5 Colors that Pack a Punch! Review of the Holbein Gouache Mixing Set
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ส.ค. 2023
- Looking for an affordable artist-grade starter set of gouache? This might just be for you! Today I a reviewing the Holbein set of 5 mixing set of gouache: amzn.to/3rTcxvZ
This has 15ml tubes of primary Magenta, Yellow and Cyan as well as white and black. It also comes with a mixing guide that will be helpful to beginners.
Pros:
Price
High quality
Colors are designed to be fairly equal in strength so they mix easily.
Pigment info on tubes
Lightfast
Cons:
None, if I had to pick something the magenta and yellow are not fully opaque but it doesn't cause any issue when mixing or painting.
Bottom Line: I can't find anything wrong with this set. You can't beat it for the price and the limited selection of color will make you a better painter. Amazon has the best price: amzn.to/3rTcxvZ
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I work at a local art supply store and it sucks how it's impossible to match Amazon prices 😭 like there's nothing we can do about it but ask our suppliers for better discounts. And of course I would never judge someone for buying things for lower prices where you can find them. Not everyone can afford to shop local on principal alone.
But yeah, whenever you see local art supply stores charging more than Amazon, Blick, or Jerry's, it's never our attempts to price gauge or overvalue stuff, we just can't get things for the same discounts big box stores can, and we have to make enough money to keep existing.
Love the Holbein gouaches. CMY primary palettes are my favorite too.
agree. Thats why I don't grudge my local art store. The lady who runs it is awful though, sneery and bad-tempered. when her son helps her out, he is awesome. So just hang around till he is in. I use both Amazon and her store.
Good point! And to be fair blick is higher than amazon for this set because ama on has a Japan import.
Hubby saw me watching this video and I just happen to say I WANT THESE PAINTS , so he ordered them ! Lol can't wait to get them I love gouache!!! 🎉
Good man!
The tomato painting is a stunner! It's so luminous
Thanks!
Funny thing is, I recently ordered the primary magenta and the primary yellow from blick, because I was running low on my tubes of W&N (primary yellow and permanent rose), and Holbein happened to be a dollar cheaper. So I can confirm that Blick absolutely sells Holbein gouache, lol.
Wow your tomato painting is gorgeous! I just love it when artists show us how much can be accomplished with basic sets. I was curious about this set and your review helped!
Thank you so much!
Not sure if you mention it, but these colors are what printer inks use as the primaries for ink jet printers and they were also used for printing older magazine and other printer color blends. CMYK. It's fun to compare how these blend differently than the traditional red, blue, and yellow triad often taught to beginners in art classes. There are often great purist fusses over which system is "correct". They both work wonderfully (actually many " systems" have been developed over the years). It's great to have so many choices of what you may want to use.
I bought this set after you showed it to us. I swatched it out last night and the mixes I was able to achieve were impressive. Now I just have to learn how paint with it!
You got this!
The reflection on the knife is so perfect ❤️
Thanks!
Thanks for the review! I got my Holbein Gouache mixing set earlier this year on sale from Jackson's - it was on sale for $15.75 plus $5 shipping. Love this set!
Sweet!
I’ve had the 18 set of Holbien Gouache for a while now. I love it as it’s so easy to work with. I mostly use it to do different types of folk art. I also use it with my watercolor as well. It has easily become my very favorite paint. ❤
Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you, Lindsay!! I love your reviews and this one was easy to hear and see why you are so pleased with the product! ♥️
You are so welcome!
haven’t finished yet but i’m so excited! i just got the 24 holbein set and i made sure to also get a cyan to mimic the primary set too. wonderful to see what you can do with it! have a good day
Nice!! Enjoy them!
The color mixes are so clean! After this review I’m really looking forward to using this set as I recently purchased it.
Hope you enjoy it!
Your painting is fantastic! The review is great also, and honest as always ! Thank you Lindsay.😉🤗
You are so welcome!
