Identifying the type of mint. Just to confuse the picture even more, there is a chocolate mint which has purplish stolons. There are, in fact, hundreds of varieties of mint, some of which are commercially grown for oil extraction or for leaf drying, and a lot of which haven't even been given names, being known as Mint 341, etc.
Simply put, watercolor is a painting compound using water-soluble pigments that are either transparent or opaque. Because of the medium itself as well as the paper to which it is applied, watercolor is frequently thought of as a fugitive medium.
Gouache (gwash â rhymes with squash), also called opaque watercolor, is paint that is heavier than traditional transparent watercolors. Its use is centuries old.From the Italian âguazzoâ, meaning âwater paintâ, it appears to go back some 800 years, used originally to illuminate manuscripts.ouache (gwash â rhymes with squash), also called opaque watercolor, is paint that is heavier than traditional transparent watercolors. Its use is centuries old.