Is Their Gouache as Good as their Watercolor? DaVinci Gouache Review
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Today I am reviewing Davinci Artist Gouache. I purchased mine during the Black Friday sale at Blick where it was 60% off list: shrsl.com/4f551 More options on colors can be found on the DaVinci website: davincipaints....
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At the end of the review, I mentioned maybe adding a cadmium red and cadmium yellow to my palette but they do not offer cadmium or cobalt paint in their gouache it seems.
Pros:
Price/value
Comes in large tubes
Made in the USA
Pigment and lightfast info included on tube
Drys down well without cracking (if you want to make a dry palette)
Rewets well
Cons:
Most colors were transparent even though they were listed as opaque
Several colors were shiny in mass tone although they were listed as matte
The paint has a sticky and stingy texture that is unlike the smooth and creamy consistency in gouache I am used to.
Bottom line: These paints are most similar to the Mission Titanium class gouache or the Kueretake Gansai Tambi watercolors. If you like those paints these would be a nice option for refilling your palette. As far as a typical gouache goes these are not my personal favorite but they do have good reviews on Blick so maybe I chose poor colors or my opinion is unpopular. The white is a solid value though. Maybe try a couple of colors and see what you think.
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It was very interesting to see the swatching and comparing, especially when you looked at the same pigments in their watercolor vs the gouache. Thank you for doing this! Seeing the review definitely formed my opinion of do I want to try them or not. I can see why you wanted to review before you watched other’s opinions on them. The pizza you painted with them looks absolutely delicious!
I'll pan some for you if you like next time we meet up to paint and you can try them.
@@thefrugalcrafter that would be lovely! Thanks I’d love to try them.
Ah I'm so excited for this review! I love my Da Vinci gouache, especially rewetting from dry. There is no "best," only "best for you" - they're not for everyone but they're great for me! (:
My biggest gripe is I wish they made a Zinc/mixing White too. I think that'd be wicked helpful.
Thank you for chiming in. I am glad it's working for you. How do you deal with the shininess in mass tone of some colors?
@@thefrugalcrafter I haven't had too much issue with shininess but I also use a PW4 zinc white from another brand too which might cut the shine down to be honest.
Admittedly I'm also not super worried about it and don't pay too much attention either 🤣 it's more a victory getting to paint than anything! So I may be biased there
Hey Lindsay! About 16 minutes in as I start writing this so not intending to comment on your full review, but I really appreciate you dedicating the time and making such an extensive and thorough one. I'm finally learning 10 years in to my art self-education journey something that seems so obvious and simple-- to use what I want, which is the perspective of the following comments.
I love these for what they are. I took a shot in the dark coincidentally ordering some of the same colors a little before you did --Alizarin, Ultramarine, Raw and Burnt Sienna--and only really tested them recently. They were my first plays with gouache and weren't in isolation, i.e. I combined M Graham gouache and even a couple existing watercolors of hues I didn't have a gouache equivalent for--I've gotten more since then, like Ochre and Pyrrol Red in MG for example--so I couldn't assess their quality based on pure gouache properties which may result in a more critical assessment, but I was so happy with the pigmentation and reliable usability, particularly in our mutual staples of Ultramarine & Burnt Sienna, and both purely and tinting with white I still noticed a difference in look to watercolor, likely due to the larger pigment particles which reduce granulating or textural looks and do give a smoother, flatter gouache look to my eye. The Quinacridone based colors may be a little more interchangeable with the watercolor, I'll admit. Perhaps most importantly, because of their great value, I played with no fear of wasting precious paint, a trap I can be more prone to with smaller tubes. I also like the Holbein magenta, yellow & cyan in combo with these. EDIT: By the end, I saw you exactly describe how I use these, LOL. I'm sorry your final assessment is less favorable than mine, but that's ok.
