I may have missed this, but I didn’t hear him mention dispersing agents. The inclusion of a dispersing agent, to me, is one of the huge differences between “acrylic gouache” and regular acrylic paint (including matte acrylics.) Gouache - including acrylic gouache - is made to be used with water (despite Liquitex saying you don’t need to add water, which is one way in which their product is not actually “gouache-like.”) Holbein acrylic gouache, in my experience, is the gold standard of acrylic gouache, and I didn’t think that the much lower-priced Turner version would be anything like Holbein, but Turner is a close second. Both of these acrylic gouaches can have almost any amount of water added and the pigments will disperse uniformly and the wash will not look streaky. I would say Turner is slightly less good in this regard, but still very good. If you take acrylic paint, even matte acrylic paint, you can add water to good effect, but typically once you get to watercolor-like washes, you get streaking. Golden SoFlat may have dispersing agents because I do see a difference between its performance and that of other acrylics, but it’s still not as good as Holbein. I have not used Liquitex acrylic gouache but after seeing it used in a lot of videos, I strongly suspect that it is like their soft body acrylics but without the satin sheen. Yes, you can use any acrylic paint with water but they will not all perform in the same way that the best acrylic gouaches perform. In most cases “acrylic gouache” is not just a confusing name for matte acrylic. They are like gouache, but with a small amount of acrylic polymer added. They’re not like acrylic paint with mattifiers added.
I’ll just add that both the Holbein and Turner acrylic gouaches, until they dry, perform so similarly to traditional gouache, that I sometimes forget what I am working with and expect them to be able to rewet!
This!!! Yes, thank you, that‘s what i was thinking and bought Holbein, but after this video I will give a chance to Turner too, specially that black, for some type of works it can look great. I actually do not like gouache that much, what I love is Tempera, I used to have Tempera from Pelikan, tiny 5 mls in a set, saddly, they do not produce it anymore, it was not professional paint, but it was quite decent and had it‘s charm, I bought Tempera from Sennelier, but one 15 ml costs now like the whole set Pelikan cost me 20 years ago. It‘s very unstable and supper potent, I‘ll continue to experiment with high quality professional acrylic gouache or homemade Tempera and will see. I did already made my own acrylic gouache at home and it was fantastic, but alas, I want to paint and not invest my time into making the paint…
I really appreciate that you are stepping up and call out a fraud when you see it! That is why people use Jerry's to get their supplies, because you explain things. Thanks for all you do!
I am currently playing around with Turner Acryl Gouache and it has indeed nothing to do with acrylics. Every time I use it, I'm amazed at the coverage (both on sculptures and paintings) it's really new to me and I'm still dabbling, but it's a fun beautiful medium and your video really shows that.
The problem is truly just the name, and it's an issue with Liquitex in general. They've taken the approach of naming products along the lines of how they're most likely to be used more than what they are. Another example is their ink line, though they aren't the only offenders in calling a product 'acrylic ink'. An acrylic ink is not the same product as a traditional shellac based ink. Liquitex reps are very upfront about these all being acrylics, just with different consistencies and properties for different uses. The acrylic gouache line is actually more fluid than the soft body, and it is more opaque than the soft body, and it is more matte than standard acrylics. (I think acrylic polymer by nature is glossy, and the matte is achieved by adding matting agents rather than leaving out gloss agents.) There is a market for a product with these properties! I paint three dimensional figures, and the specialized paints made for this activity are pretty much what Liquitex has just put out. The flexibility and 'stick' of acrylic is necessary to work for the end function, and there are probably other art forms this is true of. (Though I enjoy traditional gouache and might enjoy Turner acryl-gouache for traditional 2D painting, neither would work for painting miniature figures.) Golden has gone another way. Their equivalent line to the Liquitex Acrylic Gouache is their Fluid line, although they do not add matting agents or opacifiers to that, so it's just equivalent in being acrylic and the consistency of the binder. Golden calls their 'ink' High Flow. My art store doesn't even stock some of these things in the same section, but I respect Golden naming things in a way that is clearer about it being all acrylic paints, just with your choice of whatever binder consistency works best for your end purpose. Liquitex wanted to convey the properties of being matte and more opaque with the name, but I think they would have been better off to call it Matte Fluid Acrylic!
I think you're bang on the money. Apparently Golden has some matte fluid acrylic paints, but they aren't too popular, and aren't sold by Opacity. But the 'acrylic gouache' seems to be a movement to try and create a new category of Acrylic, so that artists want to add them to their collection. To me, an opaque yellow sounds amazing, but maybe just sell opaque yellow as a color alongside the hansa's and dairylides rather than trying to make a whole new tier of products.
@@anniedarkhorse6791 I don't think acrylic ink is a scam. Acrylic paint binder can be made in a range of consistencies from thick gel to very fluid like in the ink. Generally there is the same ratio of pigment to binder regardless of the consistency of the binder - the more fluid formulations are not just the tube painted watered down. It is best to choose the consistency closest to what you use in your art. I just think it's confusing to call it 'ink' when it's actually paint.
I totally agree with this. I use the Turner and Holbein gouaches and they are fantastic. The Liquitex underperforms imo. Even as a matte soft acryl it'd be a nope for me and I was super excited for their release. I was especially interested in the neons, but I ended up picking up a few from Holbein instead and I'd sacrifice a small goat for more. This video is just all-around super accurate.
Acrylic Guache is a wonderful product and is one of those things that unless you try it then you will never fully appreciate what you have been missing,what the manufacturers have done is give us a versatile product that encompasses some of the qualities of pure acrylic allied with working with beautiful flat designers colour,it is a compromise as everything in art is we need to use and adapt to these mediums in our own special ways,I could see at time you were struggling to describe these qualities that we need to discover as artists but all I can say is be bold and experiment,I think the manufacturers named it thus because artists are familiar with both acrylic and gouache,but as we all know that is where the difference ends because this is a product on its very own merit it is not a gimick. The best thing to do is get a starter set and work from there then if you really like it add more colours,keep up the good work sir and continue to educate and bring more scope to our artwork with these colours,thank you.
Thanks for talking about this. I have a small collection of the acryl gouache. I dont claim to be a expert but I enjoy them so much more than standard acrylic for the opacity you speak out. I also love water color. So I guess I love the extreme ends - transparency and extreme opacity. 🤣 Keep the videos coming!
Either you did not listen the entire video or you meant to say that Liquitex "acrylic gouache" is acrylic soft body paint, which is true. Just dont mix the actual acrylic gouache with liquitex's bs :)
Absolutely the best video on explaining acrylic gouache! I’ve been watching videos on acrylic gouache and comparisons for days now. I couldn’t put my finger on the Liquitex gouache and what was wrong with it, but the whole thing just seemed off. Thank you so much for clarifying what’s going on so that I can make an informed decision on purchasing acrylic gouache. I don’t want to waste my money buying something that isn’t even what it says it is.
