HIMI Gouache Paint Set, 24 Colours x 30ml with 3 Brushes & a Palette, Unique Jelly Cup Design, Non-Toxic, Guache Paint for Canvas Watercolour Paper - Perfect for Beginners, Students, Artists(Green)

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I found the plastic cover doesn’t have an air-tight seal – this would make a huge difference for keeping the paints in their jelly state! If you want to learn more about how I created this painting, you can check out my step by step painting process here. If you paint a dark background, use a light-colored pencil for sketching so that you can see the lines. When using cakes, it definitely takes longer to load your paintbrush with paint and adding water to the cakes.

Ease of use: Tubed gouache paint is easier to use than jelly cup gouache paint, as it is easily squeezed onto a mixing surface. One thing to be aware of when using gouache is that colors below can mix slightly with new colors you apply above it, especially if your brush is more saturated with water. If you plan to cover the entire paper or use a lot of water, use watercolor paper or at the least mixed media paper. I recommend if you are a beginner that you start here with my watercolor tutorials where I discuss supplies and technique, then continue on to using gouache.

In studios in China, HIMI gouache is often used as the main material in their coloring lessons including landscape, still-life, portrait, etc.

These paints are known as “jelly paints” because the gouache paint is packaged in cups that look like jelly cups.

With gouache, you don’t have to worry about your paints drying out like other paints because it can still be used by applying water to it when dry. With gouache, you don’t need to worry about the paint drying up because it can be re-wetted easily and used again.