All of this is to say that might these be more transparent than other brands in isolation? Sure, but I like how they perform for how I paint, which is something I heavily pushed aside for many years because I went by "teacher knows best; I should be looking for properties they say are desirable." If a primarily or more experienced gouache painter were over my shoulder observing, they might say "Joe, you're over-thinning your paint and it's getting like watercolor," and up until recently I'd take that critical feedback very seriously, but now I'm like "well, I prefer the feel on my brush with a little more water in the mix (same with acrylics when I do, sidenote) and it still looks gouache-like to me, I'll tint with white if I really want more body, and I don't like the look of gouache that's got the bare minimum of water in it on paper, before or after it dries (it has a caked on look to me)." It helped me realize my own growth in how I see my practice, and what's funny is I heard Steve recently use thee word "terrible" to describe this gouache, and I respect his skill and opinion greatly still even though I disagree with him specifically here, so much so that if I heard that comment earlier in my journey I'd have probably steered off the paint and therefore rejected what I now know is a lovely paint to use for me.
Thank you for sharing, Joe! I think I will enjoy these more using them in conjunction with other colors. I am happy to hear you like them. I'll give them a try again. Everyone likes different stuff and I appreciate you saying why they work well for you. I really wanted to love them and hopefully I can jive with them better in the future:)
Thanks for the review, Lindsay. I don't know about some of the other colors but yellow gouache is notoriously transparent. I've only tried Holbein and Daniel Smith versions, but I've always found that with yellow, I have to add a layer of white before the yellow. So I don't fault them too much. I'd rather have transparent-and-need-to-add-white than full-of-fillers. But the glossiness? Erm. Because I'm obsessed, I'm still going to get the magenta gouache next sale, LOL. And I think a tube of white, since the white is nice.
Side note: Until you added the white to your little color wheel, it looked like a cute sunsetty river scene. I need to recreate that! You inspire even when you don't intend to!
It depends on the yellow for sure
Omg your videos haven’t been recommended to me in months ! So glad to see you in my recommended again ❤.
Welcome back! Have a look at my channel and video tab to see what you've missed:)
It does seem almost like they designed their gouache to have do-it-yourself opacity. But probably the reason for the transparency would be to keep the price lower. I have to say I’m not very impressed by this gouache; it’s also got texture flaws that make me think it’s just not worth it.
I really appreciate the time you took to thoroughly test the paint! Very interesting, for sure.
I can really feel how much you wanted to like it and how fair you're trying to be! I am really hoping DaVinci sees this review (tempted to send it to them? Their CEO answers the emails...). Because they did really improve their watercolors by adding a rewetting agent some years back. And they discontinued their manganese violet because it didn't perform well. They really do try to improve their products, so maybe we can inspire them to do so! EDIT: I sent them a very polite email and a link to your video 🙂
Their watercolors are fabulous!
@@thefrugalcrafter I did send DaVinci your gouache review :) The CEO, Marcel, replied within an hour and said they had received mixed feedback on the gouache, and were already working on reformulating it. He thanked me for sending your video along and said he was looking forward to watching it. They truly are a wonderful company!
I've been using gouache for a couple years now but have never bought any Da Vinci because of hearing about the shine. Glad to see the shine problem is confirmed so I know it's definitely not the gouache for me.
The transparency doesn't bother me - Schmincke (often recommended as the *best* gouache), Daniel Smith, and M Graham gouache are also more transparent (sometimes very transparent) in pigments that are typically transparent. These "artist/professional" brands don't add white or opacifiers to their paints, so the natural properties of the pigment still apply. A PV19 or PB15 in gouache might be a little more opaque than their watercolors (yet is almost always rated as "opaque" or "semi-opaque"), but still much more transparent than a pigment that's typically opaque. I consider these sort of colors "mixing" colors, and combine them with white and pigments that are naturally more opaque like PR101, PR112, and PBr24. The good part is that in these brands there tends to be enough pigment packed in you can choose to add a tiny bit of zinc white and get a more opaque color without losing the saturation.
