Old Car, Upper West Side
Gouache John Wells Gouache John Wells

Old Car, Upper West Side

I'm trying to get better with gouache paint, which is similar to watercolor except that is has so much pigment in it that it is opaque instead of transparent. But being opaque means that it behaves more like oil or acrylic paint than watercolor. Here is a 9 x 12 painting on watercolor paper where I used the gouache with similar techniques that I use for oils. It is from a photo I took on the Upper West Side in New York.

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