On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Gouache. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as watercolor or watercolour and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Gouache meaning
- A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.
- A painting made with this paint.
Synonyms of Gouache
Using Gouache
- The main meaning on this page is: A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque. | A painting made with this paint.
- Useful related words include: watercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour.
- In the example corpus, gouache often appears in combinations such as: gouache by, with gouache, gouache on.
Context around Gouache
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gouache
- In this selection, "gouache" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, watercolour, base, variant, opaque, word and paint stand out and add context to how "gouache" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a variant gouache and a watercolour gouache by british. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gouache" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gouache
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Leaf gold on gesso base, gouache on vellum. (8 words)
Large sheets of paper were coated with gouache, opaque watercolours thickened with glue. (13 words)
However, unlike traditional gouache, the acrylic binder makes it water-resistant once it dries. (14 words)
The Adoration of the Shepherds (Metropolitan Museum of Art), a free and painterly sketch in gouache, was long considered a preparatory sketch for Madame de Pompadour’s private altarpiece La lumière du monde (ca. 1750, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon). (40 words)
He took “Mein Kampf” from its hiding place a few weeks after it was delivered, then painted its text over with black gouache: Word by word, line by line, sometimes in blocks of paint that coated entire pages. (38 words)
A piece of paper that has not turned brittle after a century may live even longer, says the artist, but not all may withstand watercolour, so she uses a variant gouache. (31 words)
Example sentences (13)
Among the sporting art, a watercolour gouache by British wildlife artist Nigel Artingstall, titled Highland Red Stag, sold for £800.
Moore built the tail feathers with titanium white paint that has a consistency of gouache, which adds a subtle textural quality and took some 90 hours to complete.
Large sheets of paper were coated with gouache, opaque watercolours thickened with glue.
Leaf gold on gesso base, gouache on vellum.
Lim’s daughter Rina Yoon said Lim adopts the traditional Korean brush painting technique, using Sumi ink for black lines and gouache for colors.
A piece of paper that has not turned brittle after a century may live even longer, says the artist, but not all may withstand watercolour, so she uses a variant gouache.
He took “Mein Kampf” from its hiding place a few weeks after it was delivered, then painted its text over with black gouache: Word by word, line by line, sometimes in blocks of paint that coated entire pages.
Tempera and gouache on paper attributed to Clause Monet (Fr., 1840-1926), titled Waterlilies, signed.
The book’s illustrations were painted in gouache paint by first-time illustrator Alison Carver, an artist from Maine.
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash heightened with white gouache (Getty Museum description).
He would cut sheets of paper, pre-painted with gouache by his assistants, into shapes of varying colours and sizes, and arrange them to form lively compositions.
However, unlike traditional gouache, the acrylic binder makes it water-resistant once it dries.
The Adoration of the Shepherds (Metropolitan Museum of Art), a free and painterly sketch in gouache, was long considered a preparatory sketch for Madame de Pompadour’s private altarpiece La lumière du monde (ca. 1750, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon).
Common combinations with gouache
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gouache by 2×
- with gouache 2×
- gouache on 2×
- and gouache 2×
- in gouache 2×