pastel gouache
Love the colours, so creamy and smooth to apply
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Gouache is a type of paint which is centuries old, and yet relatively few people even know of its existence today. It’s a medium worth discovering, with characteristics of both acrylic and watercolor that can be used to create vibrant, luminous works of art. It is sometimes referred to as opaque watercolour.
The Gouache Stix are our latest addition to our illustration, painter, art journaling and doodling toolbox. You can get the Gouache Stix and A4 pad of paper in a handy bundle to start right away.
This is a word that everybody imagines in their head quite differently, and most likely when you hear how its pronounced, you'll think "oh! how different".
The right pronounciation is "gwahsh", "goo-ahsh" or "gwash"
A primary difference between the two paints is that gouache is more opaque than watercolour. Both paints consist of pigment and water soluble binder, which allows the paint to be altered even after it dries with the addition of water.
Just like regular gouache, you can add as much water as you want and dilute the paint until it's transparent - like a watercolour.
The silkys are made with poster paint and the gouache are made with gouache paint. An easy way to split them is to say, our silkys are perfect for the young kids, and gouache are made for our older kids and adults.
If you loved the Silkys and wanted to have a go at the painting style, the Gouache Stix will be perfect because they are more opaque and intense, a lot creamier, and a more sofisticated type of paint material that will instantly improve your art experience and end result.
It would be like comparing kids-quality crayon and artist studio quality pastels.
There are so many ways! You can use them as paint sticks directly onto the surface and keep the colour thick and solid.
You can also use them like watercolours, apply the paint from the stick, and then use your water brush or wet paint brush to blend them, mix colours and give them a softer look.
Mix any colour you like using the paint stick and using your finger or a paintbrush to mix.
Create light colour by using your paint brush or water brush directly onto the paint stick and extracting some colour to add to your art.
Use the Gouache Stix with your Watercolour Brush Pens, they work perfectly together and blend like magic.
Paint on paper, wood and many other surfaces like fabric (not permanently), and once dry, add details using your acrylic paint pens.
They work perfectly on our mixed media paper. Get some paper, a water brush (from your pack of watercolour brush pens) and sit on the couch and enjoy your relaxing evening in. Get the Gouache Stix and A4 pad of paper in a handy bundle.
Enjoy creating art projects on virtually any surface: fabric, textile, canvas, metal, pottery, treated wood, plastic, stone, terra-cotta, polymer clay, rock & more. Resistant to water, fading, and abrasion
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These are tremendous and easy to use… Beautiful colours and they will last for ages.. many thanks 😊
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- Perfect for teens and adults
- Fits up to A4-sized paper
- 32cm by 23.5cm, 10cm deep
- Amazing for children
- Fits up to A5-sized paper
- 26cm by 22.6cm, 8cm deep