Omg yes! I watched a watercolor swatch video and one color turned from a beautiful cobalt blue to drying with a bit of berry red in it. I watched it and gasped at how beautiful it turned over the span of a few minutes.
NOTE: Regarding the brand comparisons & water usage. This is purely experimental to compare the TRUE consistency of each brand, which is only possible if I use the *same* amount of water for each brand. In a "normal" painting session with any single brand, you'd use as much water as necessary to get it to work. So don't take my experiment as the end-all-be-all answer. They are all great to be honest. My comparison shows the inherent quality of each consistency - it's up to you to add as much water as needed to get it to perform how YOU like it. It's nearly impossible to compare so many brands without nitpicking little things. Any of these would be a good purchase, and so much of it depends on your technique. And yes I realize I switched the alphabetical order of Schmincke & Shinhan ...my brain stopped working after endless days of editing/narrating 😂 Anyways...enjoy!
I don’t understand the switching of Schminke and shin Han- are you saying if going down the alphabet that Schminke should be before shin Han or the actual demonstration was mixed up?
One of the best art videos I've ever seen. Focused, informative, great pacing, no unnecessary fluff or forced chattiness (which drives me crazy). Watching you paint quick-yet beautiful-sketches using each paint brand, was especially helpful. I just became a huge fan! Thank you, Sarah!
Holy cow Sarah! Such a great review! Thanks for the time and effort. Listening to your thoughts while watching you paint the lovely coastal seascapes was mesmerizing. And I never realized until this video that you had a gouache database. Cool! My conclusions about brands were so similar to yours, so I was happy to hear that from a more prolific, experienced gouache painter. I was particularly interested in your flow and stickiness comments. I paint differently with gouache, using more water, much like I would transparent watercolor unless I specifically need the opacity somewhere, so those observations were also valuable. This will be a video I and many others will return to often I predict. Thanks again!
Thank you Steve! I remember watching your gouache brand video a while back - though at the time I was exclusively using W&N so I was happy to see we shared a love for that brand 😁 I find your views on them interesting because I think you have a broad view of the painting industry (having done design and absolutely excellent at watercolors)
Wow that’s a great amount of research & testing of brands. I can definitely see a difference between the brands & the final results of each of the paintings. I really appreciate you doing this testing & making this gouache database. Thanks so much for sharing your time, thoughts, & knowledge of gouache!! 💕🎨😃
This is so good! Winsor and Newton are the first and only Gouache set that I've bought, I got them because of James Gurney, and they've been really nice! I'd be surprised if the honey based ones mold more easily considering honey is naturally antibacterial and as itself actually cannot mold or go bad.
thank you so much for taking the time to review these so thoroughly!! testing consistency as well as creating whole paintings with each was super informative, on top of the rankings and blog post 🙏🏼 i’ve only really tried winsor and newton so i’m glad to see you’re a fan 😛 looking forward to trying m graham and shinhan if i can find it in the future!
This is a wonderful review Sarah. Adore your paintings. Loved that Paul Clark recently gave you a shout-out as one of his favourite gouache artists. Nice to see artists supporting one another. Well deserved Sarah!
So much hard work! Thank you for the review. I am starting with guache and I can hardly describe how many research hours you saved me from 💕. The testing window is fun 😄
I just started with watercolor and now it’s making me question if I picked the right medium. Your swatches was so satisfying to watch. I like that you also included the prices. I’m ready to hoard me some gouache paint now and probably go broke with these supplies before I can use them.
When I was just getting into gouache, I did a similar, though less extensive comparison of the major brands. My current fave is actually Royal Talens, so I think your opinion of it is very interesting. It might be because I don't paint large areas with straight paint with no water added. The texture of doing that just makes my skin crawl. 😬 Thanks for all of the aork you put into this! I'm sure I'll watch it again!
Annie, I also don’t use Gouache straight out of the tube with little water, even when I think my brush is almost dry it never really is so Talens with my workflow has a very nice consistency, the other brands I tend to dilute too much too easily 😊
This is excellent information for those new to gouache or considering upgrading to brands better than student quality. I’ll be interested in your results with the mould tests. I use a stay wet palette with my gouache that has lasted for months before I noticed some mould. At that point, I just cleaned it out, sanitized and started over with fresh colours.
This is the first video of yours that I’ve watched (found through a Google search!). It was very well done - the commentary was detailed and honest. I’ve been wanting to add gouache to my watercolour paintings - I’ve been doing florals with a simple, solid background and gouache seems the best option. Now I can feel confided in my purchase. Thank you for your time and effort in putting this together.
I personally love Holbein because I like to use two layers. An underpainting and then the finished painting. I love the opaque vibrant Color’s too. I’ve used Holbein oils, watercolours and acrylics too and they are my personal favourite brand
Hi Sarah. Jim again from Madrid (Spain). First of all, THANK you very much for this video. Second, it is very interesting and informative. It helps a lot to be able to better understand the differences between brands without the need to spend a large lump sum at the beginning. So thanks again for that. I've been using mainly W&N designers Gouache so far, but I will now be able to revisit some other brands to check them out (my budget on paint is split between watercolors and gouache so I am always trying to be smart on my costs). Again, thanks and even though I don't post everyday I always follow you in your RUclips channel. Cheers from Madrid!
I've been rewatching some of these older videos of yours, also just watched your dried palette video. I'm still fascinated with the fact that the M. Graham, with its honey, dries faster than other gouaches; whereas you say here that the Daniel Smith dries faster than other brands when using out of tube, but then it ends up rewetting so nicely in your dry palette! Seems like a paradox. Thanks again for your tireless work on our behalf!
I can definitely confirm about the M Graham gouache being extra prone to mold. I got an MG raw umber to put into my airtight palette and to this day that still is the only color that’s ever molded on me. It happened less than 2 weeks after I put it in the palette too. 😅
Same for me. I loaded up a stay wet palette with a few M Graham primaries, painted once with them, and opened up my palette about two weeks later to find ALL 9 colors were white and fuzzy with mold 😭. Now I let them dry before closing the palette, and use directly from the tube whenever I need wet paint. None of my other gouache is like this.
