Choosing paper that holds a gouache wash
Weight, sizing and surface, and why a two hundred gram sheet buckles where a heavier one lies flat.
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Working notes from the people who mill the paint: keeping cups alive, choosing a palette size, picking paper and brushes that suit a heavy opaque body.
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Keeping jelly cups workable
A sealed cup outlasts an open pan by months. What ends it is the ten seconds after you stop painting.
5 min readHow many colours you actually need
We mill palettes from 6 shades up to 112. Here is how to pick a lane instead of the biggest box.
Brushes that push thick paint
Gouache is heavier than watercolour and harder on a brush. What that means for shape, spring and cleaning.
Read the notePacking a paint kit that survives a bag
What goes in, what stays home, and why water is the awkward part of painting away from a desk.
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