# Gouache has me stumped!
**URL:** https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gouache-has-me-stumped/2188
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 10, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gouache-has-me-stumped/2188 "2022-06-10T08:24:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@finleyj](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/finleyj)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2022, 8:24am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gouache-has-me-stumped/2188/1 "2022-06-10T08:24:01Z")
Well, I’ve been trying to follow along with the live lesson and I managed to ruin the drawing underneath trying to do the pencil with gouache. Somehow I made the gouache too wet and the layers didn’t set right and when I tried to fix it (the way you do with watercolor) it didn’t work, I ruined my paper.
So, yeah, I have to redraw the subject, but to be honest, I’m thinking about just watching along and tackling gouache at a later date.
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### Author:  [@SlippyPaints](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/SlippyPaints)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2022, 9:59am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gouache-has-me-stumped/2188/2 "2022-06-10T09:59:31Z")
What is your “go to” medium?
Iv only experimented with black ink, polychromos and mostly graphite and charcoal.
Hoping in a couple months to try out paint.
Just need to buy a lot of stuff for that 😁
Anyway, sorry that happened but I think it was still a good lesson 😉 pick it back up later on and try again.
Ill see you in the next liveshow!
SlippyPaints
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### Author:  [@finleyj](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/finleyj)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gouache-has-me-stumped/2188/3 "2022-06-10T10:11:27Z")
I prefer graphite and watercolor, but I’m now getting into pen and ink and charcoal. I’ve messed around a lot with colored pencils and enjoy them well enough, but they stress me out, lol.
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### Author:  [@SlippyPaints](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/SlippyPaints)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/gouache-has-me-stumped/2188/4 "2022-06-10T10:15:59Z")
Lol I’m the same with colored pencils, it’s so different then graphite. I will try again later on but my focus now is graphite. I just made a post about an ink drawing so if you ever wanna show something off, don’t hesitate!