portraits.

My Watercolor Works

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My Watercolor Works

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My Watercolor Works

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My Watercolor Works

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My Watercolor Works(Experimental)

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 Gouache
Gouache paint is comparable to watercolor paint, except it has been altered to be opaque. The
binding agent, like in watercolor, has historically been gum arabic, but since the late nineteenth
century, less expensive variations have substituted yellow dextrin. The dextrin is typically diluted
with an equivalent amount of water when the paint is offered as a paste, such as in tubes.Propylene
glycol is frequently added to paint in order to enhance its adhesive and hygroscopic properties as
well as the flexibility of the relatively brittle paint layer after drying.Gouache is different from
watercolor in that the particles are frequently larger, the pigment to binder ratio is significantly
higher, and an additional white filler, such as chalk, or what is known as a "body" may be used in
the paint. Due to this, gouache is heavier and more opaque than watercolor, and endows it with
greater reflective qualities.
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 History of Gouache
The term "gouache" was first used in France in the eighteenth century to refer to a sort of paint
similar to watercolour that was made from pigments bonded in water-soluble gum but with the
addition of a white pigment to make it opaque.In comparison to watercolour, more binder is used,
and different amounts of inert pigments, like chalk, are used to increase the opacity. Gouache coats
the paper surface with a thicker coating of paint that prevents the paper from showing through. It is
frequently used to add highlights to watercolor paintings.Today, any drawing done with body color
is generally referred to be a gouache. Artists have utilized bodycolor, a term for any form of opaque
water-soluble pigment, since the late fourteenth century. Prior to the invention of zinc oxide, often
known as Chinese white, in the nineteenth century, lead white was the standard.

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 Thank
You!

THANKS! PAGE 29