Himi Gouache Thoughts After a Year and Tips for Beginners + Painting Spirited Away
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Stopped painting since January because of my Online Classes, and getting a notification from you makes me wanna paint again. Do hope my Himi Gouache is still fine, thank you for this video 😁
sameee 😭
i hope you did it !!
Yay!!
Mine were like bricks just add some water and mix with a pallet knife. If they are too hard, leave the water inwater over night and add water as needed
As an absolute beginner on a budget, I must thank you for considering my demographic in continuing to use Himi when making your videos. There are a lot of videos that attempt to sway me away from even considering the Himi set, but I just can't stomach dropping so much money on artist-grade when I'm only just learning to sketch and paint gouache from scratch (and we all know how expensive groceries are rn). Seeing your videos and how beautiful they all are despite using consumer-grade, "inferior" paints, is hugely inspirational to even picking up a paintbrush. The YT'ers pushing everyone away can come off as a little pretentious in their opinions when beginners like myself have no or very little frame of reference, in my case, a cheap paint-by-numbers acrylic set from Shein that got me hooked on making this a new hobby. I don't want to get bogged down in paint, brushes, paper types, etc. I just want to paint. Let me paint and not feel bad that I'm not getting "the true experience", or even worse, "an inferior experience". Let me just paint and enjoy painting. Thanks for reading/skimming this wall of text, but most especially, thank you for your inspiration.
The reason they do that is because they know how horrible it is to fight with your art supplies, so you end up not "painting and enjoying painting" because you are fighting your supplies. I bought so much Himi paint and now it sits there because I can't stand the sticky feeling (dextrin binder). It would have been much more cost friendly if I would have bought artist grade paint from the start and saved myself the trouble and frustration. No one is trying to be snobby, but quality art supplies are more expensive for the reason that you are looking for, they let you paint just to paint because you don't have to worry about paint, brushes, paper.
I have no issues with Himi gouache, I am glad it exists, I am so incredibly jealous of people that don't mind the texture and the fighting and whatever else and can create amazing and inspiring art with it. Himi gouache paints are truly a gift to the art community. You should 100% try them and I hope they work for you. However, don't get mad at people trying to save you from potentially quitting art out of frustration by steering you to quality supplies, especially those that have been around for hundreds of years - there is a reason they are still here.
Thing is, the Himi set isn't even that cheap for what it is in my opinion. I've seen it at $20-30. That's too expensive for what if offers and how hard it is to keep from drying, or mixing. Most "pretentious" YT's are just trying to keep people from ending up hating gouache, since the Himi set is hard to use and many people end up thinking they're bad at it or they don't like gouache when the issue is the brand, not them. For that price, you can get the Arteza gouache, it's $26 for 24 colors and much better quality. Or you can get the Mont Marte gouache, it's also from a chinese brand, same quality as the Himi gouaches but it comes in tubes and is much easier to keep/use because of this, and it's cheaper than the Himi gouache.
Zinc white (or also known as Chinese white) is the most transparent white of them all, so it’s better for adding it as thin layers. Titanium white is the most opaque so when adding it to another color it will make it a much lighter value with just a little amount and also it’s perfect when we want to add a strong white on top of other colors
*I know this because I came to the same question once I decided to buy individual gouache paints and came across the fact I really didn’t know if I’ll needed white (since I was used to watercolor where mostly I didn’t use white)so I made a research on whites and also how people use it in gouache (since it was my goal) and at the end I bought both, I hope everytime artists have any doubt they research, get knowledge and hopefully found something they can apply to their artistic path
**Just saw your comments, I'm glad you all ^ㅅ^
Thank youuu!
Thank you!
Ah, so that's why i feel something's different when i try to use zinc white + other color!
Thank you so much!
Thank you! This is really helpful ❤
It's not that she didn't know the difference between zinc and titanium white, it's that with this set _specifically_ there is no noticeable difference between the white paints given and perform exactly the same. One is not more transparent or opaque than the other.
watching people paint always makes me want to paint, this painting was stunning ❤️
started using my himi just a few days ago, I really like it. i want to learn how to use it before school year starts again. thanks for this, it inspired me to continue working on my paintings. ♡
I already had my unboxing but still watching similar and reminds me of the feeling of excitement and the joy I felt having a new paint.. and yeah still and always satisfying ♥️✨
right?!?!
