Colored Pencils over Acryla Gouache? Try Flashe Paint, instead! Swatching & Testing Demo

Ever put Colored Pencils over Acrylic Gouache only to be dissapointed with how it looks? The Results are often times oily strokes with no pigment output, at best you get uneven, dull and muddy colors. Also the colors you put on top have little to do with the pencil colors you picked.
If you use Holbein Acryla Gouache, Turner Acryl Gouache or Liquitex Acrylic Gouache you will learn quickly that they work well for covering and layering but they don't serve as a good foundation for coloured pencils.

In this video I test and demonstrate some approved methods how you can improve your Mixed Media Game and use colored pencils with success!
You will get colours that are more vibrant, have higher coverage and are more true to the actual pencil crayons you chose.
For this Test I use Faber Castell Polychromos as well as Caran D'Ache Luminance coloured pencils and the latter work better, though they are still not perfect. How you treated the surface is more important than the colored pencils.

I explore (or touch on) the following options:
Turner Japanesque Acryl Gouache (NOT the standard Acryl Gouache, it's a different formula) - WORKS
Gesso (Transparent or White) - WORKS but with downsides
Flashe Vinyl Paints - WORKS

My favorite method is by far the LEFRANC & BOURGEOIS extrafine Flashe Vinyl Paint! Even though it is a different formula than Acrylic Gouache (vinyl not acrylic polymer) the paint has such strong similarities with Acrylic Gouache, they complement each other!
It is matte and looks like Acryla Gouache. Your options are to mix Flashe Paints with your Acrylic Gouache (they mix well together) or to just use Flashe Paints.
They look stunning and feel so velvety but most importantly: there is something in this paint that makes Colored Pencils adhere to it, like I demonstrate in this video.

As always I hope this video was insighful, helpful and useful! Happy Painting ❤️


// IN THIS VIDEO //
00:00 The Problem
02:50 Swatching Acrylic Gouache
04:04 Gesso + Acrylic Gouache
06:04 My Favorite Product
08:44 Swatching Vinyl Paint
10:49 Colored Pencils over Acrylic Gouache
13:00 Colored Pencils over Vinyl Paint
16:30 Colored Pencil over Gesso-Mix
17:44 Conclusion



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