I found that even if I let them dry out, they still mold. I have dried M Graham gouache in a watercolor tin and they molded so badly I have to throw them away
many of my m grahams molded once and i had to throw some away. I would reccomend using them out of the tube as needed instead of keeping larger amounts in a pallete.
Oh wow, this was eye-opening! So far I used Royal Talens gouache almost exclusively and found it to be extremely difficult to rinse off the brush. I assumed it was a characteristic of all gouache paints, but your video leads me to believe that it has more to do with dextrin being used as a binder. I'll have to compare them with Maimeri as they claim to use gum arabic. Thank you for the video!
I love the beach scenes you created! I'm new to gouache and haven't seen any tutorials! I bought Winsor Newton gouache as I was beginning watercolor with the same brand... thank you for this most impressive review! Have a great day! ❤A California Gramma ❤
Shinhan! Yes!! Korean gouache~ I wanted their PASS version, but I couldn't order a set. So when I found their gouache line, I was excited to finally get my hands on some opaque water based paints! I usually use Holbein, but I gotta admit, the price point of the Shinhan line makes me feel much more free to experiment! I love the variety of colors available~ I use a Mijello Mission White because it is available in a very affordable 100ml tube! I see they have also launched their own gouache line now too. I'll have to use up more paint before investing in another line~ must be fun to try so many different brands 😁😅 Maybe not the Royal Talons. I am sure you get a lot of requests since they seem more affordable, but people will find they get what they pay for.....
More than the thorough information was seeing Al of these paints in action and seeing all of your lovely paintings! Gorgeous! Would be a lovely post card set!
For the most part, all of these professional brands are pleasant to use with only minor differences, especially since in a normal session you'll be adding however much water you need to make them flow. It just depends on your painting style, so maybe trying two or three brands (just a couple tubes of each) might help you decide which brand suits you.
Thank you so much for this video! Thanks to you I upgraded my gouache to the Shinhan brand from the Himi jelly gouache. It is a night and day difference! So smooth and richly pigmented! I did find a Korean based seller on Amazon, so I was still able to get it in America. It’s at such a great price point, yet still delivers incredibly well performance-wise!
Wow! That was quite something!! What a lot of work you put into this video! Thank you so much! I guess I am lucky that I live in Germany. I know about the oxgall in the Schmincke paints but I will keep using it.
I haven’t used my Davinci gouache in a long time. They are a few years old now. I think I will get them out and rewatch the video and test them out. It won’t really be fair but it will still be fun. (Because of age etc) I think I will contact them and ask about binders, etc. I really like their watercolor too. It just seems like there too many likable brands these days. Thanks for the videos and all your work.
I didn't have experience with gouache at all and I bought a lot of Talens gouache, the only available brand in the shops here ...now I now, why I have those problems with the paint...thank you Sarah for lightening up that bulb in my head and I now now that it is not my failure...
Great reviews and paintings Sarah. I was particularly impressed by how you still gave an honest review of the Schminke even though it caused you moral questions. I only found your videos recently and have watched many since. Thank you for all your help. :)
This is super clever! Do you think that you could add two pieces of pine to the pieces that fold out to make a box? Thought it would be better for soft pastel storage. I reckon it’d be just like a Heilman box! I’d think about maybe a t nut for a quick release tripod mount for the base. Then you wouldn’t have the brackets. Just need to think about an easel support. For the hinges for that maybe use torsion hinges? Then it can go back at an any angle. Been thinking about this sort of box for weeks! Excellent video.. 😊
Hi Sarah, I really appreciate you doing this tests and sharing your time and thoughts. Your paintings turned out beautifully. Thank you so much for sharing!🥰
Wow! Great video! This took a lot of time and discipline so kudos to you. I'm not even a gouache user but I love color theory. Lol. I started out with watercolors but think I would like the opacity of gouache better, which is why I started following your channel; I just can't justify starting a whole new medium at this point. Nice to know I have a wealth of information at my fingertips if I do decide to make the jump to gouache.
Really love how the Daler Rowney painting looks. Your review also made me curious about the M. Graham gouache, but it seems difficult to get around here (Germany). Pretty stoked that I can get the Schmincke for a lot cheaper here, though. I mostly own Holbein gouache and a tube of Schmincke's white. Holbein has some really beautiful seasonal sets (called "Irodori") that I can highly recommend, although the opacity varies a lot between them. Thank you for the in-depth reviews! A lot of work and effort has gone into your videos, and I'm grateful for your work and recommendations!
Thanks for the videos on gouache, I watched them both. I have not yet tried that medium but it's good to know where to start. I do prefer artists quality over all but there's some student grade
I found your channel a few months ago and it pushed me to finally start using gouache. I had a set of Royal Talens from I don't even know when. Or why. Total mystery how it ended up with me. Even without anything to compare it to I definitely agree with the stickiness. I'm glad to hear that's not a constant across brands. I do think I'll keep using the RT for now because I don't want to waste it and as you said, you can adjust to any material. But will definitely also be investing in some better gouache as well.
Before making my own homemade paintings, my favorite gouache was the Mr. Graham although many of the brands presented in the video are excellent products. Quality/price is important but also availability. I have no problem bringing a brush from Europe because I will take care of it and use it for a long time. But a tube of paint is quickly exhausted if you paint every day (painting profession) so the criterion of finding gouache at a retailer near me was the most important. I like your video. It's a lot of work. Thank you for sharing your experience. It allows you to see several products. Very interesting and informative. Once again, thank you.
Wow! What an excellent review/comparison video. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you put each paint into practical application. Unlike most reviewers who only paint swatches and then give their (useless) opinion. Thank you for spending so much time on this video. Much appreciated and very helpful in helping me to decide on a couple of brands I would like to try.
I'm new to your channel and love this review! I love the toned paper and was wondering what kind it is? I'm also starting out in gouache and looking for a nice sketchbook. Thanks so much for investing the time, and your paintings are absolutely lovely!
Your landscapes are gorgeous! Outstanding work! I haven’t used my gouache yet I bought M Graham. Still in the tubes. So your video is super helpful! Thank you!
