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Can you mix gouache and casein?

Linda Whynman says:
"As a watercolorist ready to try some new media, I am still confused about the difference in the effects of gouache and casein. I like the idea of underpainting with casein, but do I have to use gouache on top or can I continue with watercolor? I have searched your sites and cannot find a definitive video on the difference of application and effects of the two?"

Linda, I've had pretty good experience with combining pretty much any water media, such as watercolor, gouache, tinted gesso, acrylic gouache, acrylic, or casein. You can mix them or layer in any way you want as long as you maintain adhesion. So you can do an underpainting in watercolor and finish with thick casein. Or you can put down casein first and then put thin washes of gouache over it. 

Some manufacturers caution against mixing diverse mediums together (or even diverse brands together) while they're wet on your palette, but I haven't had any issues so far with doing that. So you can try using acrylic paint to tint white gesso, and you can use gouache colors with white casein on the same palette. 

Caution #1 is that if you have a layer that ends up being glossy or impermeable, a thin layer applied on top may not have very strong adhesion, which means it might tend to bead up while you're applying it, and it might tend to rub off after it's dry. (Incidentally, both of those effects might be desirable in certain techniques, and you can seal down the whole surface with finish varnish.)

Caution #2 is that your paint application should be relatively thin (no high impasto) if you're painting on flexible paper, especially if you're using casein for the impasto.  

Caution #3 is that you should experiment on a scrap first to see what happens with various combinations. You don't want to be in the middle of an important painting when you're trying out mixed media.

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