Michael Sanders introduces this hugely versatile opaque medium and shows how techniques such as wet into wet, on dry, masking, sgraffito and spattering can be used to create beautiful paintings, Easy to follow step-by-step demonstrations show how to paint a landscape, wild flowers and a Mediterranean river scene in gouache.

Contents include

˙Colour mixing

˙Using coloured backgrounds

˙Tone and composition

˙Step-by-step landscapes