I agree that they're really fun for playful and casual use! If people get frustrated with consistency, streakiness or opacity, it's the lack of quality in these paints though. The muddy-ness you had is also because of the quality and not a skill issue. You can get really nice results with them but painting with them takes me twice as long as with my Winsor & Newton ones. I've had my set for several years now and it completely dries up when I don't use it for several months. I just put lots of water in the wells and let that sit overnight, then they're usable again.
Use boiled, cooled water to keep them moist to prevent mould and step further is add a little surgical alcohol and vegetable glycerin in the mix and put In a spray bottle. They can be a bit chalky Hastings yay. Loved your painting.
I advise using a pallet knife to remove some and put into a separate pallet and/or empty half/full pans and rewet them for a more controlled experience. Re wet them around 8 minutes before painting or take out fresh using a pallet knife to use from wet. This completely avoids contamination. I have a few other tips if people want to know as I love HimI gouache and have been using it for years!
Mine have stayed moist for nearly 3 years now by putting in a snaplock bag then adding the top snap lid on, no need to add water or glycerine… they’re only just starting to dry out now. As yours doesn’t have a middle palette like the smaller palettes do to have between the paint and the snaplock bag, I’d probably cut a piece of large hard plastic to put on first before putting in a large snaplock bag… to keep the bag clean
I love your whimsical floral painting. It's so nice to see you do something in that style again. I would love to see more of that. I fell in love with your art for the Bug Hotel project and have followed you ever since. I'm so glad that you had fun making art again. I wish that it was that way for you always. Thank you for sharing!
I suggest using a pig, wolf, boar bristol or other harder bristol brush with these paints! It really improves the quality and texture of the paint. I believe himi or arrtx sell some boar brushes for around 10-14 dollars for a pack. Synthetic or even natural haired (squirrel, rabbit, horse etc) smooth bristol brushes don't hold this gouache the same as the more coarse hairs, it just glides off of the brush instead of retaining, the texture of the harder hairs helps with this :)
These paintings turned out so so pretty!! I especially love the handkerchief the grasshopper is wearing 💖 I've had the HIMI 56 gouache set for over a year, I don't use it often but I haven't had any issues with it so far! I'm very careful about contaminating the paints and always keep the lid shut tight when I'm finished with using them. Even if they look dry/hardened and I haven't opened them for a few weeks or months, they still reactivate easily with a spray bottle.
I actually leave these paints out to dry out for a few days. I find that I can control them better when I add the water myself. As always love watching you create. ❤❤❤
A tip to avoid mold is to put a drop of clover oil once in a while (I usually do this every two months if I use it regularly and to keep a long time I put 3 drops, mix it and leave it). This is a good thing to do cause it's very humid inside cause we don't want the paint to dry and if a tiny spore of mold gets in, it'll spread very fast and besides not really change the paint in the short time it'll change the color after a while on the paper and it can be toxic for us to breath it (don't ignore it like I did, allergies will come)
I love the boat painting,,but I think It looks a little dull,but that isn't your faultIt's just the paint. The,,watery liquid "is the binder of the color🙃
I agree that they're really fun for playful and casual use!
If people get frustrated with consistency, streakiness or opacity, it's the lack of quality in these paints though. The muddy-ness you had is also because of the quality and not a skill issue. You can get really nice results with them but painting with them takes me twice as long as with my Winsor & Newton ones.
I've had my set for several years now and it completely dries up when I don't use it for several months. I just put lots of water in the wells and let that sit overnight, then they're usable again.
Use boiled, cooled water to keep them moist to prevent mould and step further is add a little surgical alcohol and vegetable glycerin in the mix and put In a spray bottle. They can be a bit chalky Hastings yay. Loved your painting.
I love how both paintings turned out looking like the collage pieces you’ve created. Just like your style. They’re both really nice. Bravo Em!
Thanks!
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I advise using a pallet knife to remove some and put into a separate pallet and/or empty half/full pans and rewet them for a more controlled experience. Re wet them around 8 minutes before painting or take out fresh using a pallet knife to use from wet. This completely avoids contamination. I have a few other tips if people want to know as I love HimI gouache and have been using it for years!
