HIMI Gouache Paint Set, 24 Colors x 30ml Unique Jelly Cup Design with 3 Paint Brushes and a Palette in a Carrying Case Perfect for Artists, Students, Gouache Opaque Watercolor Painting (Green)

I absolutely love using gouache paint! This set gave me a great experience with its smooth texture and wide variety of vibrant colors. Perfect for creative projects—highly recommend!

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This paint set is really unusual, but I’m beginning to really like it. I am a college educated (with a painting degree) professional artist. I have been recently getting into surface design and most of my work ends up getting scanned. I’ve taken color theory classes and this review is for those who are looking for a professional quality gouache set.I love the value presented here. This set comes out to have approximately each color for about a dollar at the time of my writing. That’s a crazy deal! I mainly have used Windsor and Newton gouache in the past, which runs about $20 a tube. Not only that, but each of these compartments has more paint than one W&N tube. So this set really ran me a tiny bit more than a single tube of paint. I’m really happy about that.Is it the same quality as Windsor and Newton? No. The mixing is not as consistent and predictable, and the pigments are weaker. But honestly, to me these are a great trade off. It’s still absolutely possible to make beautiful and vibrant paintings with this paint, it’s just important to keep in mind which colors are more opaque and which are more sheer or transparent. I went on ahead and swatched each color for this review. I have black bars on each to give you an idea how transparent or opaque each color is- whether the paint can overpower the black. I also added water to thin it down, so you can see how the colors look with more of a watercolor feel.The main colors I noted for having the worst opacity are the oranges. However if you add a little white to them, it helps a ton to thicken it up and make it more opaque. This set also builds on itself beautifully, so if I have to do a second coat on four colors, I’m okay with that. Most of the time I’ll be mixing more opaque colors in with them anyway- I expect most artists will feel similarly.This paint is thirsty!! It loves water, and I’ve been pretty impressed at how much water it can take while staying opaque. I personally would not use this paint to simulate watercolors, because a big factor with watercolors is spread, and this paint stays put. That’s perfectly fine, it’s a feature and not a bug for gouache. Expect to use a lot of water with this set! I heard someone on YouTube say that they put a spray bottle with distilled water with this set, and they spray it down before sealing it up. I think it’s a fantastic idea, but I haven’t done this yet and just sealing this set with the palette included gets a tight enough seal that it hasn’t dried out once. I’m pretty impressed and have never encountered a paint set that reacts this way. I would compare the lid to a Tupperware lid- it snaps shut. Be sure to also put the white mixing palette in for a good tight seal. I thought maybe the palette would get tons of paint on it when I closed the lid, but actually that has somehow never happened. It’s a feat of engineering for sure.Compared to other sets of this goache on Amazon I picked this one specifically for the white mixing palette. I’d rather mix exclusively on white or grey. And the mint green case is really cute, with a beautiful velvet texture on the box that makes me excited to use it every time.I also included a few pictures of a painting I made with this set. I was frustrated to not know how this set looks close up from other reviews, so I hope this helps. One picture is of a light table with the paint, then the others are close ups to get an idea of the thickness and surface texture, and finally a scan.It’s really important to me that a paint dries flat enough to be scanned well. So I’ve also included a scan of a painting with these pictures so you can get a good idea of how it looks. I’m a perfectionist and I’m happy with it. I recommend that you use hot press watercolor paper or Bristol with this paint.I hope this helps anyone considering this set. I’m psyched to keep using it for my work.

I have never tried professional gouache, so I don't have much to compare this product to. While the paint quality of this palette probably is much more student than artist grade, it's pretty good. And definitely for the money, it's REALLY pretty good. There's a good color selection, and the paint itself IS mostly opaque unless you really thin it down. I cannot speak to how long-lasting or colorfast this product is, but I would say you should adjust your expectations to the price point accordingly. This palette would be GREAT for beginners at gouache, which is what I am.The jelly cup concept is one I'm unfamiliar with, but it does seem to work pretty well. You HAVE to open all the containers at once, though, if you're actually going to paint, because it makes a real mess otherwise and is logistically very difficult. Keeping colors sealed for later use also won't work unless you remove them from the palette. The palette itself is somewhat bigger and heavier than I expected, but I like it. The lid DOESNT seal all the way, so it's not airtight, but I also haven't tried removing the included mixing palette inside, either. I've left the palette in and the lid on, and so far the paint seems to be fine. I did try inserting a damp paper towel over the open jelly cups to keep them moister, but it didn't seem to help and it made the palette even more difficult to seal closed. The lack of an airtight seal is actually my only criticism of this product!!The gouache is an absolute joy to use right after opening - the texture is creamy, thick and smooth. I hope it stays more or less this way!!!! In my opinion, this is a great product, especially for the price.

I LOVE this set. I definitely recommend it.The palette comes with a great assortment of colours. They are great to use as-is, and they also mix and blend together very well to make custom colours and shades. They're highly pigmented and are great to use watered down as well as straight from the cups. The cups come with a really good amount of paint, you get a lot of product for your money. Like other gouache, these are water activated. I've had my palette about a month already and it's not even beginning to dry up- but when it does, you just need to spray water or add in drops of water to keep the paint in good condition.I also LOVE the brushes this set came with. They're good quality and they've actually become my favourite to use over the brushes I already owned. They hold a good amount of moisture, don't shed, and clean very nicely. And best of all, they're smooth like butter to paint with. I'm currently looking to buy this exact line of brushes in other sizes.The mixing palette is also nice. It's a standard plastic palette- good size, durable, and washes off nicely. The carrying case closes tightly and doesn't allow the paints to dry up easily.1 CON- the set does not come with a colour guide or swatch sheet. You will need to look up the colour chart for the palette to know the colour names and create a sheet to swatch on. There's no labels on the covers or bottom of the cups to indicate the colour. Not a major con in my opinion, but it was slightly annoying at first trying to learn which colour was which.