Marie's Extra Fine Gouache Opaque Watercolor Paint Set 12 ml

Brilliant … will buy again

You won't be satisfied if you are searching for fairly good but cheapish paints to start working in gouache. These aren't even close to what you would expect from gouache. Some of them have weird, oily finish (gouache are suppose to be completely matt), it's also pretty hard to achieve clean, even surface. Some of the colors are pretty nice, but in my set Burnt Umber is completely dried out in the tube so I will probably have to cut it to even be able to use it. I recommend buying less paints but better quality, like Winsor and Newton designers gouache instead of going for Marie's paints.

I gave this Maries set to my niece on Christmas and I am extremely pleasantly surprised how well these paints performed when I watched her paint. I bought the set on a whim when I decided to try watercolor. It sat in the drawer of my computer desk unopened and unbeknownst to me that it would actually be a great set. I recently painted with my niece and these paints are vibrant, great in quality, and they spread nicely on wet on wet application which I didn’t expect. There’s a huge selection of colors to experiment with and a lot of paint in each tube which gives you a great amount of value. This set has also gone up in price since I purchased them. They are an excellent set to start off with! I bought the set months before Christmas and they’ve held up very well- no hardening!I highly recommend these! I may actually just buy another set for me.

I Just starting using gouache. I’m mainly paint with acrylics. I did use some with my nephew and niece and they loved it. I haven’t used this brand. I’m looking forward to using it. I love the variety of colors and the price is reasonable. If your. A beginning artist it’s always best to start with less expensive brand first. I wouldn’t recommend the jelly gouache as I read the reviews that if you’re not going to use it often mold will grow. However tube paints last longer and are less like to mold and you control the amount of paint on the palette.

I find these paints surprisingly enjoyable to use. I hadn't used gouache much since art school over 50 years ago and decided to get back to using the medium. These were less expensive and had a good selection of colors so I decided to try them. My only problem with them is the lightfastness rating is not listed. But I guess that is to be expected with a lower priced gouache.They thinned down nicely for a watercolor like start and then were opaque enough for later layering. I have since moved on to more lightfast paints, but these were a really great starter set.