Lindsay, besides the fact that you’re one of my top fave YTers, with always honest reviews and just being you, I’m so thankful for you and other YTers who offer all of us a bit of shelter and comfort with video getaways to our “islands of creativity” and helpful and inspiring information in the truly scary times we’re living in now. My heart is breaking with much of our news lately. Take care…stay safe and stay sane everybody!
So... after you reviewed the Arttsy jelly gouache, I finally decided to replace my old Arteza tubes of gouache with a set of jelly gouache. I checked out both the MIYA and the Arttsy, and definitely preferred the color options in the MIYA. But, like you said, the Arttsy was a lot less expensive. When I put both items in my "save for later" cart, Amazon sent me a notice that the MIYA set price changed and was now comparable to the Artsy- wahoo! But you are right, the lid on the MIYA set refuses to stay latched on one side. This will definitely be staying on my art desk, just to ensure it doesn't get dropped and make a total mess. Thanks for these reviews!
Maybe purchase a variety package of the silicone bands and place one around the container to keep the closures tight. Just a thought as I keep some on hand as I frequently find I need them.
A little one who loves art would be absolutely enthralled to get this set. I remember how awesome the 64 Crayola crayons were. This would be the lap of luxury.
Lindsay Weirich I enjoyed this so much, I am learning about gouache before buying and you really helped me. Thank you for taking the time to help people who want to delve into new mediums and learning about them. You did a great job. Thanks again.
It definitely was my lucky day! Thank you so much for the other set. I am trying to decide what I want to paint first with them. So many ideas! I am thinking of grabbing a new watercolor sketchbook and dedicating it just to fun with gouache! Thanks again I appreciate them and can’t wait to start exploring these. 🥰
The combination of colors in the second large rows (Naples yellow, two light blues, and brown) is soo pretty. I use gouache to overpaint my ruined watercolors.
Thanks for this comparison. I enjoy your longer videos, they keep me company. 🤗Your positive attitude and "colour geekiness" keeps me coming back to this type of videos. I also enjoy your spontaneity when commenting. In these violent and unsettling times, art is my refuge, and you and your videos a very welcome companion. I am new to gouache, coming from watercolour. As you said, the leap from one to another makes sense. I got some tubes by Schmincke, which I poured into an air tight palette..and made my own mini DIY jelly gouache palette. It is a good start.. The "want monster" is coming out of hibernation and is trying to persuade me to get some jelly gouache...but I could not imagine (or justify) 🤭getting more paint! I look forward to your Sat chats and frugal Friday videos too! Have a good weekend!
It's so weird how the folks at Himi think. In my country, that set only has 30ml cups and there are far fewer skin tones but tons of colors for landscapes and seascapes.
Lindsay you were swaying my decision to get this set at $37 but your difficulty in opening the 30 mls and the wonky lid were not encouraging and dissuaded me… 🤣😃😂👍🏾 Beautiful colors… thanks for your review! 😂🤩😃🥰👍🏾I did enjoy this vid… it is not awful, but I like to see swatching vids… yep weird!! 😂🤷🏽♀️👍🏾😃🙏🏾🤣
I love having long videos to watch. Thanks for being my drawing buddy and thanks for the information on the new paints. I actually have that same set but the first one not the new one. I love the colors they provided. 🤗
I have a firm belief that you provide joy in different supplies to encourage all of your viewers! I have a love/hate relationship with gouache and I am NOT looking to buy more. I enjoy watching your enthusiasm for the products that you use. I have seen you temporize but never hate on any product. I think these “jelly” products are simply taking advantage of the current popularity that gouache is currently enjoying. I wish anyone looking to start painting try watercolor painting before gouache, but that is a personal choice and opinion. Whatever works for you! Nice video Lindsay. I would like to see a painting demonstration rather than a swatch video, of course there are fans for both or all! Have a lovely day.