Great review! Love the warm tomato and cool knife colors. Bonus benefits! Mixing a few paint colors creates a much better color harmony!
Yup!
I got my set and can't wait to paint with them! 🎨
Hope you enjoy it!
I appreciate your reviews. Thank you!
I appreciate that!
Nice review. The mixed colors came out beautifully. Thanks!
Thank you!
Thank you!!! Appreciate you telling us what to expect. Waiting to see something in M. Graham. Then deciding.
It's coming! Honestly, if you are buying individual tubes, you can choose and of the pro brands but as far as mixing sets go Holbeins is the best and most versatile (and economical)
I think you're probably right. You sound so sold on the mixing of these. We are currently on the road so am saving some money. LOL. My husband loves you. @@thefrugalcrafter
Loved the review as always💕💕
Yay! Thank you!
I got that same set a few weeks ago. Love it! I absolutely agree with your assessment of them. I did have to purchase a few convenience colors recently and another set of the mixing gouache. But totally worth the price!!
Totally agree!
I love that tomato and knife painting! Can’t wait to see that video.
Coming soon!
Happy crafting to you too!💜💜💜
Thank you! 🤗
Awesome! Thx so much for this. Love the tomato painting. 👍
You are so welcome!
Mine get delivered today! I'm so excited!
Have fun!
The Holbein iridori gouache are pretty. The autumn set is probably the one with the nicest tones; summer is the most basic ones. Winter is pretty but not super balanced. Spring skews pastel.
Are they the same formulation as the tegular gouache?
@@thefrugalcrafter that is my understanding!
Thank you for the review!! I like to check your reviews before I buy art materials !
Glad you like them!
Really interesting video, love your painting. Thank you 💖
Thanks so much 😊
Thanks Lindsay 💕 Great gouache set. Great price💕
It really is!
I love those greens you’ve made!
Glad you like them!
Great review! I was looking to upgrade from my 56 jelly gouache set as I'm running low on core colors that I mix with all the time and haven't touched a lot of the convenience colors. I was leaning towards the Daniel Smith primary set, but I wasn't confident that I could get a clean purple or a bright spring green, so I bought this Holbein set instead. You've really given me confidence that I made the right choice! I think I'll do much better with a limited palette, and I look forward to reclaiming the table space! I'm putting them in an air-tight travel palette with silicone seal, so that should be just as convenient as the jelly gouache set!
Nice!
This was incredibly helpful! And I love your tomato painting!
Glad it was helpful!
Lindsay, that is a stunning gouache still life! I'm so impressed with how realistic the knife came out. I have a dozen hand-picked Holbine Irodori gouache tubes that my SIL picked up for me, in Japan. They are so brilliantly pigmented and I love how well they all mix. This gouache has spoiled me rotten.
Is the irodori different from the regular gouache?
I think they do special.edition colours. I think they do sets for each season and themes of that type, like landscape and fantasy etc.
@@thefrugalcrafter I don't think it's different in formula, just the color palettes they've created for different seasons. @OtoKano did a really helpful review of the Irodori sets, and I base most of my collection on her color recommendations. Even tho I broke a lot of the "rules" in terms of selecting for good mixability, the flexibility of these colors really astonished me. After watercolor being my primary media, these gouache paints are so forgiving!
I’m in! Will pick up a set on Amazon thru your link.😁
Awesome! Thank you!
I love the tomatoes. Interesting perspective on the knife.
Thanks!
Lindsay, that tomato still life is so beautiful!
Thanks! It was fun to paint!
This looks like a great set. I have a 12 set of Spring colors (they have sets for each season) and the colors are beautiful, but I do find it a little difficult to use as I am just learning gouache and am more used to mixing my colors in watercolor. One thing I read and tried is that colored pencil doesn’t layer on top of the Holbein gouache well, even my Prismacolors. If I could do it again I would probably start with this set, but I’ll keep playing with what I have for now.
