ARTEZA Gouache Paint, 60 Colors, 12ml, 0.4 US fl oz Tubes, Water-Based Paint for Canvas and Paper, Art Supplies for Professionals, Students, and Kids

Love the possibilities meaning gouache can be applied very heavily or it can have a wonderful opaqueness about it. Beginners will love this as it is very easy to use! I am a gouache beginner.

These are awesome!! I am new to gouache, and it is honestly my favorite medium so far!! These paints are vibrant, and a little goes a long way. I am happy i bought these and will return to this brand to repurchase colors I run out of!!

I LOVE these paints. When they first came, they were in these plastic deviders and each one was a cute color palette. (The first pic, each row of 5 was one of the pre made color palettes. Was the same order that came in the box) the paints are in generous 12 mil tubes and has pigment info and lightfastness. Their are some single pigment colors but all the colors are made from 18 different pigments so i dont recommend too much mixing. If you want to put them in pans, they dont crack too much however i found I prefer to use them out of the tube as i like the consistency better. But I definitely recommend these because they are nice and opaque and you dont have to use a ton to get even coverage. Its oveRall a really fun set.also, this set includes all 12 metalic colors.

I did a painting using gouache for the first time, and it turned out pretty well. The colors are opaque, but also can be less by adding water. I did have to experiment with water to get the desired paint consistency, but overall, I think it went well. Looking forward to more fun!

These are good for beginners, but depending on how you want to use your paint youre going to be in for a time. The Good 1. If you work directly from a tube and dont want to bother with color mixing, these will suit you fine. 2. Theyre pretty cheap at less than $1/tube, so you can experiment with them without breaking the bank. The Bad 1. These little tubes are prone to getting stuck or even exploding. This usually isnt a problem, because you can always just pot an exploded tube, but... 2. These are not really made to work from dry. At all. Most of the metallic colors actually turn to plastic bricks and wont rehydrate no matter what wizardry you throw at them because theyre acrylic gouaches. TL;DR: Overall these feel like student-grade gouache. They offer a great amount of surface coverage (very desirable in a student-grade paint!) and many premixed colors that make life easier if you dont want to have to mix all your colors. But even though Arteza swears these are artist grade Id say youre better off not expecting artist-grade paint for less than a $1/tube! You Have to Work Straight From The Tube Personally I work from dry pans. Its not everyones bag and if youre cool with digging through a giant box of tubes and dont want a color organized pallet, this isnt going to bother you as much! I dried these for a week in pans along with some Winsor and Newton colors to see how they stacked up. The Arteza paints lost 2/3 their volume due to evaporation (which isnt always bad, you can usually rehydrate them) while the Winsors lost only 1/4. Some Colors are Acrylic Gouache Most of the metallic colors in this set seem to have some kind of acrylic or plasticized base and will not rehydrate at all (youll see what I mean if you check out the rehydrated pallet image). Once the paint sets you wont be able to rework it and thats just a big problem for me when working with something fungible like gouache. I can generally get 3 fills of a halfpan out of a 15ml tube of artist grade paint, but I could maybe get 2x tops out of these because of all the evaporation. Poor Color Mixing Ive had issues with creating custom color mixes, probably because some colors have plastic bases and others have different levels of fillers and the like. This is a paint meant to be used straight from the tube! I spoke with a representative from Arteza that told me they couldnt tell me the percentage of binders/fillers/pigment in their product, only that they use peach gum. They told me that theyd have their scientists look into the issues I experienced but... yeah. An aside: do not buy the Arteza spiral bound watercolor notebooks. These are pulp paper (wood paper; your paint will sink to the bottom of the paper and buckle, very messy!) that will give you terrible results! If youre on a budget get some Canson XL Watercolor Coldpress paper, or Arches Coldpress foldover notebooks. Both of these are going to make even eh paint shine and help you save time and money if youre just starting out!

Good paints for a good value. Not the best for learning color theory of youre a beginner since it was super easy for me to get overwhelmed. But once you get the hang of them theyre nice to paint. The paints do dry a little lighter and the tubes arent always an accurate representation of the colors but for the price I cant complain.

I bought this set of gouache paint to see how the Arteza brand worked compared to brands I tried before. After playing around with these paints on paper and canvas, I am pleased with the color coverage. This gouache set has a wonderful selection of colors to choose from. The colors from this set work wonderfully for me when I do manga and abstract paintings. I am beyond pleased with the brand and plan to buy a variety of supplies in the future. This brand will be my go-to for gouache paints.

Only problem I have ever had with Arteza is that they dont sell replacement tubes of any of the paints you can buy. Once the color is used up, you are SOL unless you buy a whole new set. This of course tends to make me look at other paint brands such as Golden or Turner paints.

Ive enjoyed using Arteza Gouache paints and like the array of colors. I however have one complaint concerning this product. The tubes are small but a little bit goes a long way. I have had problems with some of the tubes where I can not get the caps off and in trying to do so have twisted the small metal tubes as they are not that rigid. I also have noticed once you use the paint clean off the neck before putting on the cap or it may be difficult to get off!

Good value great for journaling