I love these paints. I use normally use tube gouaches like Schmincke and Winsor and Newton, and I only ever got these out of curiosity because someone else praised them so much, and I was super impressed. And no, they are not really opaque, but then again, neither are many of my expensive tube gouaches, you need to add white to those, too, if you want a truly opaque color. I have noticed that many times people expect gouache in general to be a fully opaque medium but that just isn't the case. Gouache becomes an opaque medium once you add enough white or possible another highly opaque pigment. There is a reason why, when you buy gouache in pans, the white still tends to come in a tube - It's so you can easily mix it into your colors. Here in Europe you can get both versions and sizes, and you can also buy the colors in individuals pans and extra white paint tubes, and I would bet my behing that they are the same. But you are really still wondering and want to know for 100% sure, just flip out the pans and check the number printed on the side: If it matches, you'll know it's the same for sure. And as for tempera, yes, it is correct that tempera is actually something like the egg tempera that you described, but for some annyoing reason the word is used interchangeably with gouache, particularly in products that are aimed at kids and students. If a paint is called a tempera and it is fairly inexpensive and aimed at students and hobbyists, then you can be pretty certain that it is in fact a gouache.
Somewhere, I *think* on James Guerney's blog, there was a Q&A when a Caran d'Ache rep who basically said they use terms "gouache" and "tempera" interchangeably. So it really sounds like the difference is just for regional distribution/marketing. BTW, my 15-color gouache studio set is identical to your fancolor set aside from the pic on the front of box.
There's no difference? Based on the light-fast-ness of the studio set, and the marketing of the fancolors to children I was under the impression that the fancolors were closer to student grade version
The difference is that in our days chlidren gouache (normally ready to paint gouache, what means you do not have to mix them with water before you use them, ist easyer for children) is called tempera becaus of the color mix teaching of those (most primary or primary+scenodary) color sets, and they are not very lightfast. The real tempera wich is different from gouache is called in our days egg tempera to seperate it from the children school gouache.. Those fan color tempera gouache is the same like the studio gouache tempera but exept the high litefastness and thats importand they are not toxic and tbe studio gouache is toxic and nothing for children... The most difference is that the fan colors are safe to children and tbe studio colors are not..this happend because of the translating in some contrys the are called children gouache, in some tempera and in germany schulmalfarben its all the same like gouache but cheaper binders, mor chalk, not lightfast and nontoxic, and they are ready to paint (exept the fan colors of course) and real tempera is called egg tempera because in english school gouache is called tempera becuase of the meanig of the word...
@@EugeniaLoli they are different the fan colors are safe for children the studio colors are toxic and not suitable for joung children thats a big difference...
I really appreciate the advice to go ahead and finish a piece of art that isn’t working, to see what can be learned from the process. I may have commented on that before, because it feels like I’ve heard you mention that in another video-but it’s great advice!
Great review! Super informative. What is the brush (brand/size) that you stared using at 37:00? It looks like such a great brush. And the painting turned out lovely!
Thanks so much for doing this review. Is exactly what I was looking for! Can you review or demonstrate the holbein gansai. I'm so curious to see what you can do with them. Thanks!
The difference is that in our days chlidren gouache (normally ready to paint gouache, what means you do not have to mix them with water before you use them, ist easyer for children) is called tempera becaus of the color mix teaching of those (most primary or primary+scenodary) color sets, and they are not very lightfast. The real tempera wich is different from gouache is called in our days egg tempera to seperate it from the children school gouache.. Those fan color tempera gouache is the same like the studio gouache tempera but exept the high litefastness and thats importand they are not toxic and tbe studio gouache is toxic and nothing for children... The most difference is that the fan colors are safe to children and tbe studio colors are not..this happend because of the translating in france they are called children or school gouache, in england tempera and in germany schulmalfarben its all the same like gouache but cheaper binders, mor chalk, not lightfast and nontoxic, and they are ready to paint (exept the fan colors of course) and real tempera is called egg tempera because in english school gouache is called tempera becuase of the meanig of the word...
I love these paints. I use normally use tube gouaches like Schmincke and Winsor and Newton, and I only ever got these out of curiosity because someone else praised them so much, and I was super impressed. And no, they are not really opaque, but then again, neither are many of my expensive tube gouaches, you need to add white to those, too, if you want a truly opaque color.
