{"id":2326,"date":"2017-10-18T16:18:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T20:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joliesamuel.com\/\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2020-10-25T15:01:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T19:01:26","slug":"holiday-card-using-gouache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joliesamuel.com\/?p=2326","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Card Using Gouache"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m back with my final project that I made for Merry Making. The lesson included some absolutely stunning painted cards using gouache. I was fortunate to be gifted a set last Christmas, but I have not had the best results with them. I think this lesson really brought up some great tips and tricks to using gouache. I think one major problem I had in previous attempts was that I treated the paints more like watercolor. Although it’s just fine to do that, it doesn’t produce great opaque results. So this time around I used minimal water. Also, since gouache dries opaque, when painting it is easier to cover up mistakes and add layers of color.<\/p>\n

I have yet to master this, but I think as far as achieving opaque results, I am slowly on that track.<\/p>\n

Here’s a closer look at the wreath-like card I made.<\/p>\n

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To finish off the card I used a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp and added some gold embossed edging to the layer of the card.<\/p>\n

Thanks for checking out all my projects this past week for OCC Merry Making. I’ll be back real soon with more holiday projects!<\/p>\n

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Last one for #occmerrymaking @onlinecardclasses \ud83d\ude42 Tried using some gouache and free hand simple stroke painting.<\/a><\/p>\n

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