Night Driving 2 was the first painting where I tried acryla gouache from Holbein. It is smoother and more flowing than regular gouache, which I actually did not like. However, I began this painting by doing an undercoat using the acryla gouache. Following the diagonal of the dashed line, I painted the left side yellow and the right side orange. I used the acryla gouache as regular gouache will stick to it 
but will not blend once it is dry. This allowed me to create small color stipples showing through the final surface.
but will not blend once it is dry. This allowed me to create small color stipples showing through the final surface.-------------------------
This painting was done on a 30" by 22" sheet of Arches rough watercolor paper. The undercoat was done in Holbein's acryla gouache, while the final layers of gouache were Winsor and Newton Designer's gouache.
Once the undercoat was dry, I began to apply the regular gouache colors. I started with thin coats, slowly adding and blending more coats. Typically gouache is used in water form similar to transparent watercolor, but I was enthralled by Thomas Paquette's gouache paintings. He uses rich thick layers of gouache.
The two enlargements here show the thickness and give an indication as to the texture of the finished painting. The gouache is thick enough to have a texture, yet, you can also still see the rough texture of the watercolor paper base.
