Painting with gouache

Offer your kid to paint with gouache - the little artist will surely like it!

Gouache paint is a watercolor paint with chalk added, which allows you to create bolder colors than watercolor and achieve near-complete coverage by painting one color over the other. The difference between gouache and watercolor is that gouache is opaque (as opposed to transparent, like watercolor). You can't lighten the shade by using more water. Instead, gouache comes with a white paint that must be mixed to achieve lighter shades.

Gouache behaves very similarly to watercolor paint, including the fact that it "re-wets," meaning that paints can be mixed directly on the paper even after the first layer has dried. You can also mix gouache colors in a palette, then apply the mixed colors to the paper. These attributes give gouache paints a versatility that other paints, such as acrylics, lack. Because gouache will continue to re-wet for years after application to a palette, artists can mix color combinations on palettes that they can use for years to come.

You can fix mistakes made with gouache by adding water to the area and then blotting with a paper towel. Repeat until you are satisfied.

Offer the little one to mix red, blue and yellow colors and view, what will happen:

• red + yellow = orange;
• red + blue = purple'
• yellow + blue = green.

Then you can add balack and white colors - they will make the shades darker and lighter.

Finally, offer the little one to paint a picture.Help if needed, show how to color the images outlines.

Praise and encourage your little artist!

Paint with the little one - it will stimulate your kid to improve his/her skills and fantasy!

Make photos of your kid painting with gouache, upload to the App. Write whether he/she liked the idea.