What an extraordinary work you put into this video. Thank so so much for sharing all this insight and knowledge so generously with everyone. It's incredibly helpful. Thank you for real!
This is really incredible and so in-depth, thank you so much for taking the time to swatch and demo all of these! (I loved all the little landscapes too!) I was recommended your channel by my favourite watercolour art channel (Paul Clark) and I can see why. I've only watched 3 of your videos so far (including this one) and I've learned a TON, looking forward to more! I've been interested in trying gouache for a while now, and am saving up to pick out a small mixing set from the higher quality end of the gouache brands out there, so this video has been so amazingly helpful! Thanks once again - I've saved this for future reference as my memory is a bit like a sieve...and looking forward to website about the mould and lightfast tests.
Thank you for the review! I am a totally newbie to Gouache and started with W&N yesterday. I thought about buying Royal Talens because it comes in bigger glasses to a very affordable price, but after your review and some comments here I rather buy Schmincke Horadam because I am from Germany (Schmicke is a german brand) and their Gouache is only a bit pricier (approx. 7€ per tube) than the W&N.
I'm new to gouache, so this test was very informative. I have painted with acrylic paint, but since I'm downsizing my pictures, I want to start painting with gouache. I found some old Schminke gouache tubes among my acrylic paints. They must be at least 10 yrs. Old. I tried them out. They are still usable if I add a bit of water. I wonder if you have done videos on what the best brushes to use for gouache? Thank you again for a good video.
Wow, Sarah, this was awesome and so helpful! I appreciate all of the time and effort this took, I have done some testing on a much smaller scale and know the time it takes. Thanks! Everyone of your paintings, including the student gouache, turned out beautifully. Again, thanks!
Thank you Sarah...very helpful. I'm currently agonising between schmincke (who's watercolours I love) and shinhan (which is affordable)...arghhh the decisions. I think the ox gall issue is really resonating with Me. It's so helpful that you included that info.😊
The amount of quality work that went into this video is unimaginable -even before taking into consideration the immensely beautiful and talented paintings involved-each an individual scene, created & executed for each and every tested brand!??? I’m quite honestly blown away…this deserves to be the most highly viewed gauche video on the internet. Where can I cast my vote!!!??? 🤣😂🤷🏻♀️🤣 *I don’t even paint with gauche-am a watercolor artist! 🤣😂
Of late I (last 4-5 years) I switched over from the acrylic & oil paints to transparent watercolors. What a challenge, fun but challenging for sure. I have viewed a few of James Gurney's videos using gouache paints. Your comparison is very thorough and compresenhive. Very helpful for me as I am still in the debate process of trying out gouache paints. Other than the fact of its opacity are there any other reasons use gouache paints? Do/would you add transparent watercolors to gouache paints? Again what a wonderful review of the different brands. Thank you.
This was so helpful to get an insight into the different brands!!! I used to paint a lot with gouache but I just lost the interest due to the kind of guache I have > < Now I have an overview of what I can get and expect from the colours
Great upload. Thank you! I only have the Himi 18 and primary set of tiny Holbeins. And I know exactly what you meant by dragging the brush or the binders doing their thing! I am a beginner but I ‘feel’ it when the Holbeins dance silky smooth across the page and then my Himi (which I love and adore) drag. I can only imagine how wonderful the Daler Rowneys are.
Sarah, could you do a review on mijello mission titanium class gouache please? 🙏 It is supposedly a hybrid between watercolor and gouache, and can be easily pan'ed and reweted. Thank you. Love your videos, as always! ❤
Thank you Sarah for your very inspirational dive into the many faces of gouache. Not only that but your effortless wonderful mini seascapes, very beautful.
Hi Sarah, firstly thanks for sharing your totally informative thorough testing of brands. I wonder if you could give an opinion comparing whites from each brand to find the most opaque white to use for final highlights / dry brush please....awesome test paintings
Thank you so much for this fabulous video and all the testing. It has helped me to de idea what to buy with my limited budget. Your paintings are stunning and so beautiful. I never knew gouache could paint such amazing landscapes 😍🥰
Thank you so much for all your work on this, it is incredibly helpful to me. I've been thinking about getting into gouache and having a comprehensive review of many different brands is amazing!
Loved this video!! Definitely can see why it took 5+ weeks ❤. Really interesting to hear the comparisons between the brands and appreciate the time and thought you poured into this exercise. I’ve only started dipping my toes into gouache in the last couple of months (although started adding the occasional tube to my watercolour orders in 2022), so it’s nice to get this information early in my gouache-days, so to speak. I am starting out with some Holbein, W&N, Schmincke and MaimeriBlu to see what I like. The few tubes of Schmincke were from a sale, I think they’re way too pricy here. Loved the pieces you created while comparing the brands!
sarah, this was an incredible video..thank you for putting so much time and effort into this !! we are spoiled for choice , with gouache brands, these days !! lucky us!! 😁😁norakag , here 👍👍
Wonderful review video! I use Holbein and W&N. Daniel Smith is local to me and given the quality of their watercolors, I really want to try them. I have had mold issues with R Graham and also have had some issues with consistency.
Thank you so much for all your hard work!!! I’m excited to try some of the brands you gave a great review for. I also just listened to your ramblecast for March and am so excited for you and Wolfie on your new adventure! I couldn’t figure out how to comment on that so I thought I’d mention it here❤️
Excellent video, thank u so much, here in Brazil the only professional gouache available is Royal Talens and it is expensive here, I hope that in the future I can test gouaches that have a better fluidity.
Thanks for this very helpful gouache review! Oh my, I love Holbein gouache too, but it's really pricey here in the U.S., so I only have a couple of tubes. My biggest set of pro gouache is WN. And wouldn't you know it, I guess to compete with Caran deAche student grade, WN now has a set they call just "gouache." I thought, "what's this?...some great promo on their Designer gouache? Nope, I guess it's just a cheaper student grade gouache formula. I have a set of Turner Acryl gouache (small tubes.) It's very nice but it dries so super fast and then bc it's acrylic, it won't budge when it's dry, so you have to work fast. But acrylic gouache is great where you might want a certain color foundation or background that won't activate. Thanks again. This is very helpful!
