gouache

noun

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as in watercolor

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Recent Examples of gouache Four Classic Designs Artist Denise Fiedler created the works with gouache and acrylic paint layered on vintage gardening book pages, then assembled on archival cotton board. — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 But the canvasses and studies of Maar — of which the current gouache is a stellar small-portrait example — stand out because they’re imbued with the unmistakably grim backdrop of the war and the occupation of France. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2026 Ari Hodara, ​a 59-year-old software engineer from Paris, won Tête de femme (1941), or head of a woman, a gouache-on-paper portrait, according to Reuters. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The first iteration of the lottery was won by Jeffrey Gonano, a 25-year-old man from a suburb of Pittsburgh, who won a L’Homme au Gibus (1914), also a gouache on paper. — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gouache
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  1. watercolor
  2. acrylic
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  • Take the look even further by pairing it with trending tones and techniques, like sheer jelly bases or watercolor renditions of your go-to berry.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 3 July 2026
  • Melania announced the launch of her first NFT, Melania’s Vision—a watercolor of her eyes—in December 2021, available for purchase only in the second half of that month.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Definition of watercolor
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  • The Johnson-Sea-Link was a research submersible with a clear acrylic sphere that gave its pilot and observer a panoramic view of the deep.
    — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
  • Getty Images for Shop the Sample Its design blends industrial and Hollywood glamour, featuring polished concrete floors accented by a striking white acrylic piano.
    — Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of acrylic

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