I would *definitely* appreciate more gouache reviews. You're so good at presenting workarounds for problems and limitations that arise, Kimberly, that I finish your videos with a better approach to any kind of medium. I love that. And the paw prints on the scarf.... lmao.

I dedicate the cat painting to Eve Bolt (with Opera Pink in her honor). It's all your fault I bought these lol. Those darn dangerous news updates :D You can find these paints on Jacksons at www.jacksonsart.com/en-us/shinhan-professional-designers-gouache?___store=jacksonsart_us&acc=c0f168ce8900fa56e57789e2a2f2c9d0 Happy painting everyone!

I was so surprised to see you using a sort of watercolour type flooding technique with wet paper as a gouache technique, years ago learning to use this type of paint we used a special rather expensive art board for gouache and were expressly taught not to do anything like that as the board would never flatten out again. Lightfastness did not come into it as designs would be photographed for colour separations, we had to work especially hard on smooth gradients, and had to be able to do a good almost photographic rendition of something made of stainless steel! Reds were always very problematic to get paler shades, and darker ones not a lot better. Oh, my we got through a lot of white gouache! We never ever used them from pans and were encouraged not to let whatever we mixed dry as it would become streaky, so every segment in a particular shade would have to completed in a session. All paint would be mixed to a thin cream consistency and if it thickened during the session moistening the paintbrush would help. At one time nearly all advertising or graphic art was made with gouache, originals hardly ever saw the light of day and were not regarded as artworks. From time to time some of these pop up having been hidden away for half a century or so and still look as fresh as when they were made, providing they have been kept dry. Gouache was used globally, not just in the west, and aside from advertising were used in cartoon animation. The Japanese versions were very highly regarded. In Europe Talens we’re the best you could get, and they came in designers and artists varieties, artist mainly using them for art illustration purposes. Colour series are usually designed to give consistent shades when mixed with whites to enable success with bigger projects, and to meet with spot colour print needs. Of course now mostly digital has taken over, but I think you can still tell the difference, there is no digital equivalent of an artfully flicked brush. I especially liked your rendition of the bunny’s eye! Things changed very fast when they did and the digital era happened, I am so glad people are rediscovering gouache, which can be really rewarding and give such lovely results. I learned these skills in a large graphics studio where we also had very early Apple machines attached to an immense Letraset data bank for font creation, the old rubbing up with the new. My lecturer confidently anticipated the death of paper! But here we are with more paper and paints than we can make up our minds over! Another exercise I just remembered was a smooth pink to blue gradient like the sky at sunset…a really killer to render to perfection, but your flooding technique might just have managed it in about a 10th of the time we took to get it right!

We miss you and your great videos. 😢 Hope you're doing well. Much ❤ from Nashville TN.

I don't use Gouache much but when I do, I too use it out of the tube! I absolutely love the Cat piece Kim... Thank You for sharing your knowledge, as always. I love your non-fuss approach and consistent videos with honest information....

I wait for your videos the most! There’s always something to learn and enjoy in each one of them !

Glad to see any of your reviews, gouache and all.

That cat painting is the cutest ever!!!! Thanks for such a great review.

Your art here is so charming and I learned so much. Thanks!

I was so worried when I saw how separated some of those tubes got! Although I'm glad they combined back together fairly well, it's good to know about the risk. I don't usually go for Gouache, but I think that's just me not wanting to be out of my comfort zone & experiment with them. Between your super helpful analysis & how gorgeous both of these critters turned out, I just might have to try a tube or two! Thanks so much!

More Gouache reviews please! Thanks for this one, I was ready to buy but can’t find them much in US. Now I know to be selective!

Aww... Your illustrations were so darned cute! I'm somewhat fascinated with the idea of gouache. I have only the one really cheap set, but I'd like to get it out and play with it again. I'd really like to try the M. Graham. Good information, as usual. Thank you. :-)

Yes please for more gouache reviews. Thanks for this one. I have some of the Pass tubes and love them so this may be good for me to use. QUESTION? Does the colour lift when you rub with your finger once it is dry? Thanks!

Thank you for the gouache review! I’ve been wanting to try gouache, but I didn’t know where to start, so in-depth reviews like this are amazing 😊

I've never painted with gouache but always enjoy watching your videos. 🙏

Yes pease let us know about more gouache in reviews. 😊

Interesting, informative, critical, sharp and creative, all I expect especially not being familiar with gouache (except for knowing it and watching lots of youtubes etc.) at all. I think I have some starters kits, a W&N designers gouache and a Holbein and I have some Talens in little glass pots (but I even don't know if that is considered gouache?) You gave me enough stuff to think about. And I love the comments (I usually read comments under your youtubes or recently when you reacted at Eve Bolt's). All together I keep learning and enjoying to gather anekdotes, just nice things to know and good knowledgde about paint, pigments, lightfastness. Great!

Big yes to more gouache reviews! I'd be particularly interested in your thoughts about Maimeri paints as this brand rarely gets any attention. I remember you praised their gouache on your site and that got me curious. I also have some of the MaimeriBlu watercolours you recommended and I enjoy them. I find your opinions to be very reliable - thank you for providing them!

I love the kitty!

I deeply appreciate the black and white whisker rendering, as a crazy cat person myself.

awww love the bunny 😀 i know nothing about gouache, ive never been able to get on with it at all

I was looking for a decent recent gouache video and saw your name and said an 'yessss' to myself. I love your vid. Please do more gouache vids you brilliant with it and it so hard to find good gouache content. Thank you for sharing you knowledge and journey, i learn so much 😁

I am so behind on videos but that opera and the yellow seem so vibrant. I got into gouache with the jelly cup craze and i really love its versatility. It did take a while for me to stop sheering them out to use like watercolor... Love the art.

I love those paintings, but especially the kitty because of the color palette!

I would definitely like to see more gouache reviews! Always great information.

💗💓💖 great review! I would love to see more pro gouache reviews. Most reviews seem to be for the lower end products. I’ve been painting exclusively with Schmincke which I love -but they are soooo expensive.

O my gouache bought a couple tubes to try out great video good information.

Very interesting. I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing.

ohh i think my local art store has this~ i was just wondering how they performed. thank you for the thorough review!

This is a really professional and useful review video. I shall look out for your work in future

Ahhh thank you so much for this! I've been looking for a comparison between a few of these colors with w&n artist gouache. Hard to find side-by-side swatches online :)

have you tried a white of shinhan art designers gouache or you just used pass? Very cool lil illustrations emjoyed it!

Ok I’ll pass then. Thanks for the review!

Just wondering if you would be doing more reviews on granulation. Interest in finding on how to get rivulets effect from mixing different colors. It seems that rivulets can happen to some light colors, not just dark colors such as black and brown. Thank you for all your reviews, deeply appreciated！

More gouache reviews pls!

Love the cat.

Would a Shin Han Pass set be a better buy compared to this set?

I was about to buy a bunch of tubes of this paint but I'm so grateful that I found your post first. That funky watery trash in the turquoise colors is a huge bummer to see. I 2as excited to try this paint but I'm not so sure now. You always do a great job of telling it like it is instead of trying to be a good little you tuber. I respect that a great deal and I'm certain I'm not alone. Keep it up!