I have used acrylic gouache (Holbein) underneath regular gouache and it’s a good way to lay down a base if you don’t like how much gouache reactivates when layering.
This is gold! As always beautifully done and so informative! I have been wondering about the Daler Rowney... Thanks Sarah ❤ Schmincke have a less expensive designers gouache as well
I love your videos, they are always so amazing, stunningly beautiful, and educational. I really appreciate the fact that you mention paints that are and are not vegan, even though you are not a vegan. It says a lot that you care enough to mention this when reviewing paint. Thank you again for ALL of the hard work you put into your videos and blogs. I'm off to catch up on your blogs now. 🙂❤
So so helpful - I’m an oil painter trying to learn gouache so I can travel with it …so much more portable! I originally bought caran d’ache, but don’t like it at all and it dried up in the tube! Ugh! I wonder if the honey in the MGraham might attract bees or other insects when doing plein air? I bought some W&N recently and think it is going to work well - and you helped verify that! Thank you, thank you! Lovely, informative presentation!
Bravo! Well done! This was terrific information, even for someone like me who has been using gouache since 2014. They used to be a lot less expensive back then because hardly anyone was using them on a regular basis. Then James Gurney started expounding on their virtues and voila! More people started trying them and new brands entered the market. Though I haven't tried some of the brands you reviewed (Schminke, Daniel Smith, Talens, and Shin Han) I totally agree with your assessments of Holbein, Daler Rowney, Winsor Newton, and M. Graham - they all have their strong points. I base most of my choices on color preference and each brand has some variations and colors that others do not. I find that half the fun of trying brands. Le Franc used to make a wonderful gouache, but alas, they no longer do. Keep up the great work - your work is refreshing and interesting and this is why your channel is in my top two must-watch every week!
I’m so glad more companies are getting into the gouache market. Eventually it will lead to more competitive prices and better product - especially when more people publicly share their honest reviews
Hi Sarah, I have been watching you for a long time and I love how informative your videos are. You have turned me on to gouache and I have a few colors of M. Graham and have been quite pleased with them. I love the vibrant colors of gouache as compared to watercolor. Last year I moved from the US to Switzerland and after watching this video today I decided to check out the Schmincke Gouache. :-) I can order it here for 8,20 a tube! I was so excited! The Schmincke watercolor prices are really affordable too. In over 20 years of buying watercolors in the US (I splurge on Daniel Smith) I have only purchased 4 tubes of Schmincke because they are so expensive--and so exquisite. So, if you ever visit Switzerland or Germany be sure to stock up on Schmincke. And...visit me.
@@SarahBurnsStudio It is a fabulous place for landscapes. Everywhere I look is a painting. It's my retirement dream. If you ever get a chance to visit you have a place to stay in lovely Basel.😊
@@vagabond-artist Aww thank you for the invitation! I heard it's very expensive there...so we definitely need to save up. Someday we want to do a road trip from Scotland to the southern tip of Italy, which would include Switzerland along the way :)
@@SarahBurnsStudio That sounds heavenly! I was in southern Greece in January and it was simply delightful. Such happy and friendly people and awesome hiking experiences. Visiting Scotland is on my list. One of my friends is returning there this summer for another holiday. She loves it there. I also want to say that I so appreciate the work and dedication you are doing to create your videos. RUclips is filled with mediocre art videos, but yours and just a handful of others are where I always end up when I want honest, concise and...most of all...helpful direction, resources and advice along with great examples of painting. Thank you Sarah and well done.
It just occurred to me how excited I am to literally watch paint dry. Only fellow artists will understand 😂 thank you Sarah ❤️
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made me smile - right backatcha :)
Omg yes! I watched a watercolor swatch video and one color turned from a beautiful cobalt blue to drying with a bit of berry red in it. I watched it and gasped at how beautiful it turned over the span of a few minutes.
NOTE: Regarding the brand comparisons & water usage. This is purely experimental to compare the TRUE consistency of each brand, which is only possible if I use the *same* amount of water for each brand. In a "normal" painting session with any single brand, you'd use as much water as necessary to get it to work. So don't take my experiment as the end-all-be-all answer. They are all great to be honest. My comparison shows the inherent quality of each consistency - it's up to you to add as much water as needed to get it to perform how YOU like it.
It's nearly impossible to compare so many brands without nitpicking little things. Any of these would be a good purchase, and so much of it depends on your technique.
And yes I realize I switched the alphabetical order of Schmincke & Shinhan ...my brain stopped working after endless days of editing/narrating 😂 Anyways...enjoy!
I don’t understand the switching of Schminke and shin Han- are you saying if going down the alphabet that Schminke should be before shin Han or the actual demonstration was mixed up?
@@janaemerson3344 yes alphabetically I messed up
One of the best art videos I've ever seen. Focused, informative, great pacing, no unnecessary fluff or forced chattiness (which drives me crazy). Watching you paint quick-yet beautiful-sketches using each paint brand, was especially helpful. I just became a huge fan! Thank you, Sarah!
Thanks I appreciate that. Though I can ramble with the best of them!
Holy cow Sarah! Such a great review! Thanks for the time and effort. Listening to your thoughts while watching you paint the lovely coastal seascapes was mesmerizing. And I never realized until this video that you had a gouache database. Cool! My conclusions about brands were so similar to yours, so I was happy to hear that from a more prolific, experienced gouache painter. I was particularly interested in your flow and stickiness comments. I paint differently with gouache, using more water, much like I would transparent watercolor unless I specifically need the opacity somewhere, so those observations were also valuable. This will be a video I and many others will return to often I predict. Thanks again!
