A deep water fish I painted in Gouache in my new Christmas notebook.

A deep water fish I painted in Gouache in my new Christmas notebook.
I got some new Pelikan gouache paints for Christmas. The paint is in cake form, so it’s handy for travel.
Pros:
Cons:
Here are some blue color swatches of the different gouache brands. The Pelikan paint is in the far left. I feel like it performed worse than the cheaper brands of Reeve’s and Artist Loft.
I did a trial painting of a cat using the Pelikan’s, I had to do multiple layers of the blue and the grays.
These paints were meant to be student grade, so I can’t complain too much. I can’t really recommend these for artists, unless you already have a few higher quality paints, and you just want to supplement with some new colors. For small areas these would be fine, but when you start to cover large areas, you can see how streaky they become.
Another Reddit Gets Drawn post, this one submitted by Rowdygregg. I painted this in gouache. I like how saturated gouache’s colors are. Well, the colors get a little washed out in the picture, but the original is much more vibrant.
Sometimes for practice I participate in the Reddit Gets Drawn community.
I thought this little guy would be fun to paint in gouache.
Many of my fine art pieces are for sale as prints on my Redbubble shop!