If you're an artist who is purely after opacity, you either need to look for pigments that are naturally opaque or brands that add white and/or opacifiers to make transparent pigments appear opaque. I also have Holbein's primary mixing set and those are naturally more opaque than a typical PR122 or PB15 would ever be, and side by side with the same pigments in Daniel Smith and Schmincke it's easy to tell *something* is different about the Holbein paints. I imagine that's why Holbein is preferred by artists who want to paint large flat areas of opaque color while Schmincke and M Graham are preferred by artists who build up their gouache opacity with layers and mixing. I'm more of the latter so I usually prefer the "versatility" of pigments in their natural state as well as the smoother texture. Holbein always feels a little chalky to me, though I appreciate them when I want to work with a very limited palette and do minimal mixing.
I completely agree about your comments regarding the Holbein mixing set! I understand they add dextrin to the watercolor and I do believe they add it to the gouache too, and grind the pigments larger to achieve the opacity. I really love the texture of M. Graham right out of the tube though!
I think I would characterize these (from what you described...I've not had the chance to try them) as a versatile option. But sometimes "versatile" means "functional for a lot of things but not great at anything."
That's a good descriptor. I might use these to stretch other paints, I'm not sure. I really wanted to love them.
I cannot possibly click fast enough lol. In general I'm rooting for this brand since they are such value for money but Holbein are cheap here.
They are a but quirky.
I am not surprised at all that you got the yellow ochre. I have come to know it as one of your favorite most reliable colors/pigments. I can count on yellow ochre being in any palette you show. 🤣🤣🤣
I totally agree!
Thanks for your review. Knowing you, you will probably figure out a good way to use them! The colors are nice and bright! Have a good week!!😁🤗
Thank you! You too!
Such a good review, you explain it so well ☺☺☺
Thank you so much!
I love love your mixing tray!
Thank you! 😊 it's by FraNord Cteations on etsy
Thanks Lindsay! I always appreciate your reviews!
You are so welcome!
Gorgeous colors. But surprisingly translucent 😮. But gorgeous colors! Thank you ❤
I totally agree!
Love the pizza! You nailed the stringy mozzarella. All through this i kept thinking they don't seem like gouache, the white looked good but glad dv paints are not easy to find here. Want monster back in the box.
Thanks so much!
Wow how did I miss this one? Been waiting for it. Love the watercolors... but I got three tubes of the gouache and was disappointed by the transparency and shinyness and sticky texture as well. I love their raw sienna in watercolor but it was a particularly disappointing color in the gouache. My understanding is that some companies use a larger grind of pigment, and some companies like Holbein use additives like dextrin to add opacity to their gouaches. My sense is that DaVinci is using their same watercolor grind; or close to it. Additionally they could have chosen more naturally opaque pigments in some cases (cadmiums like you mentioned, or cobalts) but they don't make those! My favorite is actually M. Graham (except the white which for some reason kinda sucks), and W&N also works great right out of the tube. Holbein and Schmincke need a bit more water and are slightly more tricky but I preferred them all to the DaVinci. I really love the Holbein white and it's super cheap on Amazon right now for some reason. I'll try drying them in pans, but I don't think I'm ever going to like that Raw Sienna!
Hi, Lindsay. Thank you for your video.🎉. Have a great day.❤.
You too!!
Thanks so appreciate your reviews
You are so welcome!
Thanks for this review Lindsay and I loved your pizza painting!🎉❤
You are so welcome!
My only real experience with their gouache is the titanium white, of which I bought a large tube for the value (I normally use mainly Holbein or W&N). I generally use gouache dried in a travel palette, but when I went to refill the white pan, I found that it had completely yellowed and turned bad in the tube. It had been fine the last time I used it. I've not had that problem with any other gouache or brand, including some really old, cheap Talens tubes. A shame, because I really liked that white, but probably won't buy again.
It sounds like rhe binder separated. If you still have it try sticking a BBQ skewer in the hole and stirring it up. It should be fine then. Gum arabic is yellow, I think that's what you saw.
@thefrugalcrafter That was certainly part of the issue, but it's not like any binder separation I've had with my watercolors. It's hard to explain, but I can guarantee it's not salvageable, no amount of stirring or squishing the tube changed it. I would say it's just a bad tube, but it was good at first.
