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The Differences between Watercolor and Gouache

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Watercolor painting is a way of painting using transparent pigments reconciling with water. It is called watercolor in short. Gouaches use opaque powders blended with water, which is easier to cover and adhere.

Like watercolor paintings, gouaches are not suitable to make large scale works. However, the color of gouaches is thicker than that of watercolor paintings so that it can express more substantial themes. It is also brighter than that of oil paintings. Though it lacks the sense of reality, gouaches are more romantic than oil paintings. As a result, gouaches are often used to make all kinds of posters，the packaging of commodities, advertisements, book covers, and so on. American painter Norman Rockwell has done pretty well in this regard.

The common feature of the two kinds of paintings is that they are not suitable to make large scale paintings because the color will become dirty when too many pigments are blended or covered. In addition, the water dries quickly and is not sustainable for large scale painting.

Some of the above pictures are watercolors and some are gouaches. Can you distinguish them?

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