My own experience with gouache is - you get what you pay for. Before you invest in a tube or two, check out the contents. Some brands have a chalk-like filler that will your gouache look very dull and lifeless.
How to Create an Outdoor Still Life
Calligraphy and Drawing Inks
Dye based inks vs pigmented inks
Great Artists, Gorgeous Dogs
We are ringing in the 142nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show with pups in art. See how portrait greats like John Singer Sargent captured canines and take a browse through the beloved and weird breeds that have made it into paintings.
Celebrating the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
The Color Red
Vermillion, crimson, scarlet, fuchsia—the color red comes in so many different shades. And of all the colors in the spectrum or on the color wheel, it’s the most easily visible. Red is the first color the human eye perceives after black and white. It’s primary, the hottest of the warm colors and has even been proven to raise blood pressure and respiration rates. No matter the hue, if you paint it red, it will command attention.
History, Symbolism and Secret Powers of the Color Red