I’ve never tried gouache , because nobody could give me a clear review on what gouache is exactly, this is the most thorough video explanation I’ve seen! Now I have a much better understanding of what I’d be investing in. I have different styles of art, and the gouache sounds like it would fit well with my illustrations and food realism pieces that I paint on board.
Totally agree with you on this. I have both the Liquitex acrylic gouache and the Turner Acryl Gouache and the Turner is soft and velvety when dry. After I use up all my acrylic paint I will only buy the Turner acryl Gouache. It’s amazing.
Does the Turner Acryl Gouache reactivate? I use various brands of traditional gouache, and part of my frustration with it is that when I add a layer, the previous layers lifts off, even when bone-dry and even when my brush isn't very wet. Do you find this happens with Turner Acryl Gouache? I'm asking because I had read that it did this too.
I love the Turner acrylic gouache! And this gives a great comparrison with the liquitex stuff to enlighten others that really want to know the difference. Thanks Mike!!!
I am a retired graphic artist trained as an illustrator and designer. I still paint for my own enjoyment. Working as an illustrator I was quite familiar with gouache. A few years ago I discovered Holbein Acrylic Gouache (formally Holbein Acryla Gouache). What a delightful product! Layering with gouache was most difficult but could be achieved with a very light touch. Holbein's Acrylic Gouache is an amazing product to use! I'm working on a painting (using Holbein Acrylic Gouache) of a luna moth with a vine of moon flowers as a border. The background sky is Prussian Blue. The deepest blue Holbein makes that I know of. I decided to add a moon behind the moth and vine of flowers. With other paints this may have required me to start completely over. Because Acrylic gouache is opaque I'm able to paint over the background and around the existing vine and moth very carefully. I also recommend working on Ampersand Aquabord. It's an amazing surface to work on with Acrylic Gouache paints.
I'm always looking for other people that use Acrylic Gouache on Ampersand Aquabord to discuss what they think of these paints and the surfaces they work on.
Thank you. I had wondered what the difference between my Acryl Gouache and regular gouache and regular acrylic other then the matte finish. I tried Turner Acryl gouache after seeing theFrugalCrafter Lindsey Weirich use them and her comments on their pigment strength and matte finish. I love them.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was trying to decide whether to invest or not--so many people jumping on bandwagons without knowing the whole story. I am a watercolorist wanting to branch out and I have tried some gouache for some effects and some acrylics. I will keep experimenting until I get exactly what I want.
Terrific video. The best experiences I have with media is trying them out on different surfaces and base colors. I read comments that people want reviews and/or a perfect paint or combination of tools, media and surfaces. Experimentation is fun and the easiest way to know about different brands is to just buy one tube of the same color from each. I love gouache and it’s a challenging medium to use and requires patience and planning to keep from the art getting muddy. I have the best results painting with gouache on smooth matte surfaces. Gesso can get expensive and typically mix my own using different recipes depending on what I want to achieve. Have fun. Be adventurous.
I bought into the Liquitex hype when they came out. After 3 small paintings I gave up on them. I now use them to tone a canvas or board before I do an oil painting. I have been thinking lately I could use them watered down as an underpainting on my Gouache paintings where I want a more transparent layer.
Great explanation; you all might want to consider putting up a sign or something in store explaining what you explained here about the Liquitex “acrylic gouache” if you really don’t think it qualifies as what it claims to be. I wasn’t considering buying it because when I’ve gone in I wasn’t really considering Liquitex except for a clear-drying, high quality but relatively affordable pouring medium alternative to the Golden glossy color pouring medium (which rules the game as far as I’m concerned among pouring mediums I’ve tried) & wouldn’t be buying a bunch of expensive individual acrylic gouache colors to start out when you have the super affordable Turner acryl gouache primaries/black/white starter sets for like $10, but it would be unfortunate to be interested in trying acrylic gouache & buy a bunch of Liquitex’s without realizing it wasn’t really gouachey.
Thank you so much. I used Holbein gouache years ago and had a hard time finding it for sale. It seemed the acrylic gouaches took over the market. I used it in the fashion of painting paper and then cutting out shapes as Matisse worked in his later years. I was leary about using another brand of gouache since I was so pleased with the coverage and velvety texture of Holbein. Thank you again for showing the difference.
Strong, clear opinion! I would have included So Flat in this comparison... You mention a 2:1 ration for paint sample board. 2:1 what? paint to water? paint to medium?
Yes. You're absolutely right. I recently bought a 12 pack of 22ml Liquitex Acrylic Gouache and it's definitely not Gouache. Unfortunately I didn't notice the word 'acrylic' on the pack when I bought it online. Had I noticed that I wouldn't have bought them as I already have a huge supply of acrylic paints and mediums. Most of the acrylic Gouache paints are semi-transparent even with two coats....only 3 in the pack are opaque. I used to use Winsor & Newton professional quality gouache and they were superb.
You are so right in the sense of what art they get out of us. It's very interesting to me how easily I got into watercolor from just graphite past. But I kinda was absolutely obsessed with making paintings, which are very realistic. I am enjoying how lit and light everything I paint is in watercolor. I was thinking that it would be my style. Until I bought gouache. My god, the bold, crazy, unrealistic colors I'm using to paint the exact same landscapes as I paint in watercolor. So yes, you are right in how you describe them
Thank you so much! I agree with this. After loving Turner and Holbein Acrylic gouache I bought the Liquatex...found them like acrylic and did notice they weren't as opaque. Great review.
Thank you for confirming my suspicions on this - SO many companies are making matte acrylics and calling it Acryl Gouache - I advise my students to look for watercolor Gouache - I steer them away from "Acryl" "Acrylic" "Acryla" gouaches because there are too many fakes.
Was curious about acrylic gouache and this video is super informative. Your outrage was also amusing. Thanks for the entertainment and information! Going to check out your other videos...
WOW, THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! This information is KEY, bc we artists need to know what are we working with. Thank you sooooo much. I did not buy Turner nor Liquitex, but Holbein, but I‘ll give Turner a chance, bc now I get it what‘s in it, I was very skeptical when I read all over than acrylic gouache is just matt acrylics, I hate people writing blogs and stuff based on their huge ignorance, so this video was send by God!!! Thank you again and more of this quality content. Best vibes to you!
Yes! Finally!! Explained!! Good LORD! Artists really are nuts. Let’s stick together! Nobody else would even SEE the subtle nuance of differences. We are the “canaries in the coal mine.”
I thought I was understanding this and that black is so good I still want it. Then I tried to watch the video you said explained it better. I couldn't make myself watch it all but Amy made it sound very difficult to use. Darn. So I tried to watch this again, now I am even more confused. I wish you had left Liquitex out of this and made it a separate video. I agree I wish all the companies followed the same naming rules so you could tell what you were looking at & know what to buy for whatever you were trying to do.