Thank you Steve! I remember watching your gouache brand video a while back - though at the time I was exclusively using W&N so I was happy to see we shared a love for that brand 😁 I find your views on them interesting because I think you have a broad view of the painting industry (having done design and absolutely excellent at watercolors)
Wow that’s a great amount of research & testing of brands. I can definitely see a difference between the brands & the final results of each of the paintings. I really appreciate you doing this testing & making this gouache database. Thanks so much for sharing your time, thoughts, & knowledge of gouache!! 💕🎨😃
This is so good! Winsor and Newton are the first and only Gouache set that I've bought, I got them because of James Gurney, and they've been really nice!
I'd be surprised if the honey based ones mold more easily considering honey is naturally antibacterial and as itself actually cannot mold or go bad.
it doesn't go mouldy for me, but I had ants eat my painting inside when I wasn't watching
god that first painting looks like a photo, girl you have become amazing
thank you so much for taking the time to review these so thoroughly!! testing consistency as well as creating whole paintings with each was super informative, on top of the rankings and blog post 🙏🏼 i’ve only really tried winsor and newton so i’m glad to see you’re a fan 😛 looking forward to trying m graham and shinhan if i can find it in the future!
You are so welcome!
This is a wonderful review Sarah. Adore your paintings. Loved that Paul Clark recently gave you a shout-out as one of his favourite gouache artists. Nice to see artists supporting one another. Well deserved Sarah!
Yes, Paul Clark led me here and I'm happy to have found Sarah Burns!
So much hard work! Thank you for the review. I am starting with guache and I can hardly describe how many research hours you saved me from 💕. The testing window is fun 😄
I just started with watercolor and now it’s making me question if I picked the right medium. Your swatches was so satisfying to watch. I like that you also included the prices. I’m ready to hoard me some gouache paint now and probably go broke with these supplies before I can use them.
Thank you so much for a fantastic and thorough comparison of gouache brands. Your paintings are beautiful. God bless you, Sarah.
When I was just getting into gouache, I did a similar, though less extensive comparison of the major brands. My current fave is actually Royal Talens, so I think your opinion of it is very interesting. It might be because I don't paint large areas with straight paint with no water added. The texture of doing that just makes my skin crawl. 😬 Thanks for all of the aork you put into this! I'm sure I'll watch it again!
Yep, we all have very different techniques. Like I said, use what you love! :)
Annie, I also don’t use Gouache straight out of the tube with little water, even when I think my brush is almost dry it never really is so Talens with my workflow has a very nice consistency, the other brands I tend to dilute too much too easily 😊
This is excellent information for those new to gouache or considering upgrading to brands better than student quality. I’ll be interested in your results with the mould tests. I use a stay wet palette with my gouache that has lasted for months before I noticed some mould. At that point, I just cleaned it out, sanitized and started over with fresh colours.
Your hard work was a pleasure to watch and helped a lot. Thank you
This is the first video of yours that I’ve watched (found through a Google search!). It was very well done - the commentary was detailed and honest. I’ve been wanting to add gouache to my watercolour paintings - I’ve been doing florals with a simple, solid background and gouache seems the best option. Now I can feel confided in my purchase. Thank you for your time and effort in putting this together.
I personally love Holbein because I like to use two layers. An underpainting and then the finished painting. I love the opaque vibrant Color’s too. I’ve used Holbein oils, watercolours and acrylics too and they are my personal favourite brand
Only getting into art now and this is so helpful for a newbie like me
Hi Sarah. Jim again from Madrid (Spain).
First of all, THANK you very much for this video.
Second, it is very interesting and informative.
It helps a lot to be able to better understand the differences between brands without the need to spend a large lump sum at the beginning. So thanks again for that.
I've been using mainly W&N designers Gouache so far, but I will now be able to revisit some other brands to check them out (my budget on paint is split between watercolors and gouache so I am always trying to be smart on my costs).
Again, thanks and even though I don't post everyday I always follow you in your RUclips channel.
Cheers from Madrid!
Thank you for being such a 'gouache nerd'. Your efforts and high levels of nerdificaiton are greatly appreciated! 🤓😛
I've been rewatching some of these older videos of yours, also just watched your dried palette video. I'm still fascinated with the fact that the M. Graham, with its honey, dries faster than other gouaches; whereas you say here that the Daniel Smith dries faster than other brands when using out of tube, but then it ends up rewetting so nicely in your dry palette! Seems like a paradox. Thanks again for your tireless work on our behalf!
Well I used Royal Talens all my life in interior design but of course it should be diluted with water! That is why they call it opaque watercolors!
I can definitely confirm about the M Graham gouache being extra prone to mold. I got an MG raw umber to put into my airtight palette and to this day that still is the only color that’s ever molded on me. It happened less than 2 weeks after I put it in the palette too. 😅
Same for me. I loaded up a stay wet palette with a few M Graham primaries, painted once with them, and opened up my palette about two weeks later to find ALL 9 colors were white and fuzzy with mold 😭. Now I let them dry before closing the palette, and use directly from the tube whenever I need wet paint. None of my other gouache is like this.
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I found that even if I let them dry out, they still mold. I have dried M Graham gouache in a watercolor tin and they molded so badly I have to throw them away
many of my m grahams molded once and i had to throw some away. I would reccomend using them out of the tube as needed instead of keeping larger amounts in a pallete.
@@MabrilArtinezame with me, but it’s so silky smooth to paint with and pigmented i find it worth it anways
thanks for sharing this sarah ^_^ my favorite is schmincke horadam. love the consitency and opacity 💖💖 in germany its cheaper than is scotland 😅
Oh wow, this was eye-opening! So far I used Royal Talens gouache almost exclusively and found it to be extremely difficult to rinse off the brush. I assumed it was a characteristic of all gouache paints, but your video leads me to believe that it has more to do with dextrin being used as a binder. I'll have to compare them with Maimeri as they claim to use gum arabic. Thank you for the video!
I love the beach scenes you created! I'm new to gouache and haven't seen any tutorials! I bought Winsor Newton gouache as I was beginning watercolor with the same brand... thank you for this most impressive review! Have a great day! ❤A California Gramma ❤
Shinhan! Yes!! Korean gouache~ I wanted their PASS version, but I couldn't order a set. So when I found their gouache line, I was excited to finally get my hands on some opaque water based paints! I usually use Holbein, but I gotta admit, the price point of the Shinhan line makes me feel much more free to experiment! I love the variety of colors available~ I use a Mijello Mission White because it is available in a very affordable 100ml tube! I see they have also launched their own gouache line now too. I'll have to use up more paint before investing in another line~ must be fun to try so many different brands 😁😅 Maybe not the Royal Talons. I am sure you get a lot of requests since they seem more affordable, but people will find they get what they pay for.....
