gouache
noun
a technique of painting with opaque watercolors prepared with gum.
gouaches
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pluralof gouache.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One of the Bernard Dellario gouaches on display at Amy Kaslow Gallery is titled “Cutting Through,” which would be an apt alternate title for the local-artist show called simply “Washington Landscapes.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
Arntzen’s oils are thicker and more textured, while Crawford’s gouaches are softer and more watery.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022
The latest, “Light’s New Measure,” a survey at the Guggenheim of Adnan’s paintings, tapestries, and accordion booklets of handwritten poetry punctuated by washy gouaches since the 1960s, arrived with bittersweet timing.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
This vividly vehement thing — populated by some of the monsters from the small gouaches — was made by Ms. Neuenschwander as she sheltered in place this summer.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2020
The original gouaches have not been located, but from other examples in the same manner, in Buckingham Palace and in the Uffizi, it is plain that Jackson took certain liberties.
From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen
