gouache

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In this case, it's probably watercolor from his palette mixed with Chinese white and gouache, which is watercolor that has an opacifier, typically chalk, added.

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  1. noun A method of painting with opaque watercolors mixed with a preparation of gum.
  2. noun An opaque pigment used when painting in this way.
  3. noun A painting executed in this manner.

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  • Contreras used different materials, including gouache (an opaque watercolor), ink and oil paints. —  PE Angels Baseball
  • In the partisan debates of the 19th century English art world, gouache was emphatically contrasted to traditional watercolors and denigrated for its high hiding power or lack of "transparency"; —  WarCry Network : Latest News
  • Wickenberg's painting, which took Watercolor Wisconsin's First Award this year, is a stunningly realistic still life of several gourds and an animal skull done in watercolor and gouache (an opaque watercolor technique).
  • In this case, it's probably watercolor from his palette mixed with Chinese white and gouache, which is watercolor that has an opacifier, typically chalk, added. —  American Artist
  • Here she is working with both bodycolor and watercolor, in particular gouache, which is watercolor made opaque through the addition of an opacifier -- typically chalk -- which allows it to cover whatever is painted underneath. —  American Artist
 

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  1. French, from Italian guazzo, from Latin aquātiō, watering, from aquātus, past participle of aquārī, to fetch water, from aqua, water; see akw-ā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. French, water-colors, water-color painting, from Italian guazzo, ford, puddle, splash, water-colors, from guazzare, stir, shake, agitate, ford, water (a horse), etc., = French gácher, temper, bungle, from Old High German wascan, German waschen = English wash: see wash, v.
 

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