I am working with traditional gouache and really like the medium. However acrylic gouache sounds very tempting as it will give me the possibility to work on canvas.
Thank you so much!I have an art background from yrs and yrs ago.I gave it up for marriage,kids,etc.I recently picked up a brush again and heard of the word Gouache.What? I couldn't find any answers on the web till you! You explained it so so we'll.I finally know what the heck it is
Love the matte finish of gouache. Love the versatility--washes all the way to some texture. Really love rewetting my palette and reviving paint to re-use.
Thank you for making this video! I bought Liquitex Acrylic Gouache and hated it for all the reasons you discussed. I gave the paint to my young nephew because I knew I wouldn't use it. I wish I'd seen this video before I bought it.
I paint with traditional gouache. Today (before watching this video), I ordered a set of Liquitex Acrylic Gouache, knowing full well that it is nothing like gouache. I almost bought the Turner Acryl Gouache, but decided not to after I read that the previous layer will lift off when layering - something that frustrates me with traditional gouache. We'll see how I like the Liquitex. (What I really wanted was Golden Matte Fluid Acrylic, but I couldn't find it here in Canada.)
portgree so I’m not the only one who searched for matte acrylics unsuccessfully in Canada! It’s not here. I want to try the matte finish as a base for coloured pencil.
@@sabineleppanenart3014 I'd been searching for a while before finally deciding to order the Liquitex Acrylic Gouache. I just read that Liquitex Basics dries to a matte finish, but I don't know if that's true as I've never tried it. Maybe someone here can let us know. :) I also contacted Golden to see if any Canadian suppliers have their Matte Fluid Acrylic.
portgree I don’t mind Liquitex Basics but it’s not really matte. It’s not very shiny, either. But it still has that plasticky surface that doesn’t take coloured pencil well. I might try the Turner Acryl. I am intrigued by that velvety black, and the coverage. Liquitex Basics is cheap because it’s not highly pigmented. That’s great for glazing, though. It depends on how you want to use it.
I too am in Canada and I had to order the Turner Acryl Gouache from overseas. However I started with Holbein Acryla Gouache which is available here (at least at my store) and it's beautiful paint in my opinion though it is expensive. Unfortunately he doesn't talk about Holbein in this video but it is exactly what I wanted - truly matte, no brush strokes, no colour shift when drying, same as Turner. You may want to give it a try. For what it's worth, I've never had either Holbein or Turners reactivate or lift off with water or subsequent layers at all.
They are calling it gouache because gouache is having a big resurgence in popularity. It's a "me too!" Acryl Gouache and traditional gouache both have that dense velvety intensity. Excellent rant and really needed to be said. Thank you!
I can't remember where I got this - watercolour's transparency factor gives a painting the luminosity by relying on the surface of the paper (hence why we have hot pressed and cold pressed to produce grainy texture) to bounce back the light as if the light goes through coloured glass. This is also why watercolour painting will fade over time because of UV rays and you need to archive it in dark places (inside the drawer for instance). That said, good quality watercolour should be highly pigmented and transparent with no fillers, to be used on a highly absorbent surface (hence paper made from cotton) versus gouache should be bright with fillers and opaque. I agree with this video - acrylic advantage was that it can be used on more surfaces and water-resistant. I'm currently on a hunt for acrylic gouache and would not be considering Liquitex thanks to this video.
I love this video! You helped me sooooo much in my decision of which acrylic gouache I wanted to buy. I am shopping your site, right now. Thanks so much!!
I have the Turner acryl gouache set. Still figuring out how I want to use them lol... I prefer my acrylics to have a long open time. Which is why I prefer traditional gouache. But I'm still confident I'll find the perfect project for them.
Thanks for the Liquitex/Turner comparison. I was about to buy a Liquitex gouache set of 12 when I saw a set of 34 tubes of Turner on eBay, put in an offer, it got accepted, should be here by the weekend. I need it for colouring in illustrations. Can't see the point of using traditional gouache. I love acrylic paint because it's so waterproof. Traditional poster paint (school grade stuff was never called gouache when I was at school) reminds me of the stuff I used when I was 7 or 8. You couldn't really paint over it and you couldn't correct a mistake. I have no desire to go back to that. PS: If all Matt acrylic is gouache then I bought 14x280mls of acrylic gouache for under $50 when I was an absolute beginner. What a bargain! (It's just hobby grade acrylic paint but I like it.)
I'm looking at the possibility of acrylic gouache for painting large fibreglass sculptures as an alternative to straight acrylic and had seen the Liquitex ones - now I know they would not do the job! So thank you for the rant! This was perfectly timed for me.
This explains a lot about why my few tubes of Turner acryl gouache differ so much from my couple of bottles of Vallejo acrylic gouache. Very transparent yellows with the latter. Can I assume Vallejo went the same route as Liquitex?
This makes so much sense.... I, for a bit, would use the titanium white Liquitex gouache because that big thing was cheaper than the tubes of what are true gouache brands cause I didn't know better, and I've been really frustrated with how "streaky" it was... it wasn't until I was able to nab a limited edition turner set for fairly cheap (relative to the normal price) that I realized it wasn't a problem with gouache... it was a problem with the Liquitex. I didn't know why at the time but it wasn't the same. Since then I've moved full time to Holbein acryla gouache and haven't even thought about buying Liquitex "gouache" since.
as someone who is experimenting with new materials I thought I bought gouache when I bought the liquitex bottles, and I indeed was kind of disappointed with how opaque it was, so this is kind of a relief when watching this video. so going back to the store.
Thank you! I have been asking for a couple of years at my local (not chain craft and Jerry’s is not in my area ) store the difference between acrylic gouache and matte acrylic. No one has been able to answer that question for me. I even called Liquitex and Golden. Still couldn’t get an answer. You have explained it perfectly. Really appreciate your candor. By the way, I do have the Turner set and it’s luscious. I also got the Liquitex after watching the episode with Amy and Jimmy Leslie. I did notice a big difference.
Great video and very informative, thank you. I have used watercolour, gouache, acrylic and oil paint and wanted to try acrylic gouache. A lot of reviewers have said that the liquitex is very similar to the Holbein so purchased the liquitex. I was a little disappointed with the results because they are just like acrylic, but they don’t even blend as well as acrylic paint! I thought what is the point in this? I have a bucket load of acrylic paint! As a result I thought all acrylic gouache pant was the same. I’ll have to try the Turner to see if they are really different.
Ok First off this review was everything i needed. The problem I have now is that I am looking for traditional Gouache that can be reactivated after dried and I have only seen acrylic gouache. The Star Wars references were spot on. I do feel that marketing these products has become very confusing. Thank you for the encouraging words about daring to be different. Great vibes! I will be watching all your videos.