I just noticed difficulty with colored pencils on these too. Too bad but not a deal breaker for me
Good to know!
Awesome! Thank you for the info!
Any time!
I respect so much when youtubers review products they paid for themselves. This are products in willing to spend money on. I will not buy a product a TH-camr reviews that was sent to them. Well, not based on their opinions anyway.
Which reminds me. You did a review of oil pastels some time ago. I commented saying my wife got me the pentell oil pastels from the dollar store for something like $5-$6 dollars and raved about how much I loved them. You were right. They are crap. I guess they did up or something. No longer are they smooth and creamy. Now they crumble and scratch the paper. They are now more like a bad children's crayon. Just wanted to let you know. I thought maybe I got a good batch or something. Nope. They stuck lol. Take care. Thanks for the videos
Oh no, that's too bad:(
These look like such fun colors to use. At first sight I thought you were going to do something with printer ink. LOL I look forward to the paintings you do with these.
Thanks for the review, I got a set of 18 colours same brand but only 5ml for $50 from Amazon Australia, add in shipping it now $60 but I’m thrilled. Have to wait for Sep though as it’s a B Day gift, can’t wait it’s already mid Aug so not to much longer to wait, think this is a great start and the colours I use the most I can grab a big tube of.
Hope you enjoy it!
I tried to join the Michael's class yesterday and got the seat, the code but couldn't get into the class. Hope the class gets post I am ready. Oh I love this Gouche set.
Here is the replay th-cam.com/video/vXMJ2hwuxo0/w-d-xo.html
Just few weeks ago, during gouache sale on Jackson’s, I got this set.
Nice
This is a great and useful review. I was impressed that these colors made the range of browns that you showed. I’m guessing the very pure pigments make that possible. If I get this set, I will still get an extra large tube of white, which, in gouaches, I run out of first.
Do you know those weekly pill boxes with lids? If you have a largish, old one, it works well for gouache.
Hello! Lindsay. Thank you for video.💞.
You are so welcome!
I love the artwork 💖💖💖
Thanks!
Yes, I was looking forward to this! It is around €35 here in 🇩🇪 so I will definitely put it on my wish list. Perhaps it might make sense to add a Burnt Sienna or Burnt Umber?
If you want to, but you can mix it. I like to have a brown, tho.
I love holbein Gouache! I'm not a huge fan of the watercolors since so many are mixes like you mentioned, but the gouache is fantastic! Similar situation for Winsor & Newton as well, not a huge fan of the watercolors (not that they are bad i just like other brands so much more), but I love their Gouache! I have 2 tubes of Schmincke gouache bc its so expensive, but it's also some of the best gouache on the market as well! Great video, thanks for sharing...much love ❤
Thanks for sharing!!
Love your tomatoes! 😄
Thank you 😋
Bought these in 2020 and fell in love! I purchased the 24 set and have no regrets but the seasonal sets, while fun, are totally unnecessary. For most painting, I choose the Holbein but when I want a more vintage look I find myself reaching for the Winsor and Newton gouache, especially at Christmas. Maybe it’s just my purchases in each line? Great review!
Thanks for the info. I haven't tried winsor newton yet.
@@thefrugalcrafterit might be because W&N was the first gouache that I tried but I keep going back to them even though I keep trying other brands 😂 I can’t help myself. I also heard the arteza gouache was awesome and a great value 👀
Hey lindsay I love this! I was wondering if you would be able to do a new neocolor 2 tutorial? Maybe mixed with gouache or watercolor? There just are not that many on TH-cam. I was just wondering how much water is too much with them...
I'll try to fit on in. Have tou tried my watercolor marker workshop at lindsayweirich.teachable.com It is pretty indepth and has 9 projects I think:)
This has nothing to do with anything, but your name made me think of "Beautician and the Beast," which is such a cheesy movie and yet I love it. 😆 Anyway, I saw your name and heard one of the characters saying "Joy Meeler," and it made me smile. 😋❤️
i have some in my stash us art supply ill go try them ,thank you i may get some daniel smith sticks some day
I like those too!
