• What Do Watercolor Societies Say About Gouache?

    10 days ago - By Gurney Journey

    Can you enter a painting that uses gouache into the annual competitions of the various watercolor societies? What are their rules about mixed media?
    There are several different organizations, and they have different rules. The oldest group is the American Watercolor Society , followed by the National Watercolor Society , and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, which formed in 1976.
    The American Watercolor Society rules allow "water soluble media: watercolor, acrylic, casein, gouache and egg tempera on paper. Watercolor board is not accepted," but forbid "collage, pastels, class...
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