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How to Use Acrylic vs Water-based Gouache
By Peggy Dean
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2023
About this lesson
Demonstrates layering methods for both acrylic and water-based gouache, including consistency control with water addition, wet-on-wet transparency effects, wet-on-dry sharp results, and color mixing. Explains the key difference that water-based gouache can be rewet after drying unlike acrylic gouache.
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