Thanks for the advice :)
Mine have stayed moist for nearly 3 years now by putting in a snaplock bag then adding the top snap lid on, no need to add water or glycerine… they’re only just starting to dry out now. As yours doesn’t have a middle palette like the smaller palettes do to have between the paint and the snaplock bag, I’d probably cut a piece of large hard plastic to put on first before putting in a large snaplock bag… to keep the bag clean
I love your whimsical floral painting. It's so nice to see you do something in that style again. I would love to see more of that. I fell in love with your art for the Bug Hotel project and have followed you ever since. I'm so glad that you had fun making art again. I wish that it was that way for you always. Thank you for sharing!
I suggest using a pig, wolf, boar bristol or other harder bristol brush with these paints! It really improves the quality and texture of the paint. I believe himi or arrtx sell some boar brushes for around 10-14 dollars for a pack.
Synthetic or even natural haired (squirrel, rabbit, horse etc) smooth bristol brushes don't hold this gouache the same as the more coarse hairs, it just glides off of the brush instead of retaining, the texture of the harder hairs helps with this :)
Very good review. I feel like you gave honest pros and cons and best way to use these. And I love your art!
thank you :)
These paintings turned out so so pretty!! I especially love the handkerchief the grasshopper is wearing 💖
I've had the HIMI 56 gouache set for over a year, I don't use it often but I haven't had any issues with it so far! I'm very careful about contaminating the paints and always keep the lid shut tight when I'm finished with using them. Even if they look dry/hardened and I haven't opened them for a few weeks or months, they still reactivate easily with a spray bottle.
Yay! Thats reassuring :)
I actually leave these paints out to dry out for a few days. I find that I can control them better when I add the water myself. As always love watching you create. ❤❤❤
It’s like you painted a collage. So beautiful
Completely agree about squeezing paint out of a tube 😅
A tip to avoid mold is to put a drop of clover oil once in a while (I usually do this every two months if I use it regularly and to keep a long time I put 3 drops, mix it and leave it). This is a good thing to do cause it's very humid inside cause we don't want the paint to dry and if a tiny spore of mold gets in, it'll spread very fast and besides not really change the paint in the short time it'll change the color after a while on the paper and it can be toxic for us to breath it (don't ignore it like I did, allergies will come)
Thanks so much for the advice!
That final garden piece was the bomb.
I so love your painted pieces ❤️
Love the grasshopper ❤
WOAH THAT SET IS HUGE!!! 😮
Lovely paintings!
hi Em! i love your work. what paint do you use to paint your paper usually? acrylic?
I loved my Himi set, but mine got moldy. I might get a new one and try to be more careful
You can have refills after your done with ur himi gouche!
Love this! You’re work is super inspiring 😊 I’ve just started my first RUclips channel and love watching yours ❤
Thank you! Best of luk with the channel, it looks lovely what you've made so far!
@@artwithem6635 thank you 🥰
Grazie per le informazioni e complimenti per i lavori. Bravissima. 😊👍❤
ohh, georgous!!🎉
I hate when I get a difference between "film" and real life. My heart is with you. BUT It still looks lovely don't let it bother you much.❤
Thank you! Ahh yes, there are some pieces of art which just do not translate on camera! Oh well :)
Gosh, I like that sketchbook! What is it?
Ohhh I'm not sure, theres no name on it! I got given it when I started Uni :)
I meant to say that you can put them in the refrigerator. Then you don’t have to worry about mold or drying out much.
They're very nice, however when you run out of one of the colours you have to buy another whole set to replace it!!
HIMI does have refill tubes!
I don't know if they have all the colors for this exact set or where you can find all of them online though..
I love the boat painting,,but I think It looks a little dull,but that isn't your faultIt's just the paint.
The,,watery liquid "is the binder of the color🙃
Nice
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The stuff that looks like a little wee is binder.
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Hi :)
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