I, too, was more than a little underwhelmed when I saw the Liquitex "gouache" paint sample chart at my local Jerry's. You are to be congratulated for being so brutally honest about a very major art-brand line you carry.
Very helpful! I have arteza gouache and liquitex and I did notice the liquitex behaving like any old Acrylic. They don't even dry down that matte... I might sell my liquitex gouache since I use golden fluid acrylics these days. You should make a vid on fluid acrylics they changed my life and are so nice to use
Thank you. I was looking for a matt acrylic for journaling in the uk and liquitex seems to answer my problem. I also loved the look of the turner acryl gouache. Thanks for a great informative video!
Just seeing this June 2022. Thanks for this eval/review to compare Liquitex “gouache” and Turner Acryl gouache. I mostly use traditional watercolors, but I’m beginning to like gouache too. I have a decent set of the real thing: Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache, which always gets high ratings and is typically the go-to for many pro artists, especially in commercial art illustration that it was designed for. I’ve also been impressed with what I’m seeing from Holbein gouache too and have purchased a couple of tubes. But I’ve been curious about “acrylic gouache” now as well. High-end end gouache is pricey, in all the top brands, of course, but all the big names who produce it get pretty high marks. (Sennelier gouache gets very high marks bc they have same quality as WN Designers Gouache but with a larger color range.) So I was thinking maybe acrylic gouache would give me similar performance at a lower price, but not so sure about that. I had been tempted to pick up a starter set of Liquitex “gouache” so you’ve convinced me to pass. Thanks! Sorry Liquitex, you make great products, but this one doesn’t seem to be the real thing.
The whole issues comes to most of you can't read past the titlte. Can't read the word ACRYLIC, can't read the actual product description that says its ACRYLIC paint that has some properties of Gouache particularly "ultra-fine pigments" "solid matte color without reflections or brush strokes" "Higher Saturation" "Longer working time".
Thank you!!! I picked up the Liquitex acrylic gouache because I wanted a matte acrylic for a specific purpose (which worked just fine cause I needed acrylic paint). I like gouache, so I wondered if the other acryl gouache were just matte acrylic too. The More You Know...
;---; TY so much for this!! I love Liquitex products and I was more inclined to get their brand to use for acryl gouache as I trust them. I had been watching videos that said they were more similar to actual acrylics and was so confused. I'm so so so thankful that I watched this. I already have so many acrylic paints and I wanted something different, more bold! :D So yay, again, so glad to have seen this!
Hi Mike Thanks for information. I have painted with gouache which is amazing. One of the advantages is that on the palette the gouache can be reactivated with water. The disadvantage is that it can be reactivated on the canvas board/paper when you don’t want to! So I’m going to assume that acrylic gouache does not reactivate? Is this correct? Thanks
The acrylic gouche is much more water resistant than gouache, however, not as waterproof as acrylic. I would say it is much more water resistant than not, but if you put water on it and scrub it with a brush, you will see some color lift. Hope this helps.
I appreciate your information about good and bad ACRYLIC gouache but the title of your video is gouache vs acrylic gouache. You touched very little about this subject. So what is gouache vs acrylic gouache? How do they react differently? Does one can be reactivated with water and the other not and is more permanent because of the acrylic medium? What is the difference between the pigment and binder in the Turner designer gouache and Turner acrylic gouache? Thanks for clarifying these points for me
I ordered a set of Holbein acryla set ,, I notice no one give review on Viscosity between Acrylic and gouache acrylic. I work in watercolor and acrylic and hope the Holbein will flow better than acrylics when using my riger brush
This is very informative. I only use gouache with watercolor, and I really like how flat and velvety it is but don't really like how easy it is to lift it up with water. I was kinda confused what's the deal with acyric-acrylic gouache. Now I will not buy Liquitex acrylic gouache and go another brand instead
Thank you. This has been extremely informative. I have been thinking about trying acrylic gouache and thankful to have seen your video before jumping in.
It's also kind of weird how there aren't any single pigment greens in the Liquitex gouache range. Chromium Green Oxide would be a slam dunk given its opacity, you'd have thought.
I may have missed this, but I didn’t hear him mention dispersing agents. The inclusion of a dispersing agent, to me, is one of the huge differences between “acrylic gouache” and regular acrylic paint (including matte acrylics.) Gouache - including acrylic gouache - is made to be used with water (despite Liquitex saying you don’t need to add water, which is one way in which their product is not actually “gouache-like.”) Holbein acrylic gouache, in my experience, is the gold standard of acrylic gouache, and I didn’t think that the much lower-priced Turner version would be anything like Holbein, but Turner is a close second. Both of these acrylic gouaches can have almost any amount of water added and the pigments will disperse uniformly and the wash will not look streaky. I would say Turner is slightly less good in this regard, but still very good. If you take acrylic paint, even matte acrylic paint, you can add water to good effect, but typically once you get to watercolor-like washes, you get streaking. Golden SoFlat may have dispersing agents because I do see a difference between its performance and that of other acrylics, but it’s still not as good as Holbein. I have not used Liquitex acrylic gouache but after seeing it used in a lot of videos, I strongly suspect that it is like their soft body acrylics but without the satin sheen. Yes, you can use any acrylic paint with water but they will not all perform in the same way that the best acrylic gouaches perform. In most cases “acrylic gouache” is not just a confusing name for matte acrylic. They are like gouache, but with a small amount of acrylic polymer added. They’re not like acrylic paint with mattifiers added.
I’ll just add that both the Holbein and Turner acrylic gouaches, until they dry, perform so similarly to traditional gouache, that I sometimes forget what I am working with and expect them to be able to rewet!
This!!! Yes, thank you, that‘s what i was thinking and bought Holbein, but after this video I will give a chance to Turner too, specially that black, for some type of works it can look great. I actually do not like gouache that much, what I love is Tempera, I used to have Tempera from Pelikan, tiny 5 mls in a set, saddly, they do not produce it anymore, it was not professional paint, but it was quite decent and had it‘s charm, I bought Tempera from Sennelier, but one 15 ml costs now like the whole set Pelikan cost me 20 years ago. It‘s very unstable and supper potent, I‘ll continue to experiment with high quality professional acrylic gouache or homemade Tempera and will see. I did already made my own acrylic gouache at home and it was fantastic, but alas, I want to paint and not invest my time into making the paint…
An honest product evaluation and critique. I like that.
I really appreciate that you are stepping up and call out a fraud when you see it! That is why people use Jerry's to get their supplies, because you explain things. Thanks for all you do!
This guy is so entertaining. Really doesn't matter what he's talking about. Would love a comparison between Turner vs. Holbein acrylic gouache.
Me too because I just bought the Holbein….what are your opinions on it?
