Watercolor & gouache
A six-color watercolor palette that mixes almost everything
Why a limited watercolor palette of six colors (a warm and cool of each primary) mixes cleaner color than a big set, with pigment notes and mixing exercises.

Transparent washes, opaque color and the habits that keep a painting fresh.
Why a limited watercolor palette of six colors (a warm and cool of each primary) mixes cleaner color than a big set, with pigment notes and mixing exercises.
Gouache vs watercolor compared at the brush: light and transparency, working order, corrections, paper, drying shifts and when to combine them.
Gouache is opaque watercolor: the same gum arabic binder, more pigment and often a white filler. Here is what that means once it touches paper.