@@elvenham1You use W&N white gouache? I bought a big tube years ago in hopes of using it, but it has been the runniest stuff I have. I don't have to squeeze it out, I barely turn it and it begins dripping out. I can shake it and shake it, but it doesn't get any better. As you can imagine, it doesn't add much opacity to anything, either. I feel I must have a bad tube because I doubt many people would be buying it if it performed like this for everyone. I also have tube of Holbein's white (sadly, my only Holbein gouache) because I had seen some reviews that showed it as one of the most opaque white gouaches. It is nice, and NOTHING like this one from W&N. How does your white W&N compare to your white Holbein gouache? I am wondering if I should give it another chance?
@CarolinaCarolina-ph9mx i have the same problem with the white, just let it dry for a little bit and its opacity will come back with a punch. The Holbein white is more opaque for sure, but also more expensive in the West.
@@letym2271 I am glad you responded. It seems there may be a real problem with the consistency of the W&N gouache. It may be cheaper than the Holbein, but if it is thinner/less opaque, and takes more time and effort to make it work, then even being the cheaper product doesn't necessarily make it less expensive when all things are considered. I think I will avoid it from now on. I enjoy the colored W&N gouache, but I have yet to try any of the Holbein other than the white (due to the cost). Also, another option to gouache if you need to add some white back to a watercolor painting is a matte acrylic white - esp if you only need to add it in a few spots. :)
I've been waiting for this one - thanks!
Hope you like it!
I'm kind of thrilled that these are similar to the Mijello Titanium class. I've wanted to try those, but don't want to commit to an entire set. May have to try the DaVinci gouache. Thanks for your review.
Glad you like them!
Great review, thabks fpr sharing with us.
My pleasure!
I'm not all the way through the video but I wanted to say I got 4 tubes of Da Vinci gauche for my birthday with a gift card. They don't pan well for me, very crumbly.
Good to know, what colors did you get?
@@thefrugalcrafter I got Magenta, hansa yellow light, cobalt blue hue, and black. I already had a white gauche so I skipped that color.
Thanks for doing this review. You've confirmed pretty much what I've heard about them. I'm pretty new to using gouache. I've had a few tubes of Davinci for a while (never really used them😅) and I got the Holbein mixing set you recommended a while back. I've been experimenting with what I have lately and overall I think the Holbein are a better gouache paint. That being said I feel the Titanium white gouache by Davinci is wonderful. I've been using it for years to add highlights to my watercolor (It's pretty opaque). I'm now using my Davinci Gouache (which, excluding titanium white, are vibrant, just not opaque) to custom mix colors with my Holbein Gouache. I never thought of adding white to the Davinci colors like you did. I'll have to give that a try.
All that being said I do love DaVinci watercolors.
Thanks again for all you do!
Very similar experience
it’s academic for me because their paints aren’t available here and having them shipped over would make them double in price. But it’s good to know that I’m not missing out in this case 😂. Thanks for the review!
You're welcome 😊
I purchased several tubes on sale as well, and found myself equally frustrated. I had extreme shine on my yellow ochre - almost like a plastic coating when swatched mass tone. I loved the colors but was all over the place with my water control. They have been put to the back of the cupboard and other than the white, I don't plan on using them until I've gone through my trusty Holbeins before the end of the year - I am doing a no-buy 2024...well, lets call it a no-buyish 2024...lol.... anything that is critical to my art making isn't on the no-buy. Thanks for the review - it totally validates what I found. I really had hoped for better especially since Da Vinci is a US brand. I love supporting US companies when I can. Oh, and i totally will continue to buy their white! That is a find!
It is!
Great review as always.
I appreciate that
I think I will skip these and get some Daniel smith to add to the Holbein mixing gouache you recommended. I need to go back and check which set you suggested to get in Daniel Smith. Thanks for a fair review once again.
I just got the mixing set plus burnt umber I think.
Its their intention to let you decide the opacity so you need to add white. Mgraham does the same thing. That way it is more professional and versatile.
Then why do they list the colors as opaque on their website? Every colors says opaque. I have some more graham and the colors I have are opaque and not shiny when used at mass tone.