I am currently playing around with Turner Acryl Gouache and it has indeed nothing to do with acrylics.
Every time I use it, I'm amazed at the coverage (both on sculptures and paintings) it's really new to me and I'm still dabbling, but it's a fun beautiful medium and your video really shows that.
I've been dabbling with turner gouache as well! It dries super fast, which is difficult for me cuz I paint slow 😅😅
@@alenemakrush5057 Stay wet pallet, that'll be your best friend!!
The problem is truly just the name, and it's an issue with Liquitex in general. They've taken the approach of naming products along the lines of how they're most likely to be used more than what they are. Another example is their ink line, though they aren't the only offenders in calling a product 'acrylic ink'. An acrylic ink is not the same product as a traditional shellac based ink. Liquitex reps are very upfront about these all being acrylics, just with different consistencies and properties for different uses. The acrylic gouache line is actually more fluid than the soft body, and it is more opaque than the soft body, and it is more matte than standard acrylics. (I think acrylic polymer by nature is glossy, and the matte is achieved by adding matting agents rather than leaving out gloss agents.) There is a market for a product with these properties! I paint three dimensional figures, and the specialized paints made for this activity are pretty much what Liquitex has just put out. The flexibility and 'stick' of acrylic is necessary to work for the end function, and there are probably other art forms this is true of. (Though I enjoy traditional gouache and might enjoy Turner acryl-gouache for traditional 2D painting, neither would work for painting miniature figures.)
Golden has gone another way. Their equivalent line to the Liquitex Acrylic Gouache is their Fluid line, although they do not add matting agents or opacifiers to that, so it's just equivalent in being acrylic and the consistency of the binder. Golden calls their 'ink' High Flow. My art store doesn't even stock some of these things in the same section, but I respect Golden naming things in a way that is clearer about it being all acrylic paints, just with your choice of whatever binder consistency works best for your end purpose. Liquitex wanted to convey the properties of being matte and more opaque with the name, but I think they would have been better off to call it Matte Fluid Acrylic!
I think you're bang on the money. Apparently Golden has some matte fluid acrylic paints, but they aren't too popular, and aren't sold by Opacity.
But the 'acrylic gouache' seems to be a movement to try and create a new category of Acrylic, so that artists want to add them to their collection. To me, an opaque yellow sounds amazing, but maybe just sell opaque yellow as a color alongside the hansa's and dairylides rather than trying to make a whole new tier of products.
Thanks for saving me half an hour
Yep. Acrylic ink is a scam. It's just watery paint.
@@anniedarkhorse6791 I don't think acrylic ink is a scam. Acrylic paint binder can be made in a range of consistencies from thick gel to very fluid like in the ink. Generally there is the same ratio of pigment to binder regardless of the consistency of the binder - the more fluid formulations are not just the tube painted watered down. It is best to choose the consistency closest to what you use in your art. I just think it's confusing to call it 'ink' when it's actually paint.
@@BirdwithaBrush You've been had.
This is the funniest art video I’ve ever seen. Thanks for the information, but mostly thanks for the rant!
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I totally agree with this. I use the Turner and Holbein gouaches and they are fantastic. The Liquitex underperforms imo. Even as a matte soft acryl it'd be a nope for me and I was super excited for their release. I was especially interested in the neons, but I ended up picking up a few from Holbein instead and I'd sacrifice a small goat for more. This video is just all-around super accurate.
Thanks for helping artists spend their money wisely on art supplies!
Acrylic Guache is a wonderful product and is one of those things that unless you try it then you will never fully appreciate what you have been missing,what the manufacturers have done is give us a versatile product that encompasses some of the qualities of pure acrylic allied with working with beautiful flat designers colour,it is a compromise as everything in art is we need to use and adapt to these mediums in our own special ways,I could see at time you were struggling to describe these qualities that we need to discover as artists but all I can say is be bold and experiment,I think the manufacturers named it thus because artists are familiar with both acrylic and gouache,but as we all know that is where the difference ends because this is a product on its very own merit it is not a gimick.
The best thing to do is get a starter set and work from there then if you really like it add more colours,keep up the good work sir and continue to educate and bring more scope to our artwork with these colours,thank you.
it's refreshing to have a Company like Jerry's give a truthful evaluation of the products they sell
Thanks for talking about this. I have a small collection of the acryl gouache. I dont claim to be a expert but I enjoy them so much more than standard acrylic for the opacity you speak out. I also love water color. So I guess I love the extreme ends - transparency and extreme opacity. 🤣
Keep the videos coming!
oh my god yes.... finally someone says acrylic gouache is acrylic soft body paint!!!! finally....thank you
Ikr. t's just a matte acrylic. I hate that it's labelled as a type of gouache.
Robin Moulyn *Except for Truner acryl gouache, which is a true acrylic gouache - as he clearly demonstrates.
@@Kyomiibrown What about all the other brands of Acrylic Gouache
Either you did not listen the entire video or you meant to say that Liquitex "acrylic gouache" is acrylic soft body paint, which is true. Just dont mix the actual acrylic gouache with liquitex's bs :)
@@Jozie88 ikr
I just gotta say, I really appreciate you putting this into a language I can understand: Star Wars quotes. So helpful!
Glad it was helpful, we are! 😀
This video may not have been fun to make but it sure is fun to watch, the honesty is amazing
Absolutely the best video on explaining acrylic gouache! I’ve been watching videos on acrylic gouache and comparisons for days now. I couldn’t put my finger on the Liquitex gouache and what was wrong with it, but the whole thing just seemed off. Thank you so much for clarifying what’s going on so that I can make an informed decision on purchasing acrylic gouache. I don’t want to waste my money buying something that isn’t even what it says it is.
I’ve never tried gouache , because nobody could give me a clear review on what gouache is exactly, this is the most thorough video explanation I’ve seen!
Now I have a much better understanding of what I’d be investing in.
I have different styles of art, and the gouache sounds like it would fit well with my illustrations and food realism pieces that I paint on board.
Totally agree with you on this. I have both the Liquitex acrylic gouache and the Turner Acryl Gouache and the Turner is soft and velvety when dry. After I use up all my acrylic paint I will only buy the Turner acryl Gouache. It’s amazing.
Does the Turner Acryl Gouache reactivate? I use various brands of traditional gouache, and part of my frustration with it is that when I add a layer, the previous layers lifts off, even when bone-dry and even when my brush isn't very wet. Do you find this happens with Turner Acryl Gouache? I'm asking because I had read that it did this too.
portgree Id you scrub hard it will, but not like traditional gouache. You can layer on top of it with no problems.
@@SMCCRADY2 Great to know! Thanks!
I love the Turner acrylic gouache! And this gives a great comparrison with the liquitex stuff to enlighten others that really want to know the difference.
Thanks Mike!!!
