Royal Talens Gouache Review // extra fine quality
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- Hello guys! I finally made the Royal Talens extra fine quality gouache review, my favorite gouache brand! Hope you enjoy!
I forgot to mention that Royal Talens sells this gouache in glass jar with 50 ml of paint, but I never found a place where I could buy them so my review is based on their tubes!
As well, Royal Talens sells a student grade line called "Art creations" which I've never tried before and I don't know if there is any quality difference, so my review is based on their extra fine quality gouache line!
• My Winsor & Newton Designers gouache review:
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• My Schmincke gouache review:
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• My gouache tutorial, how to paint with gouache:
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• Other of my videos painted with Royal Talens gouache:
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• Royal Talens website:
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▻ Art tool used:
• Royal talens gouache extra fine quality
• Clairefontaine Etival Watercolour Cold Pressed Paper
• Jax-hair synthetic brushes
• Ergonomic Mini extra long liner tip size 2 by Gerstaecker
• Music
All songs from UA-cam Audio Library:
• Jazz Piano Bar by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
• Nighttime Stroll by E's Jammy Jams
• Soul and Mind by E's Jammy Jams
• Ersatz Bossa (Sting) by John Deley and the 41 Players
It is an amazing brand and so pigmented and fantastic finish. I love these paints and was so glad I bought these. Their introductory set was pricey but I was delighted to use them and they actually helped me learn a lot about color mixing and color theory in general.
That's Awesome! I'm so happy to hear you love these paints and it helped you to learn about colors mixing!
So far I tried different brands of gouache but royal talens is still one of my favourites! :)
Nice video, it was helpful, thank you.
I couldn't stop laughing when automatic subtitles changed "Royal Talents Gouache" into "ROI Italian Squash" XD
Gouache will not have an opacity rating because it is opaque by nature. It is interesting to see people using it in washes because traditionally it was never used that way.
There are a couple of ways of protecting your tubes. Always squeeze them from the bottom, and either make sure you have short nails or be conscious that lead tubes are so fragile they will pierce quite easily. If you want to move the paint up the tube smooth it upwards between the ball of your finger and thumb. This can happen with oil paint tubes as well, the cracking, and oils are way messier to deal with!
If you put your tubes cap down into about an inch of really hot water and leave them a little your stuck caps will loosen quite easily, but the best way is to wipe them well before capping, make sure to wipe the cap too.
I have some dried out Talens gouache colours that are 40 years old, a few of them were fine in the tubes till about 3 years ago! When I bought them they were the best available anywhere, and I have been surprised and very pleased they still are usable. Only one really will not rewet and that is a very strong magenta shade. These days I hand paint, but at the time I purchased them I only used airbrush, and these paints are really great for that, but of course a mask is needed. The paintings have to be looked after well because they have a wonderful smooth but very fragile surface, and out of sunlight they last a very long time.
Your work is really pretty, and delicate, and the review was great. So nice to see this brand still survives and people are enjoying it for its great qualities.
Thank you so much Lindy for taking the time and sharing your experience and tips with Royal Talens gouache!!
I've always wondered if a reason why I easily pierce my tubes is because of my long nails! My nails grows so quick that I have to cut them so often xD
But your advices to project my tubes were very helpful! Thank you so much for sharing your tips!! I appreciate it a lot :)
I'll keep them in mind! Especially from now on I will to my best to squeeze the paint from the bottom, which I don't often do!
Omg that's amazing... you have Royal Talens gouache colours from 40 years!! you definitely have more experience than me using Talens and knowing that out of sunlight paintings last a very long time, is reassuring.
I've been using this brand since almost 10 years and I keep my original paintings out of light to avoid possible colour fading, so far nothing happened!
I think generally speaking, it's best to avoid direct sunlight on paintings painted with any kind of art mediums to avoid colour fading and preserve the colours and painting's quality as long as possible!
I'm also very pleased to know you've been using this brand from a long time! Your message made my day! I'm always happy when other people are enjoying using the same gouache brand I use!! :)
Thanks for this! Good explaining! Cute painting, almost as cute as your voice!
I'm glad you like this gouache too. I also like W&N gouache but find that Royal Talens handles easier. It was nice to hear your thoughts on this brand.
