Sylvia Plath

Excellent teachers showered on to us like meteors: Biology teachers holding up human brains, English teachers inspiring us with a personal ideological fierceness about Tolstoy and Plato, Art teachers leading us through the slums of Boston, then back to the easel to hurl public school gouache with social awareness and fury.

American Poet

Maira Kalman

I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.

American Author

Understand that gouache is a type of paint, specifically used in artistic painting as a medium.

Art Material

Remember, gouache is known for its opacity, meaning it's not transparent or see-through when applied.

Opacity Highlight

Gouache paint can be reactivated with water even after it dries, which is unique compared to other paints.

Water Mixable

 and I paint on paper using gouache, which hasn't changed in 600 years. But about three years ago I had an art show in New York, and I titled it "Serious Nonsense."