This is so much fun to watch I thought I was only this passionate about art supplies
I am a retired graphic artist trained as an illustrator and designer. I still paint for my own enjoyment. Working as an illustrator I was quite familiar with gouache. A few years ago I discovered Holbein Acrylic Gouache (formally Holbein Acryla Gouache). What a delightful product! Layering with gouache was most difficult but could be achieved with a very light touch. Holbein's Acrylic Gouache is an amazing product to use! I'm working on a painting (using Holbein Acrylic Gouache) of a luna moth with a vine of moon flowers as a border. The background sky is Prussian Blue. The deepest blue Holbein makes that I know of. I decided to add a moon behind the moth and vine of flowers. With other paints this may have required me to start completely over. Because Acrylic gouache is opaque I'm able to paint over the background and around the existing vine and moth very carefully. I also recommend working on Ampersand Aquabord. It's an amazing surface to work on with Acrylic Gouache paints.
I'm always looking for other people that use Acrylic Gouache on Ampersand Aquabord to discuss what they think of these paints and the surfaces they work on.
How is the vicosity compared to acrylic paints. Even with flow mediums i can never get the fine lines as in watercolor
Thank you. I had wondered what the difference between my Acryl Gouache and regular gouache and regular acrylic other then the matte finish. I tried Turner Acryl gouache after seeing theFrugalCrafter Lindsey Weirich use them and her comments on their pigment strength and matte finish. I love them.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was trying to decide whether to invest or not--so many people jumping on bandwagons without knowing the whole story. I am a watercolorist wanting to branch out and I have tried some gouache for some effects and some acrylics. I will keep experimenting until I get exactly what I want.
Terrific video. The best experiences I have with media is trying them out on different surfaces and base colors. I read comments that people want reviews and/or a perfect paint or combination of tools, media and surfaces. Experimentation is fun and the easiest way to know about different brands is to just buy one tube of the same color from each. I love gouache and it’s a challenging medium to use and requires patience and planning to keep from the art getting muddy. I have the best results painting with gouache on smooth matte surfaces. Gesso can get expensive and typically mix my own using different recipes depending on what I want to achieve. Have fun. Be adventurous.
I bought into the Liquitex hype when they came out. After 3 small paintings I gave up on them. I now use them to tone a canvas or board before I do an oil painting. I have been thinking lately I could use them watered down as an underpainting on my Gouache paintings where I want a more transparent layer.
Great explanation; you all might want to consider putting up a sign or something in store explaining what you explained here about the Liquitex “acrylic gouache” if you really don’t think it qualifies as what it claims to be. I wasn’t considering buying it because when I’ve gone in I wasn’t really considering Liquitex except for a clear-drying, high quality but relatively affordable pouring medium alternative to the Golden glossy color pouring medium (which rules the game as far as I’m concerned among pouring mediums I’ve tried) & wouldn’t be buying a bunch of expensive individual acrylic gouache colors to start out when you have the super affordable Turner acryl gouache primaries/black/white starter sets for like $10, but it would be unfortunate to be interested in trying acrylic gouache & buy a bunch of Liquitex’s without realizing it wasn’t really gouachey.
Thank you so much. I used Holbein gouache years ago and had a hard time finding it for sale. It seemed the acrylic gouaches took over the market. I used it in the fashion of painting paper and then cutting out shapes as Matisse worked in his later years. I was leary about using another brand of gouache since I was so pleased with the coverage and velvety texture of Holbein. Thank you again for showing the difference.
Art 4 God use Holbein acryla gouache!
Strong, clear opinion! I would have included So Flat in this comparison... You mention a 2:1 ration for paint sample board. 2:1 what? paint to water? paint to medium?
This is the most entertaining art supply review I've ever seen - I'm at 3:52 and it just keeps escalating. 10/10 I can't not watch.
Yes. You're absolutely right. I recently bought a 12 pack of 22ml Liquitex Acrylic Gouache and it's definitely not Gouache. Unfortunately I didn't notice the word 'acrylic' on the pack when I bought it online. Had I noticed that I wouldn't have bought them as I already have a huge supply of acrylic paints and mediums. Most of the acrylic Gouache paints are semi-transparent even with two coats....only 3 in the pack are opaque.
I used to use Winsor & Newton professional quality gouache and they were superb.
Yes! They can be really tricky!
I love that you made this clear
You are so right in the sense of what art they get out of us. It's very interesting to me how easily I got into watercolor from just graphite past. But I kinda was absolutely obsessed with making paintings, which are very realistic. I am enjoying how lit and light everything I paint is in watercolor. I was thinking that it would be my style. Until I bought gouache. My god, the bold, crazy, unrealistic colors I'm using to paint the exact same landscapes as I paint in watercolor. So yes, you are right in how you describe them
This is incredibly helpful to me. Thank you! That Turner’s black🤩❣️❣️❣️
Thank you so much! I agree with this. After loving Turner and Holbein Acrylic gouache I bought the Liquatex...found them like acrylic and did notice they weren't as opaque. Great review.
Thanks for checking it out! We're so glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for confirming my suspicions on this - SO many companies are making matte acrylics and calling it Acryl Gouache -
I advise my students to look for watercolor Gouache - I steer them away from "Acryl" "Acrylic" "Acryla" gouaches because there are too many fakes.
Okay. Totally awesome and thorough explanation for my experience level. Love the brutal honesty!!!!
Thanks!
Was curious about acrylic gouache and this video is super informative. Your outrage was also amusing. Thanks for the entertainment and information! Going to check out your other videos...
WOW, THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! This information is KEY, bc we artists need to know what are we working with. Thank you sooooo much. I did not buy Turner nor Liquitex, but Holbein, but I‘ll give Turner a chance, bc now I get it what‘s in it, I was very skeptical when I read all over than acrylic gouache is just matt acrylics, I hate people writing blogs and stuff based on their huge ignorance, so this video was send by God!!! Thank you again and more of this quality content. Best vibes to you!
Thanks for tuning in! 😀
Yes! Finally!! Explained!! Good LORD! Artists really are nuts. Let’s stick together! Nobody else would even SEE the subtle nuance of differences. We are the “canaries in the coal mine.”
I thought I was understanding this and that black is so good I still want it. Then I tried to watch the video you said explained it better. I couldn't make myself watch it all but Amy made it sound very difficult to use. Darn. So I tried to watch this again, now I am even more confused. I wish you had left Liquitex out of this and made it a separate video. I agree I wish all the companies followed the same naming rules so you could tell what you were looking at & know what to buy for whatever you were trying to do.
watch one of imawonder’s acrylic gouache paintings. she has some on her acrylic gouache process and they’re really easy to follow
I am working with traditional gouache and really like the medium. However acrylic gouache sounds very tempting as it will give me the possibility to work on canvas.