I also like W&N gouache! but my favorite remains Royal Talens :) for handling the paint I don't find too much of a difference between the two brands but for example I prefer the greens and browns from W&N rather than Royal Talens, but RT has colours that W&N doesn't have, so for me it's more a preference of colours xD
Wow, thank you so much for this video! You speak from experience and that's a lot of important information! I've been eyeing this brand for a while and your review really set my mind 💕.
How could I just found your channel now, your painting is beautiful and the process was enjoyable to watch, instant subscribe.
Thank you so much for watching!!
Hi Sandra, whilst browsing art supplies on Amazon I came across a six jar set of the Primary colours , same brand as your tubes, never used gouache of any sort so I found this video very useful, I have subscribed and liked, Mike
wow! thank you so much for sharing the video! i've been looking into royal talens and W&N gouache recently and this vid has been really helpful. :D
You're so thorough, nice video! Could you please do the entry level, Royal Talens Gouache Art Creation, as well?
Thank you so much for your comment!
@@sandraruberto8806 Hi! Have you done this comparison? :)
Very beautiful delicate work of art. Thank you for sharing.
I've managed to buy a few tubes, instead of jars, while in Holland. I'm pretty happy with their quality!
I'm so happy to know you're enjoying RT gouache!!
Is there any difference between jars and tubes? I can only find jars in my country :(
@@creativesea.design The size is less than the tube ( 16 ml for the jar instead 20 ml for the tubes ) . They usually sell them in sets with palettes and brushes . i suggest you to buy the tubes online if you can .. I don't know for what reason but they are also usually cheaper than the jars even if you get more paint .
Thank you Sandra!✨ Found very useful this review! 🎨
I've actually invested in a RT gouache set of 10 and can't wait to try them out!
By the way, does the paint quality change depending on the old and new tubes?
For stubborn caps, I put the tube under the tap with hot water for a while and it loosen. But I ruined/strangled a few tubes until I realized I could do that xD
Thank you for this well done review with lot of experiance with the brand.
Even though this vid is 4 yers old.. but I dont find anything about the lightfastness, are they even? 🤔
I think i will buy more of these paint soon . i did some comparison with other brands that i already use like schmincke , W&N etc and this one are the most balanced line of gouche paints . I mean schmincke Horadam are totally lightfast, very pigmented and few colors are slightly better than talens but they are far more expensive . W&N designer gouche is overall pretty good , they have almost the same price than talens gouche but a lot of colors are not-Lightfast at all . Even in the set "introductory" they made you find 2 -3 colors that are fugitive . They have also "separation problems" in some colors . Talens is overall the most balanced gouche i tried not ultra-expensive but not cheap either with almost all the colors with decent light resistance and easy to find in the stores .
Gouche is kinda a strange medium btw .. a lot of famous brands sell gouache paints that are not lightfast at all. They say that these paint are made for designers works but overall the majority of people i know use these paint for fine-art and illustrations only and they need exclusively lightfast paints . Also some cheap brand i tried like nevraska palitra ,maimeri fine , arteza are not so bad for the price even in comparison to the expensive one ... A very unusual medium .
Thank you so much for taking the time for writing your comment!
I agree with you, for the brands I’ve tried so far Royal Talens is also one of my favorite to use, they’re pretty affordable and I don’t have to worry about lighfastness since almost all colors have a good light resistance!
I also love W&N gouache because I find the colors way more vibrant compared to some colors of RT, but that’s true you have to check if the colors are fugitive!
Schmincke is one of the best quality for sure but I agree, it’s more expensive.
I also enjoy using Arteza gouache, and among other cheaper and affordable gouache I’ve tried so far, Arteza is one of the best in terms of price and quality, I only wished they would have a better light resistance!
Yeah gouache is a strange medium indeed, especially it can be tricky to use at first and maybe it’s the same for you but it’s one of my favorite medium for sure, I love how you can use this medium is so many ways for different style of paintings! :)
You mentioned you don’t understand some of the issues you have with coverage. You might check out discussions about granulation which is covered in videos about watercolours. (the same type of pigments are used for both watercolour & gouache). Colours that have high mineral content like raw umber will granulate. It is a reason to choose certain colours for certain subjects. For example, a granulating colour can be great for when you are painting a beach, a tree trunk etc, where texture is needed. Hope this helps
What a coincidence but so many UA-cam painters featured Royal Talens gouache these past few months.
