Barry Herniman
Gouache has been around some 600 years but whereas many are aware of it few have actually tried it. So I am hoping my articles might whet your appetite for this rather overlooked paint and therefore discover what an exciting and versatile medium it is.
I urge you to try this lovely medium if you have never done so, as it can suit watercolourists and oil painters alike with its transparent/opaque qualities. I find Schmincke Horadam gouache a joy to work with. I can paint lovely fluid washes that are bordering on transparent, and then overlay them with opaque passages.