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Watercolour or gouache?

Glowing Autumn Light – Buttermere, The Lake District, gouache, watercolour and pastel on Canson Moulin du Roy 140lb (300gsm) HP 100 per cent rag watercolour paper, 15×21in (38×53.5cm).

The initial washes were very transparent wetin- wet watercolour overlaid with more opaque and semi-opaque layers of gouache to add depth, especially to the shadow areas. Soft Rembrandt pastels were used to give the final colour notations in several areas for the all-important highlights

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