ahaha I think it's because Royal Talens is quite an affordable and famous brand with good quality gouache paint, so many artists like me use this gouache brand! ^^
where I live they have the gouache in a bottle, royal talens goache
They do sell royal talens gouache in bottle! but I never seen them where I live xD
I'm still very new to gouache and have only used the winsor newton designer series up to now so it's interesting to see the differences between brands :) The colours in the royal talens look more natural too me and I especially liked seeing it painted onto black paper to show the opacity, that's such a good idea! I've just being trying to memorise that for my colours up till now so I'll definitely be making a swatch for future use :D
When you mentioned the metal casing cracking I had awful flashbacks of a set of old acrylics I had that exploded over my hand when I tried to get out the last bit of paint, this is the trouble when you just can't bare throwing out old paint! ;P
It's going to be interesting to hear your thoughts on the winsors, I'd love a comparison of the two if you get a chance :)
It's funny because I've never paid attention on how opaque Royal talens gouache is and I've never did colour swatches of the colours I have until I made this review xD simply because I've been working with this brand from so many years that I know my gouache colours very well!
I've seen other gouache reviews on youtube where they swatched the colours on black paper, it was a great idea to show the opacity and covering of the colours indeed!!
I agree, RT colours look more natural and almost pastel-ish compared to W&N gouache, but RT still has bright colours!
omg I can imagine the mess you had when your acrylic tubes exploded over your hand! And I can relate, kinda because when the RT metals tubes break and the paint comes out from the small holes, it's a mess and I always have my hands covered in paint XD
Yess W&N is next! I'm working on it right now so I should be able to share the review for next week! I'm so excited!! :D
That's so cool it's going to be really interesting to hear your thoughts :)
It's odd back in school we were taught the basics when it came to acrylics and watercolours but it was only in uni that I even came across gouache paints! I can't help but wonder if the thinking was 'if you can't get acrylics or watercolours down your going to struggle with this paint that's like a mix of the two' haha :D So I was wondering were they the first paint you were introduced too or was it a slow progression after learning with a different paint?
And ah the pain is real when it comes to broken paint tubes! I really liked how you decanted the paint btw I'd be interested to know how well and long they last in jars in comparison? It seems like a good way to save the last bits of paint, very frugal :D
Sorry for the late reply!
I remember during middle school I only used coloured pencils, but during my years at my art high school we used different painting techniques, I tried watercolour, gouache, ecoline and coloured pencils but not really acrylic!!
So I was introduced to different mediums but I remember I always liked more using gouache and coloured pencils!
But definitely it took some time to learn how to paint with gouache too :)
So far the gouache I put into the glass jars have hold up well! the paint is still moist after a good year since I put them into the jars! the only problem is that the paint becomes a bit smelly, at least when you open the jar, but hopefully I'll find a solution for that.
Exactly it's a very frugal option!! there is always some paint left inside the tube you can still use even though you squeeze all the paint out of the tube!
Actually, I just filmed the video on how to save dry gouache so I think I'll be able to share the video during August! I'm sure is going to be a helpful and interesting video for everyone! :D
I've heard of Royal Talens gouache but so far I have only used Reeves since that was the only gouache brand that my local art store carried. I am excited to see the review of W&N. Could you possibly review Holbein gouache as well??
yes W&N is coming next! and I'll review Reeves as well! I got a gouache set that I still have to open!
I've heard a lot about this brand, mainly negative opinions and it doesn't seem good quality gouache but I'm very curious to try them myself!
I've tried Holbein acryla gouache on my channel and I can tell is a good brand, I'm pretty sure their normal gouache is good quality paint too but I'll definitely try Holbein gouache one day!! I don't know when but I will! ^^
i've used this brand of gouache and my brand new tubes leaked right away (it was the gum arabic ) and they do have a strong smell right out of the tube , for the same price i raser buy Linel gouache. but thanks for the review :)
Thank you for watching and for commenting!
That's interesting, my vermilion from Royal Talens is quite liquid as well but it doesn't leak so much. And my tubes don't smell so much, but you're not the first person who experienced a strong smell with RT gouache, but I don't know why and I would love to know the reason!
Maybe you can try to let your new gouache tubes take some air and leave them open for some time (like for half an hour or one hour) so that the paint will become more dense and it might won't leak anymore next time you open the tube! (and the smell might reduces too)
Linel gouache is from Lefranc & Bourgeois right?