@@thefrugalcrafter i felt particularly disappointed/tricked by this claim for opacity... matteness is, in fact, part of what makes for opacity... which these aren't.
Very good to know about these, Lindsay. Sorry to hear they fell short. Even as a hobby, I don't have the patience for a "quirky little bugger!" lol!! I do wonder though, if these were used as a primer to tone the paper and then applied on top of that primer, would it help with the transparency? Or even maybe on a toned paper? I don't know. Just wondering how to work with them in order to love them more. Thanks for the great talk on these. Hoping all is well on your end! ~ Mark
Thanks, Mark. I think I'll add them to a palette with some more normal gouache. That glossiness is what really bothered me, more so than the transpaency. I could overlook some transparency however they should stay that they are transparent or semi opaque on the listing to avoid confusion. still, I wanted them to be better.
Great review. Thank you. I wish I had seen it before purchasing these (a bunch). I wrote Da Vinci to see if an additive might dull the gloss and they never answered. I tried adding dextrin, but it didn't help, but I might try adding some marble dust. But I agree, these aren't a lot different from their watercolors. Their refusal to respond to me disappointed me because I really like their watercolors....
I am so sorry that you never received a response from us. We are a very small company and receive too many emails to respond to every single query, but we highly value customer experience and take the time to read to each one. We really appreciate you reaching out even if we weren't able to send a satisfactory reply.
@@davincipaints This is good to hear. I am curious if you have any plans (or suggestions) to address the shine in these paints (which also impacts the opacity). I have tried adding dextrin and am playing around with tragacanth, which does dull them but it also reduces opacity... These would be fabulous paints if this issue could be resolved, and, I think, even adding a modifier in manufacturing would make most designers happy as they are looking for matteness.
And further, it would seem these paints, especially at this price point, could be the leading gouache paints if only a small change were made... and some followup marketing as these have gotten a bad rap all over the internet... due to the issues Lindsay so aptly pointed out in her review....
@@kosspoetryandart-ke2ns We are certainly listening to concerns that have been voiced in recent reviews, but Da Vinci Artist Gouache also has many, many 5 star reviews. We are always evaluating our paints to see how we can improve, and we are taking the recent feedback into consideration as we move forward. Thanks again for your input!
@@davincipaints great. I am sure y'all are aware that people value the matte quality of paints and notice that your paints do not possess that quality. Take care. I'm sure you could sell SIGNIFICANTLY MORE with just a bit of modification...
years ago well 28 years to be exact i wanted to learn rosemaling decorative painting ,yesterday i saw videos of it again ,i have a linen canvas and so far have painted it over 3 times ,i just cannot get a good painting from it yet ,i tried my m graham oils ,it is not the paint it is my skills are not there yet.i know you said the paul rubens opaque paints are not great ,i love having 4 purples ,i can even paint on card stock with it and it works well,love your videos. thanks for everything
Wonderful!
Should try a PBR24 in place of a yellow ochre in watercolor sometime. MISSION GOLD has a beautiful one, there is 1 in the 48 half pan PAUL RUBENS, And I had one in my 48ct sennelier pan set, its called Naples yellow deep in sennelier. I think mission gold is brightest, basically it looks like a "Clean " yellow Ochre. Anyway I like using one in place of another sometimes, with the way you like bright colors thought you may like it too.
Thanks, I have the PR 48 set so I'll revisit it!
The imp in me is wondering how this gouache would look next to Denise Soden's Embrace Opacity watercolor set that DaVinci has.
PS: 90% of my everyday palette has been DV for 5 years. I love their vibrancy, price, and who DOESN'T love Marcello!? Lol. I find their wc greens, sap, leaf, to be very shiny, thought it was me using too close to mass tone, but after this review, I see even their gouache is mirror-like. Feel like we need to hold a Memorial Service for all of our DV tubes...😪
I don't have many of their green in watercolor, I have viridian but have not noticed a sheen. The gouache is odd tho.
