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GOUACHE [2 records]

Record 1 1993-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art Supplies
DEF

Painting with water colors made opaque by the addition of White.

CONT

However, unlike watercolour, which is little more than a colored stain on the paper, gouache paint has a definite, appreciable film thickness and creates an actual paint layer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel d'artistes
DEF

Peinture mate, habituellement sous forme de pâte, composée de pigments broyés agglutinés à l'eau gommée, dont le pouvoir courant est obtenu par l'addition de craie ou de blanc fixe. (Vocabulaire des arts appliqués, Guide pédagogique, 1989, p. 135).

CONT

la gouache, peinture à l'eau mêlée de gomme, permet de rendre le papier opaque.

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
DEF

a water-colour painting done with opaque colours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)

Spanish

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