Love your art! Would love to see you test Turners Design Gouache. It seems pretty nice to me.
I have a more recent video that includes Turners
@@SarahBurnsStudio Would it be possible to have a link to that particular review?
More than the thorough information was seeing Al of these paints in action and seeing all of your lovely paintings! Gorgeous! Would be a lovely post card set!
Thank you Sarah, new to gouache painting and appreciate all the information you have given. Makes is more difficult to know which one to go with.
For the most part, all of these professional brands are pleasant to use with only minor differences, especially since in a normal session you'll be adding however much water you need to make them flow. It just depends on your painting style, so maybe trying two or three brands (just a couple tubes of each) might help you decide which brand suits you.
Thank you so much for this video! Thanks to you I upgraded my gouache to the Shinhan brand from the Himi jelly gouache. It is a night and day difference! So smooth and richly pigmented! I did find a Korean based seller on Amazon, so I was still able to get it in America. It’s at such a great price point, yet still delivers incredibly well performance-wise!
Can't wait for your light fast and mold test!
I’ve been updating the database with my findings. I’ll do a video about it after a while
@@SarahBurnsStudio oh good to know! Thanks!
Wow! That was quite something!! What a lot of work you put into this video! Thank you so much! I guess I am lucky that I live in Germany. I know about the oxgall in the Schmincke paints but I will keep using it.
I haven’t used my Davinci gouache in a long time. They are a few years old now. I think I will get them out and rewatch the video and test them out. It won’t really be fair but it will still be fun. (Because of age etc) I think I will contact them and ask about binders, etc. I really like their watercolor too. It just seems like there too many likable brands these days. Thanks for the videos and all your work.
I didn't have experience with gouache at all and I bought a lot of Talens gouache, the only available brand in the shops here ...now I now, why I have those problems with the paint...thank you Sarah for lightening up that bulb in my head and I now now that it is not my failure...
Great reviews and paintings Sarah. I was particularly impressed by how you still gave an honest review of the Schminke even though it caused you moral questions. I only found your videos recently and have watched many since. Thank you for all your help. :)
This is super clever! Do you think that you could add two pieces of pine to the pieces that fold out to make a box? Thought it would be better for soft pastel storage. I reckon it’d be just like a Heilman box!
I’d think about maybe a t nut for a quick release tripod mount for the base. Then you wouldn’t have the brackets. Just need to think about an easel support.
For the hinges for that maybe use torsion hinges? Then it can go back at an any angle.
Been thinking about this sort of box for weeks! Excellent video.. 😊
Hi Sarah, I really appreciate you doing this tests and sharing your time and thoughts. Your paintings turned out beautifully. Thank you so much for sharing!🥰
Wow! Great video! This took a lot of time and discipline so kudos to you. I'm not even a gouache user but I love color theory. Lol. I started out with watercolors but think I would like the opacity of gouache better, which is why I started following your channel; I just can't justify starting a whole new medium at this point. Nice to know I have a wealth of information at my fingertips if I do decide to make the jump to gouache.
Really love how the Daler Rowney painting looks. Your review also made me curious about the M. Graham gouache, but it seems difficult to get around here (Germany). Pretty stoked that I can get the Schmincke for a lot cheaper here, though. I mostly own Holbein gouache and a tube of Schmincke's white. Holbein has some really beautiful seasonal sets (called "Irodori") that I can highly recommend, although the opacity varies a lot between them.
Thank you for the in-depth reviews! A lot of work and effort has gone into your videos, and I'm grateful for your work and recommendations!
This is the video I wish I had six months ago when I started getting interested in gouache! So glad this will be here for reference for the future.
Thanks for the videos on gouache, I watched them both. I have not yet tried that medium but it's good to know where to start. I do prefer artists quality over all but there's some student grade
after watching this video I wanted to come back and say how grateful I am
I'm so happy to hear it!
Love your landscape art. It invokes pleasant feelings. ❤️👍
I found your channel a few months ago and it pushed me to finally start using gouache. I had a set of Royal Talens from I don't even know when. Or why. Total mystery how it ended up with me. Even without anything to compare it to I definitely agree with the stickiness. I'm glad to hear that's not a constant across brands. I do think I'll keep using the RT for now because I don't want to waste it and as you said, you can adjust to any material. But will definitely also be investing in some better gouache as well.
Can’t wait to try Daniel Smith Gouache! Thanks for the thorough review!
Before making my own homemade paintings, my favorite gouache was the Mr. Graham although many of the brands presented in the video are excellent products. Quality/price is important but also availability. I have no problem bringing a brush from Europe because I will take care of it and use it for a long time. But a tube of paint is quickly exhausted if you paint every day (painting profession) so the criterion of finding gouache at a retailer near me was the most important.
I like your video. It's a lot of work. Thank you for sharing your experience. It allows you to see several products. Very interesting and informative. Once again, thank you.
Wow! What an excellent review/comparison video. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you put each paint into practical application. Unlike most reviewers who only paint swatches and then give their (useless) opinion. Thank you for spending so much time on this video. Much appreciated and very helpful in helping me to decide on a couple of brands I would like to try.
Whenever I watch videos like this I am always amazed by the huge difference in prices from country to country.
I'm new to your channel and love this review! I love the toned paper and was wondering what kind it is? I'm also starting out in gouache and looking for a nice sketchbook. Thanks so much for investing the time, and your paintings are absolutely lovely!
It’s the Stillman & Birn nova sketchbook, love it!
im so glad you talked about mold growth, i just lost half my HIMI set from mold
Your landscapes are gorgeous! Outstanding work! I haven’t used my gouache yet I bought M Graham. Still in the tubes. So your video is super helpful! Thank you!