I hate it when people trash a product or buy something they know is bad to make a salty video. That's someones business they might be destroying. I mean if it claimed to be one thing but was another that's one thing. Warn people so they don't get scammed. I say how much products are so they know how to rate my review. A great paint for $20 won't be as good as a great paint for $100 because i expect more. I just try to be honest. Also you might be reviewing someone's favorite supply or the only thing they can afford. There is no need to be mean. There are good and bad points to all products:)
46:15 this video is not awful in the slightest!! I'm a theatre design and production student and we're practicing using several different mediums for rendering scenery and costumes. I'm trying to figure out what gouache to get and I love that you showed four different sets and the pros/cons concerning consistency, color mixing, traveling, etc. Thanks so much!!
I haven't watched one of your videos in a minute, I miss watching them, you always sound so sweet and relaxing! Glad you did a review over the HIMI gouache!
I noticed a sale on both today on Amazon UK so this vid is perfect timing. Will buy myself a birthday present now once I'm finished watching to decide which I want. These sets were initially made for Chinese school kids. Particularly for exams as they only have a set time so need more colours to reduce mixing time and they do each have their own palette. It's taken really seriously there
I just got the 50 set ordered for my birthday as I found a great sale! I’m really looking forward to them as the HimI gouache is my favourite, and I needed more white. Worth the price just for the white lol! I’d love it if the 100ml white refills were currently available in Canada for a good price but not yet. Still this set is amazing! I’ve already labeled my empty full pans with the colours that are new vs the 56 and 24 set I already have. I go to get more once the white gets low. People keep saying this is more than enough paint but not for me lol! I’ve been painting so much, premixing colours in empty pans and painting very large now that I have so much paint and CAN do so. I’ve had to open new ones for using colours up. But as I said it’s my favourite medium now. I’m actually rewatch ingot his video is anticipation of and to continue my excited hype for the gouache I ordered! Got all my little sticker labels ready to put in the tubs, starting to decide how I will rearrange them in the pallet. Once my first pallet is empty I think I’ll use it for big acrylic mixes for larger paintings.projects and see if I can clean and reuse it. Relaxing and enjoyable video, thanks.
I don’t know whether this comment that added or not but I wanted to let you know that you’ve inspired me to buy the large set of the jelly guache of course! The colours are divine but oh how difficult each packet was to open but I’m over it now and ready to experiment! Love your videos
Wow those sides not closing would be a deal breaker for me. I’m so glad I watched you talk about these jelly gouaches. I got the Annieoni set and I’ve had no problem closing it plus my top isn’t getting that mucked up. The only problem was peeling off the tops but I eventually figured out a way to peel it so it came off better. I’ve used it a couple times but I’m new to gouache so I have no idea about the actual paint yet but so far so good for me. And the price was great.
Thanks for this fun swatching video. For my jelly gouache I put a piece of plastic wrap on top of my paint and then the lid to keep the paint from going on the lid. But the thing that stinks is that you can't reuse the plastic wrap agian. This is the only idea that I could come up with to keep from making too much of a mess. Hopefully this is something that you could try. Have an awesome day
Thank you Mrs. Lindsay, I always appreciate your in depth reviews! I have been wanting to try one of these but I was afraid of wasting or it drying out. So now I can make an informed decision so I really appreciate you!! I wish you would have made a painting also, with all those pretty colors!!😄👍👍🎨💯☝👋😀
I bought that 18 set of Himi during 2020. Mine looks exactly like yours and I didn't dry it out on purpose. The black in particular is nearly a quarter the amount it was when fresh, and I barely used it. And I find it very difficult to rewet. I bought the Artsy based on your recommendation and for me, they are far superior to the Himi. I can't wait to see your review of the new set. By the way, I worked on an art piece of my own while watching this video so, it wasn't boring for me! You kept me company while I worked.
Did you put the lid on the wrong direction Lindsay? ie. was the writing upside down from when you opened it? Ps. Am trying really hard not to buy these but you make them look delicious 😜❤️🌿
Lindsey, I promise this video is not awful, or boring! (Btw i bet a sheet of parchment paper would keep the top clean. ) I love watching paint dry. 😆 🤣 😂. Yep swatches are my favorite! I'm slowly coming to terms that I'm not much of an artist, but a lover of paint. Lol. I'm always so excited to get new paints. I hold my opinion that these jelly gouache looks like finger paints, but I am appreciating them more since you told me the reasons you like them. 👍 but I will never skip a swatch video!