This is distressing, as I now have tons of tubes of the same wc colors from DV. I buy gouache for the opaque convenience, now I have to add white. Geez. Also, I keep my new paint tubes in the fridge before I first open them, helps. Anyway, thank you for this enlightening review. :)
I think I'll use them with other gouache I have. I hope I can make good use of them that way. It was a bummer.
I thank you for the review. I do not own gouache. I wanted to know what it is and what it is not. I kind of wanted to know what all the hoopla is about. They look like watercolor but more bold pigments. I will wait awhile to purchase anything. If I do puchase, I will go small as I do most art supplies.
Glad it was helpful!
Oh Lindsay you tried so hard to be nice about this gouache! What an odd paint though!
BTW, the podcast with Angela Fehr was great, it was interesting to get an insight into the thought process of both making art and running a business. Also reassuring to know that artists I admire worry about the same things I do with their art!
Oh thank you!
Thanks Lindsay 💜
You are so welcome!
Informative review thx for sharing 🎉
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this review, and you saved me some money because I had been curious about trying a few tubes of their gouache as well since the price is pretty good. I don't really paint with gouache other than to use some white gouache here or there on a painting to bring back some lost white (plus some tubes that are almost forgotten because I don't know what to do with them). As I watched this, I was wondering if there is really any reason to buy many tubes of colored gouache (other than convenience) if I already have lots of watercolor paint that I could simply mix with white? Also, artist's watercolors (Daniel Smith, W&N, etc.) are more pigmented generally than gouache, so I wouldn't I be able to get results as good as gouache if I just mixed a bit of watercolor in with some white gouache? (and better than this shiny DV gouache, too!) Frankly, I think you may even be able to get gouache-like results with student grade watercolors. Heck, maybe even easier to do since many already have opaque binders. Conversely, I don't know if I would be as inclined to use a bad gouache as a watercolor paint. Watercolor has properties of transparency, and even of flow and fluidity on wet paper that you likely won't find in a gouache - even a gouache that sits on the border between watercolor and gouache. However, if you use your watercolor in a more opaque fashion, and you don't do much wet on wet work, then I guess it would be okay. I don't know. I am curious about gouache, but also don't want to spend much money on it other than a few colors if I can mostly DIY it with what I already have. 🙂
Adding white to watercolors will give gouache like effects but reduce the saturation and make the color more pastel. A good gouache will be Opaque, matte and saturated. I recommend a few mixing g colors I a high quality gouache if you want gouache effects. The mixing set if holbein and Dan Smith will give you a huge variety of colors. Shinhan set of 12 is great too!
@@thefrugalcrafterThank you for your response, and you aren't kidding! 🙃I actually played a bit with my watercolors plus the gouache after I wrote my comment, and it was too weak for what I was looking for, and I wasn't impressed, so pulled out a few tubes of W&N gouache, and there was a nice difference in saturation. I think I may do as you suggest and eventually buy more to play with - but not DV. I like DS and Holbein products, but will look into the Shinhan. Very glad you made that video so I didn't purchase gouache I wouldn't have liked. Thank you. 🙂
Hullo Lindsay, I have that love/hate relationship with gouache, I know that I have mentioned this before, but you have a lot of subscribers and commenters too! DaVinci Paints gouache was the first gouache I used with my watercolor painting! Yes, I am one of “those” painters that until quite recently never used white in my watercolor paintings!
I used Turners Design Gouache for my in house and freelance work for graphic design firms when I was first out of college and I have zero pieces from my time doing that work. I am curious about how the paint pigments are ground down and just how much bigger the gouache paints are in these paints? I am also curious about why you did not buy the mixing set? I know as an artist we have favorite colors and we buy the colors we like and are more likely to be happy using! Thank you for sharing your opinions on these supplies, I appreciate your thoughts on these paints. I am such a fan of DaVinci watercolors, but I am still struggling with white and watercolor! I am waiting for some Nicker Poster color paint. This is supposed to be the paint Studio Ghibli uses for painting their movies! Maybe I can avoid the disappointment I feel when using gouache?