I just wanted to say thank you for this video. It was so informative and your art is so beautiful, a pleasure to watch you paint :)
What an extraordinary work you put into this video. Thank so so much for sharing all this insight and knowledge so generously with everyone. It's incredibly helpful. Thank you for real!
This is really incredible and so in-depth, thank you so much for taking the time to swatch and demo all of these! (I loved all the little landscapes too!) I was recommended your channel by my favourite watercolour art channel (Paul Clark) and I can see why. I've only watched 3 of your videos so far (including this one) and I've learned a TON, looking forward to more! I've been interested in trying gouache for a while now, and am saving up to pick out a small mixing set from the higher quality end of the gouache brands out there, so this video has been so amazingly helpful! Thanks once again - I've saved this for future reference as my memory is a bit like a sieve...and looking forward to website about the mould and lightfast tests.
Welcome! And I hope you enjoy the wonderful world of gouache when you buy your first set :)
@@SarahBurnsStudio Thank you!! :)
Thoroughly enjoyed watching you painting in this video! Thank you for your hard work reviewing these brands!
Thank you for the review! I am a totally newbie to Gouache and started with W&N yesterday. I thought about buying Royal Talens because it comes in bigger glasses to a very affordable price, but after your review and some comments here I rather buy Schmincke Horadam because I am from Germany (Schmicke is a german brand) and their Gouache is only a bit pricier (approx. 7€ per tube) than the W&N.
I'm new to gouache, so this test was very informative. I have painted with acrylic paint, but since I'm downsizing my pictures, I want to start painting with gouache. I found some old Schminke gouache tubes among my acrylic paints. They must be at least 10 yrs. Old. I tried them out. They are still usable if I add a bit of water. I wonder if you have done videos on what the best brushes to use for gouache? Thank you again for a good video.
Wow, Sarah, this was awesome and so helpful! I appreciate all of the time and effort this took, I have done some testing on a much smaller scale and know the time it takes. Thanks! Everyone of your paintings, including the student gouache, turned out beautifully. Again, thanks!
Thank you Sarah...very helpful. I'm currently agonising between schmincke (who's watercolours I love) and shinhan (which is affordable)...arghhh the decisions.
I think the ox gall issue is really resonating with Me. It's so helpful that you included that info.😊
The amount of quality work that went into this video is unimaginable -even before taking into consideration the immensely beautiful and talented paintings involved-each an individual scene, created & executed for each and every tested brand!???
I’m quite honestly blown away…this deserves to be the most highly viewed gauche video on the internet. Where can I cast my vote!!!??? 🤣😂🤷🏻♀️🤣
*I don’t even paint with gauche-am a watercolor artist! 🤣😂
That’s very sweet of you 😄
Of late I (last 4-5 years) I switched over from the acrylic & oil paints to transparent watercolors. What a challenge, fun but challenging for sure. I have viewed a few of James Gurney's videos using gouache paints.
Your comparison is very thorough and compresenhive. Very helpful for me as I am still in the debate process of trying out gouache paints. Other than the fact of its opacity are there any other reasons use gouache paints? Do/would you add transparent watercolors to gouache paints?
Again what a wonderful review of the different brands. Thank you.
I just love how versatile gouache is- it can be used like watercolor but also opaquely so it's kinda the best of both worlds
This was so helpful to get an insight into the different brands!!! I used to paint a lot with gouache but I just lost the interest due to the kind of guache I have > < Now I have an overview of what I can get and expect from the colours
Great upload. Thank you! I only have the Himi 18 and primary set of tiny Holbeins. And I know exactly what you meant by dragging the brush or the binders doing their thing! I am a beginner but I ‘feel’ it when the Holbeins dance silky smooth across the page and then my Himi (which I love and adore) drag. I can only imagine how wonderful the Daler Rowneys are.
Sarah, could you do a review on mijello mission titanium class gouache please? 🙏 It is supposedly a hybrid between watercolor and gouache, and can be easily pan'ed and reweted. Thank you.
Love your videos, as always! ❤
Holy cow that first painting is awesome. I wonder if I can do a dry brush with watercolor for the waves.
As long as it’s darker color on top of light, yes!
What a thorough video, thank you so much, it is really helpful!! Also, your landscape gouache paintings are out of this world!!!
Thank you Sarah for your very inspirational dive into the many faces of gouache. Not only that but your effortless wonderful mini seascapes, very beautful.
Hi Sarah, firstly thanks for sharing your totally informative thorough testing of brands. I wonder if you could give an opinion comparing whites from each brand to find the most opaque white to use for final highlights / dry brush please....awesome test paintings
My favorite is winsor & newton primary white
I am so thrilled to have found you! I am anxious to check out your other videos. Thank You!
Welcome!
Thank you so much for this fabulous video and all the testing. It has helped me to de idea what to buy with my limited budget. Your paintings are stunning and so beautiful. I never knew gouache could paint such amazing landscapes 😍🥰
Thank you so much for all your work on this, it is incredibly helpful to me. I've been thinking about getting into gouache and having a comprehensive review of many different brands is amazing!
Loved this video!! Definitely can see why it took 5+ weeks ❤. Really interesting to hear the comparisons between the brands and appreciate the time and thought you poured into this exercise. I’ve only started dipping my toes into gouache in the last couple of months (although started adding the occasional tube to my watercolour orders in 2022), so it’s nice to get this information early in my gouache-days, so to speak. I am starting out with some Holbein, W&N, Schmincke and MaimeriBlu to see what I like. The few tubes of Schmincke were from a sale, I think they’re way too pricy here. Loved the pieces you created while comparing the brands!
I wanted to try Maimeri but I can’t get it here :( but I’m sure you’ll have fun with those other brands!
Best comparison ive seen so far! Thank you so much for this video ❤
sarah, this was an incredible video..thank you for putting so much time and effort into this !! we are spoiled for choice , with gouache brands, these days !! lucky us!! 😁😁norakag , here 👍👍
So true! And I think there will be even more in the next few years
Wonderful review video! I use Holbein and W&N. Daniel Smith is local to me and given the quality of their watercolors, I really want to try them. I have had mold issues with R Graham and also have had some issues with consistency.