I've been thinking about this set! Those tomatoes look so real! 🤗💖☺️ need!!!!! Lol 😂
Thanks!
It was my first set of gouache and it is an amazing choice. However, I got an ultramarine from Schminke right away, as ultramarine is such a useful color. Nitpicking-wise, I’d swap this yellow for something more lightfast like a cadmium or benzimidazolone yellow. And I love the package, it is the first time I was totally bought on how technical the box and the booklet look.
Thanks for sharing!
I ordered that set just now.
Enjoy!
Lindsey, I've played with it and it's so much fun! But I could really use some help with the logistics and practicalities of how to set up and use my mixing palette so that my white isn't constantly dirty etc. For some reason it feels really different than watercolor. Can you recommend or make a video of best practices or advice?
That's a great idea!
I’ve used the Holbein, a couple of years ago. It was the 12 set but the tubes were only 5mLs. Their individual tubes are $8-$15 each on Amazon and on Blick. I have the Shinhan 12 set now. It’s 12 - 15mL tubes and was $45 on Amazon.
I am keen to try shinhan gouache. How do you like them?
@@thefrugalcrafter They seem comparable to the Holbein. I’m not sure about the rest of the brands since I haven’t tried them.
Great review and I love the suggestion of learning how color mixing works. I’ve painted for 5 years, but mostly with regular Daniel Smith colors. So I don’t really know much at all about mixing. I did get that big set of Jelly gouache for your other class, but haven’t opened it yet. I was afraid that when I pull that cover off, if I don’t do your paintings right away, they would all dry up. How do they stay moist? I really need to begin that class, but I don’t work very fast. (It’s your 30 days to better painting class.)
There is a foam seal to keep 3xcess air out. You can spray them with water too. I used water that had been boiled to spray mine. Sometimes I add a little alcohol and glycerin too. It's working well for me and if they start to get dry just add more water:)
@@thefrugalcrafter thanks so much!
I got this but haven't messed with it. I always loved Holbein.
@Lindsay BTW I got the 36 Mei Ling set for 16. Something on Amazon today.
Sweet! That's cheaper than Prime Day! I just swatched my new set out alongside my old set and they seem to be identical except for one red that was a touch different.
@@thefrugalcrafter I figured the tin was worth it😅
Good evening, Lindsay! This question doesn't relate to this video, but I couldn't figure out where else to ask. I looked on your channel directly under the playlists, but couldn't find it there. My question is....do you have an alcohol marker sketchbook or paper that you like? I seem to remember maybe you mention it in a video, but can't find it....I purchased the new Ohuhu set and it is fabulous! Would like to find a good paper to use them with. Thank you so much for all your great videos! ❤
There are many I like. Check out this video, you can see how markers and pencils look on many paper: th-cam.com/video/WgFcf8LaGMo/w-d-xo.html
@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you! Just what I was looking for. 🤗
Impressive! I think I have this set.
PS: Can’t find the tomato painting,
It will be up in a few days. I've been scheduling ahead and wasn't sure what I'd post first.
@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you Lindsay. I know this sounds like a clichè, but you do deserve more subs IMHO given the hard work you put into your channel for everyone to enjoy. 👩🎨
Amazon has a great deal on the 24 set right now! It’s like $85 rather than $115.
I am tempted!
Oh dear, my cart! My cart!!! 😂😂😂
😅
Question: If I get to another set via your affiliate link, (meaning. I use your link to get to amazon) do you still get a cut? or is it just if I buy the item you're directly linking to?
I get a cut if you click my link first. Thanks for asking!
@@thefrugalcrafter Great! I often see another color or a bigger or a set I'd prefer. (Funny how that works, never the smaller set. Ha ha) Thanks! I just bought the electric sharpener you have listed but in silver. I'm looking at the 24 Holbein set which works out even cheaper per tube. But it's a bigger initial investment.