Thank you so much!I have an art background from yrs and yrs ago.I gave it up for marriage,kids,etc.I recently picked up a brush again and heard of the word Gouache.What? I couldn't find any answers on the web till you! You explained it so so we'll.I finally know what the heck it is
I got a set of the Turner on one of your major sales. Its completely different! I'm in LUUUUUUUUUV!
Love the matte finish of gouache. Love the versatility--washes all the way to some texture. Really love rewetting my palette and reviving paint to re-use.
Thank you for being so clear!
Bless you, bro. I looked for 48 hours all over the place for such info. Follow you forever now. All the best. :)
Thank you for making this video! I bought Liquitex Acrylic Gouache and hated it for all the reasons you discussed. I gave the paint to my young nephew because I knew I wouldn't use it. I wish I'd seen this video before I bought it.
I paint with traditional gouache. Today (before watching this video), I ordered a set of Liquitex Acrylic Gouache, knowing full well that it is nothing like gouache. I almost bought the Turner Acryl Gouache, but decided not to after I read that the previous layer will lift off when layering - something that frustrates me with traditional gouache. We'll see how I like the Liquitex. (What I really wanted was Golden Matte Fluid Acrylic, but I couldn't find it here in Canada.)
portgree so I’m not the only one who searched for matte acrylics unsuccessfully in Canada! It’s not here. I want to try the matte finish as a base for coloured pencil.
@@sabineleppanenart3014 I'd been searching for a while before finally deciding to order the Liquitex Acrylic Gouache. I just read that Liquitex Basics dries to a matte finish, but I don't know if that's true as I've never tried it. Maybe someone here can let us know. :) I also contacted Golden to see if any Canadian suppliers have their Matte Fluid Acrylic.
portgree I don’t mind Liquitex Basics but it’s not really matte. It’s not very shiny, either. But it still has that plasticky surface that doesn’t take coloured pencil well. I might try the Turner Acryl. I am intrigued by that velvety black, and the coverage. Liquitex Basics is cheap because it’s not highly pigmented. That’s great for glazing, though. It depends on how you want to use it.
@@sabineleppanenart3014 Good to know! Thanks!
I too am in Canada and I had to order the Turner Acryl Gouache from overseas. However I started with Holbein Acryla Gouache which is available here (at least at my store) and it's beautiful paint in my opinion though it is expensive. Unfortunately he doesn't talk about Holbein in this video but it is exactly what I wanted - truly matte, no brush strokes, no colour shift when drying, same as Turner. You may want to give it a try. For what it's worth, I've never had either Holbein or Turners reactivate or lift off with water or subsequent layers at all.
They are calling it gouache because gouache is having a big resurgence in popularity. It's a "me too!" Acryl Gouache and traditional gouache both have that dense velvety intensity. Excellent rant and really needed to be said. Thank you!
😂😂 Glad you enjoyed!
@@JerrysArtarama at least Golden is calling their version "So Flat" acrylics!
I can't remember where I got this - watercolour's transparency factor gives a painting the luminosity by relying on the surface of the paper (hence why we have hot pressed and cold pressed to produce grainy texture) to bounce back the light as if the light goes through coloured glass. This is also why watercolour painting will fade over time because of UV rays and you need to archive it in dark places (inside the drawer for instance). That said, good quality watercolour should be highly pigmented and transparent with no fillers, to be used on a highly absorbent surface (hence paper made from cotton) versus gouache should be bright with fillers and opaque.
I agree with this video - acrylic advantage was that it can be used on more surfaces and water-resistant. I'm currently on a hunt for acrylic gouache and would not be considering Liquitex thanks to this video.
I love this video! You helped me sooooo much in my decision of which acrylic gouache I wanted to buy. I am shopping your site, right now. Thanks so much!!
Thank you I am so glad to get this info I have been using the Turner and was about to try the liquitex and it is not what I am wanting
I love acryl gouache. I use it a lot in my paintings.
Thankyou! I learned a tone! I’m really grateful!
OMG so many words! 😂😂 good info and glad to know it all, but ... sooo many words to get there.
You are halarious Luke! You have helped me immensely! Thank you.
Just watched this one and it's the best explanation I've heard! Well done! 👍
I have the Turner acryl gouache set. Still figuring out how I want to use them lol... I prefer my acrylics to have a long open time. Which is why I prefer traditional gouache. But I'm still confident I'll find the perfect project for them.
TJ Duprey use a stay wet palette. They are quite cheap.
I use a retarder with the Turner acryl gouache.
That was the hardest sell on goache I have ever seen and I love it
Thanks for the Liquitex/Turner comparison. I was about to buy a Liquitex gouache set of 12 when I saw a set of 34 tubes of Turner on eBay, put in an offer, it got accepted, should be here by the weekend. I need it for colouring in illustrations. Can't see the point of using traditional gouache. I love acrylic paint because it's so waterproof. Traditional poster paint (school grade stuff was never called gouache when I was at school) reminds me of the stuff I used when I was 7 or 8. You couldn't really paint over it and you couldn't correct a mistake. I have no desire to go back to that.
PS: If all Matt acrylic is gouache then I bought 14x280mls of acrylic gouache for under $50 when I was an absolute beginner. What a bargain! (It's just hobby grade acrylic paint but I like it.)
That's awesome! We hope you enjoy!
Guess who is not on Liquitex's Christmas list? :-) Had to laugh! I'm currently really enjoying Holbein's acrylic gouache.
I'm looking at the possibility of acrylic gouache for painting large fibreglass sculptures as an alternative to straight acrylic and had seen the Liquitex ones - now I know they would not do the job! So thank you for the rant! This was perfectly timed for me.
You can mix the acrylic into the epoxy. It works, but yeah just get a child no name brand for this, its good enough.
This explains a lot about why my few tubes of Turner acryl gouache differ so much from my couple of bottles of Vallejo acrylic gouache. Very transparent yellows with the latter. Can I assume Vallejo went the same route as Liquitex?
Great info for someone starting to use gouache. Explained thoroughly difference between types.
This makes so much sense.... I, for a bit, would use the titanium white Liquitex gouache because that big thing was cheaper than the tubes of what are true gouache brands cause I didn't know better, and I've been really frustrated with how "streaky" it was... it wasn't until I was able to nab a limited edition turner set for fairly cheap (relative to the normal price) that I realized it wasn't a problem with gouache... it was a problem with the Liquitex. I didn't know why at the time but it wasn't the same. Since then I've moved full time to Holbein acryla gouache and haven't even thought about buying Liquitex "gouache" since.
as someone who is experimenting with new materials I thought I bought gouache when I bought the liquitex bottles, and I indeed was kind of disappointed with how opaque it was, so this is kind of a relief when watching this video. so going back to the store.
That Turner stuff looks dope!