Super satisfying video! I miss good cold colors on the miya sets I miss a proper lemon yellow, a proper cyan and a proper magenta/cold red. I guess the lack of some pigments is what it allows those sets to be that cheap!
The 24 set seems large. These 50 plus sets must be huge and fairly heavy. Think I’ll stick with my WNC 14 palette for plein air 🙂. Enjoyed seeing all of the beautiful colors as you swatched.
I enjoyed this video! It’s not awful! What is your favorite paper to use with gauche? Thank you for sharing your suggestions and thoughts in this video.
Honestly, most paper works well with gouache. It's so forgiving. Try what you have. Use watercolor paper that you don't like for watercolor. I do that because it works great!
I checked the Himi 24 color set on amazon. It is being sold as a set with a bunch of brushes and 2 white plastic pallets and some kind of water bucket thing. When I bought it a couple of years ago, I only got the paint.
I'm looking for advice on watercolor WINK WINK 😉 😜 - hoping to be as lucky as your gouache friend 😉. But I live in Denmark so it'll be a bit expensive to come over and pick it ALL up lol 😆. Just joking of course. Love all your videos thanks for another great one! 👌 😍
Interesting, liked the look of the new one,fewer greens perhaps but the only missing item was a large Cobalt or ultra marine instead of the pale blue. Thanks
@@thefrugalcrafter This set of pigments was invented as a tool for Chinese art examinations, and China generally believes that a painting should not use black , so there are few black in this set of pigments.
Lynn is just a little tip for you all that might help with closing the large guache set! Clean the foam and turn the cover around mine wouldn’t close one way but it would close the other
There are more and more colors that can be bought now, and the vividness of each color is beyond our ability to adjust. From the perspective of selection, it is very good, but, more often, I only use a small amount of color to complete the painting.
Thanks for the video! I enjoyed watching the differences. I've never tried gouache and was wondering if the jelly gouache mixes well with other colors? Or does it just make mud?
I wonder whether you need to expel a little air from the box before it will close up. Maybe by a little pressure in the middle of the lid. I like the second palette best because it has all those lighter greens. How are these paints for layering over each other? Also for painting fine lines or edges. I do love the colours, they are so vivid. I do think the bigger palettes do have a lovely contemporary sort of colour choice and like the idea that you can just dip in and paint!
They are great for both although a proper brush will determine how fine a line you van get. I recommend the Royal Langnickle zen all media brushes for gouache.
I am sorry, with so much useful content I am finally lost: Which do you prefer, HIMI or MIYA? In the internet they say that these are the same products? And you said one of the boxes does not close correctly, which is that, please? 🤔❤️
Dear Lindsay, Perhaps the lids are upside down? If they have been designed on a computer, the latches may line up only one way? May be worth cleaning a lid, or painting from what is on the lid, to see. The reason why I say this, is when you got them and opened them, you would have noticed the unlatched case then? Perhaps some clingwrap or translucent paper over them, between the paint and lid? I have trouble thinking about how I would use these paint colours. Perhaps monochromatic landscapes using one colour, different values-shades and tints? In kindred spirit, Eliza Australia xx 17th May 2022
Hello Lindsay! Thank you for these swatching videos. Sorry if you've already answered this question before and I just missed it, but I recently bought some Daler Rowney gouache tubes and was a bit disappointed to find out they dry with a tacky finish. A problem I've not had with any other gouaches I've used before. Have you noticed this problem with these jelly gouache cup paints at all? Thank you!
No, that's odd. All the jelly gouache I've tried is very similar and matte. Maybe the binder is separating for the pigment. I've hear D&R has some quality control issues but I have not tried their gouache.