I've tried this brand, the cheaper set not the Linel Fine line though, but the cheaper set was terrible and bad quality paint. But I would like to try their Linel fine, I'm sure they're better and good quality!
Excelent recomendation 💕 thank u. I love your videos ❤️
Thank you for watching!! 💕
Sandra Ruberto it's a pleasure, you inspire me daily so that I keep painting 😊
Thank you so so much ! Very informative .
Is Talens Gaouche white, going to perform for highlights on water color paintings please? or better stick with a white Carbothelo pastel pencil? Which will provide a better effect for a shiny piece of window for example?
I personally adore royal talens! I just use the mixing set right now.
If you are continuing to review different gouache brands I would be interested to see what you think of M Graham compared to the others. I use Windsor and Newton but recently picked up a tube of white from M Graham and was impressed by the very creamy consistency but that can also be a bit different between colors.
I will review M.Graham gouache in the future for sure!! I've heard so much about this brand and from what I could see on youtube, M Graham has really good quality paint! I can't wait to try them myself! ^^
Shaduf Doodles Hiii! ^^ Where can I buy this brand of gouache? Thank you! Wera
Weronika Salach I got mine on Amazon
Do you maybe happen to know what's the difference between tube and jar versions? I can't find any info on that, they are both labeled as ,,extra fine quality" and have the same lightfastness , but the jars are so much cheaper in my country compare to tubes.
Yeah, the jars are cheaper (little harder to open sometimes, if you don't wipe off the rim), and they're quite clunky to carry around (especially to art school lol), and it's easier to contaminate the colors, but the quality between jars and tubes is the same.
Hey! It smelled really bad when I used them (mini glass bottle version). How do these smell, may I ask? I cannot use paints with strong smells.
Thanks for the nice review. Did you know you can get this gouache in jars also?
Thank you for watching! Yes I knew but I forgot to mention it in the video xD I added the information in the description! Royal talens also sell a student line called Art Creation, but I've never tried it so I have no idea what is their quality difference!
Unfortunately I've never found a place where I could buy RT gouache in jar so I could only make the review for their tubes :)
Sandra Ruberto Art Creation is more for hobbyist, I do use it to touch up watercolor paintings, but it's not as good what you use.
Thank you for this review, i jus recently started practicing and getting into gouache, the only brand i have tried is W&N which has been great, however im trying to look for another gouache brand that is affordable which makes this video very helpful, i would also like to know how you save your gouache paint when it dries in the tube i have a couple of tubes that dried out and i want to consider this alternative instead of repurchasing, thank you so much
Thank you for watching! I'm glad to hear it was helpful! :)
Yeah definitely Royal Talens is an afforadble brand with good quality paint as W&N gouache! I still have to try other gouache brands to see their quality, there might be cheaper brands with good quality but but RT is a great alternative!
I'll definitely make the video to save gouache because I believe it will be helpful to more people! Thank you for commenting and for your interest! ;)
I'll get into details in the video but it's pretty simple actually, you just have to put your dry gouache into a glass bottle or glass jar with a closed cap, add little water to reactivate the paint to get a creamy consistency. Then keep your gouache completely closed and sealed so that air won't pass through and the paint will stay moisture!
As I said in the video RT tends to smell inside the glass jar (but I don't know why), I haven't tried to put W&N into glass jar yet but there shouldn't be any problems regarding the smell!
So far I only tried to add water which works fine, but for the video I'm going to try and add honey as well, it should work the same but I want to see if I can resolve the problem with the smell for RT!
Arteza tubes are very thin.
Thanks for the info! I have the Talens set but haven't really used it all that much yet. Do you know if the Talens white can be mixed with W&N watercolour?
Some watercolor artists mix their watercolours with white to get opaque and more covering colors so I'm sure you can mix RT white with W&N watercolours! :) maybe do a little test to see if it works for you!
Thank you so much for sharing your review! Maybe we should make a collaboration where I review the Royal Talens gouache in the jars that I showed you ^^
omg yesss we should do a collaboration!! :D I wish I could also buy the jars somewhere near where I live xD
Dear Sandra, I noticed that Royal Talens have 2 types of white gouache: White #100, and Opaque White Extra #106. Both use PW5/PW6, and have the same lightfastness. I cannot find any information as to what the difference between them is..? (I'm ordering the #106, but it will take a while till I get it). I was wondering, have you tried the #106? Any thoughts about it?? Many thanks and best wishes!!