Thank you! I have been asking for a couple of years at my local (not chain craft and Jerry’s is not in my area ) store the difference between acrylic gouache and matte acrylic. No one has been able to answer that question for me. I even called Liquitex and Golden. Still couldn’t get an answer. You have explained it perfectly. Really appreciate your candor. By the way, I do have the Turner set and it’s luscious. I also got the Liquitex after watching the episode with Amy and Jimmy Leslie. I did notice a big difference.
👍🏼 this is the best video on the topic.
Thank you for making this video, it is SUPER helpful!
Funny you should say egg tempera, can you give us info on it? Is Egg Tempera like Gouache?? You vented well!!
Great video and very informative, thank you. I have used watercolour, gouache, acrylic and oil paint and wanted to try acrylic gouache. A lot of reviewers have said that the liquitex is very similar to the Holbein so purchased the liquitex. I was a little disappointed with the results because they are just like acrylic, but they don’t even blend as well as acrylic paint! I thought what is the point in this? I have a bucket load of acrylic paint! As a result I thought all acrylic gouache pant was the same. I’ll have to try the Turner to see if they are really different.
Ok First off this review was everything i needed. The problem I have now is that I am looking for traditional Gouache that can be reactivated after dried and I have only seen acrylic gouache. The Star Wars references were spot on. I do feel that marketing these products has become very confusing. Thank you for the encouraging words about daring to be different. Great vibes! I will be watching all your videos.
I, too, was more than a little underwhelmed when I saw the Liquitex "gouache" paint sample chart at my local Jerry's. You are to be congratulated for being so brutally honest about a very major art-brand line you carry.
Very helpful! I have arteza gouache and liquitex and I did notice the liquitex behaving like any old Acrylic. They don't even dry down that matte... I might sell my liquitex gouache since I use golden fluid acrylics these days. You should make a vid on fluid acrylics they changed my life and are so nice to use
I had the Turner “stuff” 😂 in my cart on Amazon, will be buying it right away, you absolutely convinced me this is what I want to play with next. 👍🏻🎨
Have fun!
I'm researching on gouache before using it on my doodles. Your vlog is very very helpful 😊😍💕
You're hilarious! I enjoyed listening to your explanation!
Fantastic video. Thank you! I'm bookmarking this one.
First of all, that was amazing.
Second, thank you for such an informative video.
Third, I'm'a buy you a drink my dude.
May the force be with you.
Thank you. I was looking for a matt acrylic for journaling in the uk and liquitex seems to answer my problem. I also loved the look of the turner acryl gouache. Thanks for a great informative video!
Thank you very much for taking the time to make educational videos!!
Thank you for explaining the difference. Very helpful.
Just seeing this June 2022. Thanks for this eval/review to compare Liquitex “gouache” and Turner Acryl gouache. I mostly use traditional watercolors, but I’m beginning to like gouache too. I have a decent set of the real thing: Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache, which always gets high ratings and is typically the go-to for many pro artists, especially in commercial art illustration that it was designed for. I’ve also been impressed with what I’m seeing from Holbein gouache too and have purchased a couple of tubes. But I’ve been curious about “acrylic gouache” now as well. High-end end gouache is pricey, in all the top brands, of course, but all the big names who produce it get pretty high marks. (Sennelier gouache gets very high marks bc they have same quality as WN Designers Gouache but with a larger color range.) So I was thinking maybe acrylic gouache would give me similar performance at a lower price, but not so sure about that. I had been tempted to pick up a starter set of Liquitex “gouache” so you’ve convinced me to pass. Thanks! Sorry Liquitex, you make great products, but this one doesn’t seem to be the real thing.
This was such a big help. Had the liquitex in my cart but ordered Holbein. Appreciate the time put into this.
The whole issues comes to most of you can't read past the titlte. Can't read the word ACRYLIC, can't read the actual product description that says its ACRYLIC paint that has some properties of Gouache particularly "ultra-fine pigments" "solid matte color without reflections or brush strokes" "Higher Saturation" "Longer working time".
In other words, they made a rich chocolate pudding and called it chocolate moose.
The difference is, I like BOTH of those!
Thank you!!! I picked up the Liquitex acrylic gouache because I wanted a matte acrylic for a specific purpose (which worked just fine cause I needed acrylic paint). I like gouache, so I wondered if the other acryl gouache were just matte acrylic too. The More You Know...
;---; TY so much for this!! I love Liquitex products and I was more inclined to get their brand to use for acryl gouache as I trust them. I had been watching videos that said they were more similar to actual acrylics and was so confused. I'm so so so thankful that I watched this. I already have so many acrylic paints and I wanted something different, more bold! :D So yay, again, so glad to have seen this!
Hi Mike Thanks for information. I have painted with gouache which is amazing. One of the advantages is that on the palette the gouache can be reactivated with water. The disadvantage is that it can be reactivated on the canvas board/paper when you don’t want to! So I’m going to assume that acrylic gouache does not reactivate? Is this correct? Thanks
The acrylic gouche is much more water resistant than gouache, however, not as waterproof as acrylic. I would say it is much more water resistant than not, but if you put water on it and scrub it with a brush, you will see some color lift. Hope this helps.
@@MikeNotJerry Thanks, yes this does help, much appreciated :)
I appreciate your information about good and bad ACRYLIC gouache but the title of your video is gouache vs acrylic gouache. You touched very little about this subject. So what is gouache vs acrylic gouache? How do they react differently? Does one can be reactivated with water and the other not and is more permanent because of the acrylic medium? What is the difference between the pigment and binder in the Turner designer gouache and Turner acrylic gouache? Thanks for clarifying these points for me
I ordered a set of Holbein acryla set ,, I notice no one give review on Viscosity between Acrylic and gouache acrylic.
I work in watercolor and acrylic and hope the Holbein will flow better than acrylics when using my riger brush
This is very informative. I only use gouache with watercolor, and I really like how flat and velvety it is but don't really like how easy it is to lift it up with water. I was kinda confused what's the deal with acyric-acrylic gouache. Now I will not buy Liquitex acrylic gouache and go another brand instead
If it is lifting it is the true gouache, acrylic gouache once dry will not lift.
I like the classic old gouache !
Do you have a video explaining "casein" paints
I currently do not. I probably need to find one myself!
@@MikeNotJerry Amy Gardner could do a Tuesday session on it?
@@kathycrocker3953 I'll pass the suggestion along!
@@MikeNotJerry please do. Casein is so underrated
Thank you. This has been extremely informative. I have been thinking about trying acrylic gouache and thankful to have seen your video before jumping in.
It's also kind of weird how there aren't any single pigment greens in the Liquitex gouache range. Chromium Green Oxide would be a slam dunk given its opacity, you'd have thought.
Thank you for this. I was looking at the liquitex the other day thinking “what the heck are they trying to sell me??!” This makes no sense.
What brilliant explanation. Big thanks.