I have noticed that many times people expect gouache in general to be a fully opaque medium but that just isn't the case. Gouache becomes an opaque medium once you add enough white or possible another highly opaque pigment. There is a reason why, when you buy gouache in pans, the white still tends to come in a tube - It's so you can easily mix it into your colors.
Here in Europe you can get both versions and sizes, and you can also buy the colors in individuals pans and extra white paint tubes, and I would bet my behing that they are the same. But you are really still wondering and want to know for 100% sure, just flip out the pans and check the number printed on the side: If it matches, you'll know it's the same for sure.
And as for tempera, yes, it is correct that tempera is actually something like the egg tempera that you described, but for some annyoing reason the word is used interchangeably with gouache, particularly in products that are aimed at kids and students. If a paint is called a tempera and it is fairly inexpensive and aimed at students and hobbyists, then you can be pretty certain that it is in fact a gouache.
thanks so much, i've been looking for a comparison between the two for AGES!!! thank you:)
Somewhere, I *think* on James Guerney's blog, there was a Q&A when a Caran d'Ache rep who basically said they use terms "gouache" and "tempera" interchangeably. So it really sounds like the difference is just for regional distribution/marketing. BTW, my 15-color gouache studio set is identical to your fancolor set aside from the pic on the front of box.
There's no difference? Based on the light-fast-ness of the studio set, and the marketing of the fancolors to children I was under the impression that the fancolors were closer to student grade version
@@Sweetheart_o_Summer They're the same paints.
The difference is that in our days chlidren gouache (normally ready to paint gouache, what means you do not have to mix them with water before you use them, ist easyer for children) is called tempera becaus of the color mix teaching of those (most primary or primary+scenodary) color sets, and they are not very lightfast. The real tempera wich is different from gouache is called in our days egg tempera to seperate it from the children school gouache.. Those fan color tempera gouache is the same like the studio gouache tempera but exept the high litefastness and thats importand they are not toxic and tbe studio gouache is toxic and nothing for children... The most difference is that the fan colors are safe to children and tbe studio colors are not..this happend because of the translating in some contrys the are called children gouache, in some tempera and in germany schulmalfarben its all the same like gouache but cheaper binders, mor chalk, not lightfast and nontoxic, and they are ready to paint (exept the fan colors of course) and real tempera is called egg tempera because in english school gouache is called tempera becuase of the meanig of the word...
@@EugeniaLoli they are different the fan colors are safe for children the studio colors are toxic and not suitable for joung children thats a big difference...
I really appreciate the advice to go ahead and finish a piece of art that isn’t working, to see what can be learned from the process. I may have commented on that before, because it feels like I’ve heard you mention that in another video-but it’s great advice!
Great review! Super informative. What is the brush (brand/size) that you stared using at 37:00? It looks like such a great brush. And the painting turned out lovely!
Most hybrid gouache/watercolor are intended to be mixed with the white to be opaque.
They markets the Fancolor series in Europe as well. I have been wondering about some of those for a while. Thanks for showing them.
Thanks so much for doing this review. Is exactly what I was looking for! Can you review or demonstrate the holbein gansai. I'm so curious to see what you can do with them. Thanks!
Seems like these are similar to the pelikan paints, transparent or opaque versions.
Yes, they are a bit like a higher quality version of that, you are right.
The difference is that in our days chlidren gouache (normally ready to paint gouache, what means you do not have to mix them with water before you use them, ist easyer for children) is called tempera becaus of the color mix teaching of those (most primary or primary+scenodary) color sets, and they are not very lightfast. The real tempera wich is different from gouache is called in our days egg tempera to seperate it from the children school gouache.. Those fan color tempera gouache is the same like the studio gouache tempera but exept the high litefastness and thats importand they are not toxic and tbe studio gouache is toxic and nothing for children... The most difference is that the fan colors are safe to children and tbe studio colors are not..this happend because of the translating in france they are called children or school gouache, in england tempera and in germany schulmalfarben its all the same like gouache but cheaper binders, mor chalk, not lightfast and nontoxic, and they are ready to paint (exept the fan colors of course) and real tempera is called egg tempera because in english school gouache is called tempera becuase of the meanig of the word...