Hey!! I hope you're doing well!
@@sandraruberto8806 Thank you so much for your reply :-)
My guess was that it might be more opaque, or more "dense".. I will write back here to let you know after I get the #106 and try it out!
What would you call the ceramic looking painted contained you were keeping your paints in? I would like to order something similar but I wasn’t sure what to call it. I love it!
You mean the small jar where I keep my gouache inside right? it's a simple glass jar/glass bottle with a closed cap! like the ones for jam/marmalade!
but if you meant my mixing surface/palette where I put my gouache on and I mix my gouache paint, it's a ceramic palette in a flower shape! ^^ I hope I was able to answer you xD
Sandra Ruberto I think she means the round container at the very beginning of this video.
@Alice Ah maybe! I didn't think at the round container with the decoration on top where I keep my paints because is made of metal and not ceramic xD
I actually got it in a second hand store, not sure what exactly is but I think it's a metal box for cookies! so @Sydney Dragon if you'd like to get something similar you can search for metal cookies boxes! I think now I was able to answer you! :) sorry for my first misunderstanding!
Hi! Does royal has little cracks when you makes large fills with lot of water watercolor like? And is bottom layers eroded if they dried up and you making new layers? Thank you!
Hi! Sorry I hope I understood right what you mean, for the first question: if you fill watercolor pans with gouache yes it might crack, not only with royal talens but also with other brands!
but no, the bottom layers don't erode when the paint dries and when you paint more layers on top! royal talens gouache is quite good quality and doesn't crack on the paper ^^ hope this helps and I hope I answered your questions!
@@sandraruberto8806 thank you!
Do you prefer talens or W&N or are they both similar?I love the W&N gouache, but I’m wondering, if they are similar, if it is worth buying RT as I’m on a budget.
I like them both! But Royal Talens remains my favorite :)
I find them very similar but I find W&N has a slightly better quality paint.
Personally, I prefer the greens and the browns from W&N rather than RT, they're brighter also when I mix them with other colours.
You may know W&N has different series with different prices, in my opinion the first 2 series are worth the money but definitely not the 4 series.
To me it depends on the colour itself, W&N has colours that RT don't have and viceversa, so depending on the colours you like using the most, you can always buy most colours from RT but try some from W&N to compare their difference ;)
Sandra Ruberto Thanks. From what you say, I’ll stick with W&N and just buy a couple of DT colours to extend my range. Thanks again 🙂
Great review. It lets you know that every tube is the same price and that there is zero pigment, opacity, or lightfastness info... All of those things point to a cheaply produced paint (that can be fine for illustration that you intend to scan) but not for art where the original work matters. Though the video is a positive review, It was great to see the honesty of its short comings, including how much more desaturated the pigment is compared to other brands. This way some people can buy it for what it is and avoid it if they are making work for sale or display that needs to be guaranteed lightfast over time. :)
Every tube or jar has complete lightfastness and pigment information, and most of them are perfectly lightfast. It's in the video too, actually.
@Agnieszka Varstadt exactly, thank you :) in the video I showed the informations about lightfastness and pigment of Royal Talens gouache!
Royal Talens indicates how many years the lightfastness of their colours is going to last, as I showed in the video. While for other gouache brands they do indicate the degrees of lightfastness but they don't say how many years it lasts...I would love to know this information from other brands too, so that I could understand if the lightfastness from RT is good or not!
I wouldn't say Royal talens is cheaply produced paint, they're pigmented colour and it's still good quality.
But yeah their colours aren't as saturated as other brands, but most likely it's because many brands add white to their pigment to artificially boost the covering power of their colours, so this might be the case for Royal talens.
But @hansendesigns, I see what you mean, so simply you have to be aware when selling original artworks. If you sell originals, it's best to use the best quality paint with the highest lightfastness! For me that I don't sell many of my original painting, and I scanned them most of the times, Royal talens works perfectly for me!
Sandra, I have seen it in 16ml plastic pots on Amazon.co.uk
I think you need to improve your tube squeezing skills. Who squeezes tubes like that 🤣