Thank you so much for all your hard work!!! I’m excited to try some of the brands you gave a great review for.
I also just listened to your ramblecast for March and am so excited for you and Wolfie on your new adventure! I couldn’t figure out how to comment on that so I thought I’d mention it here❤️
Oh thank you! Yes we are verrrrrry excited!
Thank you so much for your database and everything ❤❤❤
Thanks for the comparison!!! It is amazing work and it helps me to decide which one I would like to dip my toes into. Thanks you!!!
Excellent video, thank u so much, here in Brazil the only professional gouache available is Royal Talens and it is expensive here, I hope that in the future I can test gouaches that have a better fluidity.
Thank you, Sarah--you demonstrated these very nicely, and you articulated the key comparison points very well. I'm subscribing!
Thanks for this very helpful gouache review! Oh my, I love Holbein gouache too, but it's really pricey here in the U.S., so I only have a couple of tubes. My biggest set of pro gouache is WN. And wouldn't you know it, I guess to compete with Caran deAche student grade, WN now has a set they call just "gouache." I thought, "what's this?...some great promo on their Designer gouache? Nope, I guess it's just a cheaper student grade gouache formula. I have a set of Turner Acryl gouache (small tubes.) It's very nice but it dries so super fast and then bc it's acrylic, it won't budge when it's dry, so you have to work fast. But acrylic gouache is great where you might want a certain color foundation or background that won't activate. Thanks again. This is very helpful!
I have used acrylic gouache (Holbein) underneath regular gouache and it’s a good way to lay down a base if you don’t like how much gouache reactivates when layering.
This is gold! As always beautifully done and so informative! I have been wondering about the Daler Rowney... Thanks Sarah ❤ Schmincke have a less expensive designers gouache as well
Have you tried Da Vinci Gouache? Blick and Cheap Joe;s sell it. Blick ships internationally.
Oh my goodness! So much work so much valuable info!! You’re amazing. Thank you ❤
I love your videos, they are always so amazing, stunningly beautiful, and educational. I really appreciate the fact that you mention paints that are and are not vegan, even though you are not a vegan. It says a lot that you care enough to mention this when reviewing paint. Thank you again for ALL of the hard work you put into your videos and blogs. I'm off to catch up on your blogs now. 🙂❤
Coming late to this video, but it was so incredibly helpful! Thank you so much!
So so helpful - I’m an oil painter trying to learn gouache so I can travel with it …so much more portable! I originally bought caran d’ache, but don’t like it at all and it dried up in the tube! Ugh! I wonder if the honey in the MGraham might attract bees or other insects when doing plein air? I bought some W&N recently and think it is going to work well - and you helped verify that! Thank you, thank you! Lovely, informative presentation!
Just watched this video, first of yours I have watched and it was ever so helpful, thank you! I've subscribed too, have a great weekend 😊
Beautiful little Paintings
Fantastic job. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this
That's so beautiful. I love it!
An incredible good vídeo! And I always fall in love with your paintings!!! Big hug 🤗!
Bravo! Well done! This was terrific information, even for someone like me who has been using gouache since 2014. They used to be a lot less expensive back then because hardly anyone was using them on a regular basis. Then James Gurney started expounding on their virtues and voila! More people started trying them and new brands entered the market. Though I haven't tried some of the brands you reviewed (Schminke, Daniel Smith, Talens, and Shin Han) I totally agree with your assessments of Holbein, Daler Rowney, Winsor Newton, and M. Graham - they all have their strong points. I base most of my choices on color preference and each brand has some variations and colors that others do not. I find that half the fun of trying brands. Le Franc used to make a wonderful gouache, but alas, they no longer do.
Keep up the great work - your work is refreshing and interesting and this is why your channel is in my top two must-watch every week!
I’m so glad more companies are getting into the gouache market. Eventually it will lead to more competitive prices and better product - especially when more people publicly share their honest reviews
Hi Sarah, I have been watching you for a long time and I love how informative your videos are. You have turned me on to gouache and I have a few colors of M. Graham and have been quite pleased with them. I love the vibrant colors of gouache as compared to watercolor. Last year I moved from the US to Switzerland and after watching this video today I decided to check out the Schmincke Gouache. :-) I can order it here for 8,20 a tube! I was so excited! The Schmincke watercolor prices are really affordable too. In over 20 years of buying watercolors in the US (I splurge on Daniel Smith) I have only purchased 4 tubes of Schmincke because they are so expensive--and so exquisite. So, if you ever visit Switzerland or Germany be sure to stock up on Schmincke. And...visit me.
Wow Switzerland! It’s one of my dreams to go there and paint
@@SarahBurnsStudio It is a fabulous place for landscapes. Everywhere I look is a painting. It's my retirement dream. If you ever get a chance to visit you have a place to stay in lovely Basel.😊
@@vagabond-artist Aww thank you for the invitation! I heard it's very expensive there...so we definitely need to save up. Someday we want to do a road trip from Scotland to the southern tip of Italy, which would include Switzerland along the way :)
@@SarahBurnsStudio That sounds heavenly! I was in southern Greece in January and it was simply delightful. Such happy and friendly people and awesome hiking experiences. Visiting Scotland is on my list. One of my friends is returning there this summer for another holiday. She loves it there. I also want to say that I so appreciate the work and dedication you are doing to create your videos. RUclips is filled with mediocre art videos, but yours and just a handful of others are where I always end up when I want honest, concise and...most of all...helpful direction, resources and advice along with great examples of painting. Thank you Sarah and well done.
Awesome video! This was so informative and your paintings are gorgeous!
Your videos are so well done and I love your style. You are so informative and easy to listen to. Thank you for your wonderful videos.
Great video those M Graham look scrumptious 😊👍🏾
Amazing video!! Thanks for making this!! Your paintings are truly breathtaking!!
AWESOME REVIEW !!!!!! GOOD, GOOD HARD WORK HERE !!! THANK YOU AMAZING SARA !!!!!❤🧡💛💚💙💜