I didn't buy the mixing set because I ordered from Blick, and they didn't stock it. I prefer to order from Blick as they sell other products I need, and they were priced a bit lower than davinci's site. After ordering the gouache I did order watercolors from the DaVinci site because they had a good offer, but I didn't want more gouache. Also, I prefer the colors I chose to what was in their mixing set. If these colors are so transparent (and sold as opaque), I bet the ones in the mixing set are too. That doesn't bother me as much as the shine some of the colors have when used in mass-tone. That's hard to overlook. I know you love DaVinci, and their watercolor is lovely, but the gouache (except for titanium white) isn't ready for prime time, in my opinion.
@@thefrugalcrafter I do accept your evaluation and believe your assessment! I only have purchased the White gouache from DaVinci. I have used mostly Turners as well as the Holbein gouache. I even was gifted the Arteza gouache and was not impressed. I believe the current resurgence of gouache, the Jelly's and so on. This has given gouache a new place in the artists toolbox! I still remember when if you told someone you used gouache in a painting they actually laughed at you! Gouache has been derided as a tool for advertisers and not a fine art tool or medium. I am glad that gouache has risen in the fine art hierarchy, I believe this is because the pigments used are so much better than they were in the past. I still know people who do not think of gouache as a permanent medium! Yes, even some watercolor societies are still disallowing white in a painting! I have not entered a show in a very long time. Yet I was approached just last week after I made a post about entering a spring show. I asked about rules and there was that no white rule! It still lives! Not everyone is enlightened and as free spirited as so many online artists! Paint your joy ! Etc. These are in the multi media categories, not watercolors. Sorry for the long reply I guess I was just venting my frustration on closed minds. Please take care and "Don't let the Bastards get ya down!"
Lindsay, you recommend the himi miya gouache for ease of use? I find it so gummy and sticky…I’m struggling with it but I don’t want to give up and let it go to waste 😅 I find the caran dache studio gouache pans a lot easier to use, but I wonder if that’s because I’m used to painting with watercolours and working from pans. I fear I’m not actually improving my gouache technique 😅
My himi miya gouache did dry up and has been reconstituted with water…maybe that’s messed up the consistency 🤔 It’s either me or the paint that is the problem - but probably me 🤣
I think the himi gouache is fine but I prefer the annigoni gouache if you want a jelly format. My himi was not sticky or gummy tho.
@@thefrugalcrafter Thanks Lindsay! Will probs try to use up what I have first and hopefully upskill in the process. I don't think annigoni is available where I live, but also not keen to get more jelly gouache. I've found your gouache reviews v helpful for when Im ready to upgrade though 👍🏻
Haven’t finished the vid yet (but not seeing link so thought I’d ask), where did you get your pretty pallette? Looks similar to a custom one I got from Etsy.
Franord handmade on etsy! I'll add a link!
@@thefrugalcrafter Yes!!! They made a custom one for me. It’s amazing! And those guys are awesome to work with!! ❤
Thanks for trying it before I buy it! LOL
Do you think using a mixing white as opposed to titanium white would give it more opacity without the tinting strength?
I have a large tube of Lukas PW6, but it's not bright white like other brands. I bought it on sale at Jerry's Arterama when it was on sale and I'd rather not waste it.
I don't think it would add opacity because mixing white is rather transparent.
I’m asking before the end of your video- but have you tried m graham or schmincke’s gouache? If so- how do they compare? I tried a few m graham and I felt they were more transparent than the few I’d tried before. They weren’t bad at all -just different than I expected.
I have a few tubes of m graham and love it. I have not tried schminke. My m graham is over a decade old tho and I think they changed hands at some point.
Hi, would love you to review Jecee guache, I received a set in a giveaway and find that is creamy and it doesn't crumble when dried.
Never heard of that brand, tubes or jelly cups?
@thefrugalcrafter tunes, they are creamy, don't crack and they seem good, of course I am no expert. Is called Jeece Finest and it was reviewed by sharin cullen and Jared Cullum in Utube. However I trust your reviews the best
Maybe Jeece?