As Good as the Rest? | Art Creations Gouache Review

[@MrsBarnabas]

Hi, Gem. This was fascinating to watch, as my only experience of this sort of thing was with Reeves poster paints, back in the 1980's. They were absolutely top notch for the job they needed to do - church publicity posters and big wall paintings (six feet by eight mostly - for the chidren's outpatients where I worked). They managed to keep their colour in shop windows for just the needed amount of time - ie maximum ten days! On the hospital clinic walls, with only only artificial lighting, they lasted for a long time - enough time for me to make a new series (ie quite a lot of time!!!) Those I kept in my 'portfolio' have kept their colours, even 40 years later. The thought in my mind with these Art Creation is that these are probably on a par with the Reeves poster paints (in small jars, a thick, opaque liquid), and about the same price tag I'm doing a conversion in my head, to what I could buy for the price then and now -shopping basket sort of thing - 1980's to present day)!. My other thought is this: I think that it would be kind and really helpful to Talens if you'd contact them about your thoughts, and reference this video. You did a first class job of 'seeing' the paints as through the eyes of a beginner, and I think they'd find your comments really helpful, and appreciate the contact. (Lack of info about 'other' equipment, how to do the colour mixing, picture too complicated, etc, so losing the feeling of adventure and finding it 'work' and so on) Gouache has never really excited me, probaby because I love the joy of all that watercolour can do, and gouache can't, and my equal first love is graphite. Even so, I love the way some of you make gouache 'work'! 😊 Sad that you can't have a few pigs .. 🤗

[@ChristyH-B]

They were my second adventure in gouache - first being the ubiquitous jelly gouache - and I adored them. Started my gouache love affair!

[@sarahsreviews5753]

Thanks for giving such a detailed review, I’ve been wanting to try gouache for a while but don’t want to spend a fortune so it’s good to know the pros and cons of cheaper options. Have you ever tried the jelly gouache that comes in little cups? I’d be interested to know how that compares to something like this as it seems a good option got lots of colours at a relatively low price

[@aprill551]

Not who you asked, but I have this gouache and a jelly gouache, and this one is better. The jelly gouache dries out more easily because of the form factor, and when it dries out it's not even remotely opaque. But if you don't care about that it does have pretty colours :) But I much prefer the Art Creations gouache.

[@sarahsreviews5753]

@@aprill551 thanks for letting me know, the jelly gouache looks so cute that I’ve been thinking about buying it for months now but it makes sense that tubes of paint would probably be better. I think I might look at the larger set of the art creation paints

[@TheColourCave]

I have a few older videos on jelly gouache if you’d like to check them out below. Definitely down to preference, but I’ve had my Himi jelly gouache set for a few years now, and would prefer them over the art creations paints. I do think it’s not an even comparison between jelly and tube gouache. The second video is a comparison between jelly sets. Maybe these will help you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYPUoGxoo6xjgtEsi=XAgfENtWuCzxdAAf kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJW2gYB9e897pJYsi=IGpmpRYMe-vv24DB

[@sarahsreviews5753]

@@TheColourCave brilliant thanks Gem, I’ll check out those other videos now.

[@TheColourCave]

Glad to be of help! 😊

[@KitarraChaosWeaver]

Something about this paint screams kids craft! Maybe it's the colors or the opacity of it but it feels like it should be shared with little kids who will get it all over their little faces! Thanks for your review! Entertaining as usual!

[@mjpete27]

Hullo Gem, I have been watching a lot of videos by Sarah Burns and her Scottish landscapes and she works in gouache quite a lot! I am trying to decide if I want to even go back down the gouache road. I have used gouache before and back then the lack of permanence of gouache was just a given. This idea of using gouache as a fine art medium is so strange to me. I am interested in seeing any content that you might want to show us. I started trying to create some Studio Ghibli paintings that were little more than film grabs! I have even looked into Nicker poster paints as that is what is used for the filming process! So please show us how you work, like, use gouache paints. See ya next video!

[@blackrose538]

I have tried Gouache paint before, but the Daler Rowney ones. They came in a ScrawlrBox once. But I didn't paint in a while... would love to see your "guide" on what you need for painting with Gouache

[@TheColourCave]

I think it would be more ‘these are the things I like’, but I will definitely add this to my list!