If you were to pick a few other colors for add-ons what would you choose?
Ultramarine blue, yellow ochre, burnt seinna
Hi Lindsay I bought these. Did you do a demo on them?
Yes, I have a painting of tomatoes
Are there any light fast issues with these? I just bought the 12 set. Thanks!
I'm not sure what colors ate in the 12 set. You will need to look at pigment numbers and lightfast ratings.
This is different to the Holbein acra gouche isn’t it? New to gouache🤭 ps awesome tomatoes😜
Yes, acryla gouache is flat acrylic paint.
I love working with primaries.
💕
Can gouache be dried out or placed in a palette like watercolor?
It can
Holbien gouache is the GOAT. I have a mini set of 5 too. They rewet easily. Smooth and opaque and .....ooooh chefs kiss
I agree!
👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼
Any recommendations on brushes to use with gouache?
Any soft/medium synthetic brush works well. I enjoy using flats, filberts, and small, stiffer rounds with gouache. I'd recommend to not use more delicate watercolor brushes.
@@elvenham1 thanks for your suggestion.
I like the zen or menta all media brushes by royal & langnickle
@@thefrugalcrafter , thank you! I just purchased the gouache. I’ll look for the brushes. ☺️
What is in your opinion the most opaque yellow gouache brand?
I'm not sure honesty but a true cadmium yellow will probably be the most opaque yellow color.
Oranges??? They look remarkably like the tomatoes i grow. I must be in the twilight zone.😮
Those are definitely tomatoes! But I know what you mean - when she’s talking about “oranges” in the sense of the different shades of the orange colour it sounds like she’s referring to the subject of the painting 😊
Meaning the color
Thanks. I was confused😂
Amazon came out with a watercolor paint set. Have you tried?
I haven't. It looks like typical white labeled product that I have been dissatisfied with in the past.
Maybe. I was told that like their colour pencils it is actually pretty good for student watercolors. I haven't bought it myself though so I do not know. Debating about it.
The biggest con is the white dries horribly to a grainy consistency, and wherein the grains don't rewet. It's so bad, I have put it aside to use only fresh out of the tube. I will use Himi instead. But I otherwise like the mixing set. Beware of Holbein magentas. The one in this set is made with PR122 and is great. The magenta in the 12 sets and higher is made from a fluorescent pigment, as is the violet. And Holbein changes its formula on paints without making it obvious. I have two small tubes of turquoise, same product number, different mixes. Blick has good pigment information on everything but Irodori, but I don't know if they keep up with the sneaky pigment changes. Irodori is weird, because some of the paints contain mixes of two lightfast pigments and one not, so the effect of that is a mystery. I do love Holbein gouaches, bright, pretty, smooth, and if you're wary and careful, okay in the lightfastness arena.
I was wondering about the irodori line and what the difference was.
Hey Lindsay- Holbein gouache 5 mixing set is 17 bucks on Amazon today. What?🤷🏻♀️
I saw that! It's in my cart but I'm trying to do a "no spend September " lol
@@thefrugalcrafter Good for you!💕 I’m still deciding but will probably pick it up. Maybe 😂
Omg 25 dollars 😭 the price is now around 40 now. Even though I have prime the Japan import is an additional 10 for shipping making it 50. I feel like this is beyond inflation 🫣
I think the price was artificially low when I bought them because I stopped in a brick and morter art store and the set was $45. I am mad I didn't hmget the 24 set for $85 back then because now it is $195!
@@thefrugalcrafterahh that would make sense! And oof, I got the 24 set when it was 130 😣 I can’t believe it used to be 85 dollars!! Strangely the 24 set doesn’t include the primaries (primary cyan, primary magenta and primary yellow) so I am eager to get the mixing set. After working with such large color palettes for so long I’m excited to work with something more limited, but with a wide range of possibilities! Thank you for reviewing this set ☺️✨