46 Watercolor artist | JUNE 2020
GOUACHE KIT
I travel with a small set of gouache
tubes—anywhere from two (black and
white) to 10 tubes—in a plastic bag.
Sometimes I limit myself to a palette
of just three tube colors plus white:
ultramarine blue, yellow ochre, light
red and titanium white. Th is forces
me to do what I can with those colors.
Note: Although it’s possible to
rewet blobs of gouache that have been
squeezed out and allowed to dry, they
don’t reconstitute into the smooth con-
sistency that they have when they’re
initially squeezed from the tube.Gouache dries slowly in the
humid conditions of a rainy
day, allowing much more
time for blending the colors.Once the layers were dry in Rainy Day Outside the Tire Place (gouache on paper, 5x8), I added fi ne details
to create mood and make the scene more realistic. I used brushes from a short-handled travel set.