
How to Paint with Acrylic Gouache: Washes, Opaque Layers, and Children’s Book Illustration Techniques
Learn how to use acrylic gouache in both transparent and opaque ways to create expressive, layered artwork for children’s book illustration. Acrylic gouache is an incredibly versatile medium. It can be diluted to create soft, watercolor-like washes or applied directly from the tube for bold, opaque color. This flexibility makes it especially useful for children’s book illustration, where artists often combine delicate textures with strong, graphic shapes. In this tutorial, British illustrator Kelsey Garrity-Riley demonstrates two different ways to work with acrylic gouache painting techniques, using the same floral subject to show how dramatically the results can change.





























