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Get Started with Gouache: A Colorful Guide to Painting the World Around You Paperback – July 7, 2020

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Emma Block is an artist, professional illustrator, and author of The Joy of Watercolor. She has done illustration work for clients like Reuters, Stylist, Bloomsbury, HarperCollins, Hodder & Stoughton, teNeues, Hardie Grant, Hearst, Uniqlo, Orla Kiely, Anthropologie, Hand in Hand Soap, Mollie Makes, Time Out, and Trader Joe's. She lives and teaches gouache and watercolor workshops in London.

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Introduction

Gouache is a fantastic medium that has been under the radar for too long. What is it? How do you use it? How do you pronounce it? 

First, it’s pronounced either “gwash” or “goo-ash,” depending on whom you ask, and it is the love child of watercolor and acrylic paint. Gouache has the rewettable, water-soluble nature of water-colors, with the opaque layering capabilities of acrylic. However, unlike acrylic, gouache dries to a flat matte finish rather than a shiny, plasticlike one. There is something irresistible about the rich colors, velvety matte finish, and beautiful textures produced with gouache. It can be used to create paintings with fine, intricate details, as well as work with bolder, expressive brushstrokes. It also lends itself to a mixed-media approach because it combines well with colored pencils, watercolors, collage, and India ink.

While painting with gouache might seem daunting at the beginning, there are actually many reasons why this is a great paint for amateurs and professionals alike. Gouache dries very quickly, which means you can complete a painting in one sitting, so you don’t have wet paintings sitting around drying. Its water-soluble nature makes it easy to clean and look after brushes and palettes. While the paints are opaque (meaning they are not transparent), they can be used like watercolors (which have more clarity) if sufficient water is added to them, making a great all-around paint.

In this book we will uncover the many ways you can use gouache. It’s such a versatile paint, and it can be used to create everything from dry, rough texture to subtle and watery washes. By exploring how to use this paint with a variety of techniques, you will build up your skills and confidence. By the end of the book, you may have started to develop your own gouache painting style.

I think the best way to learn is by doing, so with each project you complete you will be learning new skills. There is a mixture of beginner and intermediate projects, meaning this book is appropriate for total beginners, but there are still plenty of projects to engage more experienced artists and to keep you busy as your skills progress. The most important thing is to just have a go and not worry too much about the final result looking perfect. Every time you paint, you learn something, so enjoy the process and keep experimenting.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Watson-Guptill (July 7, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1984857304
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1984857309
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.41 x 0.62 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Emma Block is a multidisciplinary illustrator living in London, working across publishing, editorial illustration, licensing, packaging and branding. She has written several best selling painting books and has illustrated the children's series The Adventure of Miss Petitfour

Emma’s work is inspired by the people she meets in her everyday life, old photos, vintage clothes, old films, travel, 1950s illustration, 1930s jazz and sausage dogs.

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Easy to read, adorable and the art is so cute!!
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Easy to read, adorable and the art is so cute!!
What can I say!?!? This book is ANYTHING BUT BLAH! I am someone who has two left “hands” for painting but I wanted something creative that I can take with me on a long trip abroad. So curiously enough Amazon’s algorithm suggested this book 🤔… anyway I looked at it for maybe a month and then what the cost of the paints, brushes, etc. would be and decided to buy it and give it try. When I got the book I just fell in LOVE with it and started reading it and I really don’t enjoy reading. I’ve been following along and I plan to complete all the projects and then take everything with me on my trip since it’s not much and go through them again. I love how easy to read this book is and the cute quirky art it has. So far I’ve learned to use Guache and the use of primary colors to create other colors, which are still a bit of a challenge to me but all in all it’s a wonderful way to learn something new and fun. I even bought her other watercolor book and started painting some of those with Guache too. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who is ready to learn something new. I also read somewhere that the artist who wrote the book, completed this book during a difficult phase in her life so it made me appreciate it even more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read, adorable and the art is so cute!!
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What can I say!?!? This book is ANYTHING BUT BLAH! I am someone who has two left “hands” for painting but I wanted something creative that I can take with me on a long trip abroad. So curiously enough Amazon’s algorithm suggested this book 🤔… anyway I looked at it for maybe a month and then what the cost of the paints, brushes, etc. would be and decided to buy it and give it try. When I got the book I just fell in LOVE with it and started reading it and I really don’t enjoy reading. I’ve been following along and I plan to complete all the projects and then take everything with me on my trip since it’s not much and go through them again. I love how easy to read this book is and the cute quirky art it has. So far I’ve learned to use Guache and the use of primary colors to create other colors, which are still a bit of a challenge to me but all in all it’s a wonderful way to learn something new and fun. I even bought her other watercolor book and started painting some of those with Guache too. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who is ready to learn something new. I also read somewhere that the artist who wrote the book, completed this book during a difficult phase in her life so it made me appreciate it even more.
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This book showed up today and I couldn't wait to get started. I've been painting with watercolor since 2014, but gouache always seemed intimidating. This book breaks it down so well and the exercises are so cute!
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Jefferson Collacico
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente!
Reviewed in Brazil on September 20, 2023
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great variety of gouache projects
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best.
Reviewed in India on September 29, 2022
Best for gouache beginners who have Emma block style
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2.0 out of 5 stars Estremamente basilare
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