Here's a milk-white steed with baby blue eyes! This original art card is painted in gouache, which is an opaque watercolor. It is on a thin balsawood board, and has been sprayed with an acrylic fixative to help protect the paint from fingerprinting and fading. This is a lovely painting with a soft semi-matte finish and a wood grain texture, however, the balsawood board is a delicate, somewhat fragile surface that will not withstand a lot of handling. If kept framed or in a more permanent display, it should give you many years of enjoyment!