I've experienced lots of molding with Arteza Gouache. And I'm from western Germany. It's not very humid here. I have one air-tight palette with Rosa Gallery Gouache and that one has been lying around unatteneded for way over 6 months now, and there is no mold in it whatsoever. The Arteza Gouache? Also in an air-tight palette and it already started to mold after 2 weeks or so. I had to get rid of all the paints and clean the whole palette. I've heard from other people that their Arteza paints even molded in their original tubes. Which is a bummer, since I really liked their gouache. But I'm def not gonna buy it ever again.
@@thefrugalcrafter Its nice and really affordable. €20 for a pack of 24x20ml plastic containers with air-tight lids. It has a similar consistency to the Himi Gouache, but its more opaque.
Hey Lindsay, idk if you heard yet but Five and Below is selling their own jelly gouache, and some people reviewed it and it's.. Not Good lol. It's around $5 and my friend and I are planning on buying it to suffer 😂 so I'm wondering if you will pick one up and make a vid on it
I have the small Himi set and let them dry so I'll watch your Frugal Friday tip next!!!😂 I'm really curious about the mister bottle you are using, can you provide any info?
I have left the lids on mine. Just open the corner to use. I use a china plate as a palette. Mine are juicy after many months. Why do you take the lids off completely? Is there a reason this is done?
This is so random, BUT when you first brought the palette out, all the sides were latched. Could you put maybe a piece of parchment paper on the surface of the paints, then rotate the lid to see if it closes properly then? If that works, could you wash off the foam so it would not cross contaminate the paint…..love the info! Also, does gouache have pigment codes like watercolor paint? And can you mix them like you would watercolors? Thanks! You are the best!
Hi Brenda. Some brands would add pigment names in their gouache paints (Schmincke, M.Graham) The only brand of jelly gouache I saw with pigment numbers was Arttx or After. I don't think HIMI gouache comes with pigment info -Lindsay often wishes they had this info. Hope this helps.
You thought dry might solve all your problems. Sigh. How often I’ve thought something might solve all my problems with something, but no. No. I love watching you.
Hello Lindsay Weirich Thefrugalcrafter. How are you doing? I wanna ask if you painted that black line whit acrylic paint or whit a black marker? I use my masterson stay wet pallet for my gouache paints. I have the 56 himi miya gouache set and i ordered the set of 12 acrylic gouache paints from liquitex to try😊 i don,t like that the 56 himi miya gouache set doenst come whit brushes or a pallet
Do you have or would you mind making a comparison video on various gouache brands/sets? I want to give gouache a try but can only get a hold of the Hobby Lobby Masters Touch brand gouache for now and don't know what would be a good easily purchasable (in store) set to replace it with
Hey Lindsay, may I ask, what does dry himi/miya gouache or any other gouache feel like? Do they turn into something like soft water soluble soft pastels? Or sticky like oil pastels? Can they be used as such?
Hi, has anyone here tried putting these "jelly" type gouache in the fridge to maintain moisture and keep it as fresh looking as possible? If so, how did it turn out say after a year or so? Did it grow mold, did it keep better than constantly spraying with water from time to time? TIA.
Hi Lindsay, If you have a set without the foam on the cover is there a material you can buy to make it yourself? I wouldn’t know what sort of foam to purchase.
Hi Lindsay- I'm sorry this is off topic, but I saw this , this morning & immediately thought of you. It's a " wristlet"(?) that slides on the arm, & it's got a magnet on one side . This girl demonstrated how she handles her paints, sketchbook, etc w/ the help of this. Here is the link to her video : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ofTVxCJtFjE.html & she has the info & link on her side comments. You may already be aware of it but bcbuilders, contracters use them...thought I'd take a chance & let you know. She takes her paints out of the palette and slaps it on the magnet side. Have a great day! ☺
@@thefrugalcrafter I like that you share. I've shared some watercolor when I buy the 15ml tubes. Its nice to make a friend happy. I've been following you for years now and appreciate all that you do. I've learned alot from your tutorials and reviews. You've inspired me to spend as well as kept me from wasting my money. Thank you for all the hard work.
the faulty lid. That's a deal breaker for me. It shows poor design, bad testing and inadequate attention to detail. Thanks very much for this upload. :)