I also noticed that himi gouache is way thicker and heavier compared to my other gouache sets. But am getting used it now. Overall, I could say that it is a great investment. 🌻
Watching people paint with Gouache is so satisfying to me. It makes me want to try the medium!
Thank you so much for this! Mine has been sitting in the shelf and I badly needed your advice :)
I dont own gouache paint, but i have been wanting to try it out for so long. Im not the best at regular watercolors. I only recently started watercoloring, but don't exactly enjoy it. Im thinking I may enjoy the more opaqueness of gouache more though! This has convinced me to give it a go, haha.
The same happened for me. I'm really into alcohol markers and I thought watercolours would suit me. However, I'm enjoying the gouache technique a lot more. I feel like it's more intuitive to use than watercolor
Gouache totally made me fall in love with painting. I'm useless with watercolors and acrylic paint and the opacity of gouache is a game changer! I also love that it's water soluble, it makes things so much more simple and no dry paint goes to waste. Hope you got to try it out by now!
I personally enjoy watercolor more, BUT gouache helped me get ahold of watercolor easier, and painting with gouache is a lot more carefree and relaxing compared to watercolor.
Highly recommend! I love watercolours and I do paint with them as intended but I noticed I was also using a lot of watercolour paint to achieve a thicker more opaque paint for details etc. so I invested in some gouache and oml I love using both together. I tend to use watercolour for my backgrounds, colour blocking and starting the details and shading, but the gouache is so incredible for details and brighter bolder colours. It’s also great if you wanna do like a solid wall of colour? It’s like being able to paint with acrylic but still have total control over the thickness and opacity with the amount of water you use. Idk it’s hard to put into words, but like having both and using them together has changed the game for me!
i bought my first gouche set and i got so frustrated at the thickness of the paint but seeing you paint and the tips you give were really helpful, thank you!
I actually love the Himi gouache colors! Especially their color palette is really nice, specifically for people like me who don't like mixing colors lol! They're unfortunately really overprized nowadays though, back when I got them they were $14, now they're being sold for as much as $29!
oh? in my country it actually lesen I got mine for $8 dollars, exactly the same as hers. hehehe
29 dollars is expensive?? Here in my country the cheapest himi set sells for 229 R$, granted 1 dollar is worth like 6 ~ 4 Brazilian reais but still it's really expensive
@@pinkjelly7795 yes thats expensive lmao by $29 u can already buy the biggest himi set(56 or 54 colors? idk) in my country.
i found mine on aliexpress for £11!! that was last year tho, idk if it's changed
mine was $32, but it has more colours than the one if this video
This turned out great 🌿 thinning out the paint like you did for the beginning is something I want to try out now!
Oh my God, your video is recommended to me and I'm automatically reminded that I haven't opened my gouache in months 😭 thank you, for the amazing video and the amazing art 💙
I got the Miya 56 set of gouache a a month or so ago and used it once and really liked it. I need to pull it out again, thanks for the video :)
Would love to see a video about it, when you squeeze your artist grade gouache into an airtight container. I think the cotainer is a big reason why many people like the Himi gouache. It would be really interesting to see if you can achieve the same convienience with tube paints!
I love your himi gouache videos, please do more because I'm learning alot from it 💓💓💓
You explained the pros and cons of himi gouache so clearly. Repeated statements to make sure we don’t get it wrong. 😀👏👏👏
Thank you so much for making this well-organized and informative video with lots of tips and alternatives for both beginner and advanced artists !
it was so helpful 😊
Beautiful painting!
I do really like the convenience of jelly cups. The idea of squeezing tube gouache into an airtight pallet to mimic that is really interesting!
Such a wonderfully informative video. Thank you!
Tbh at first I bought this gouache set bc of the packaging. It reminds me of my polly pocket toy that I have. The colors are vibrant and then I enjoyed using it as time passed by cuz I'm used to using watercolors only.
I always used watercolor for now some months but I was thinking about trying the Himi gouache, should I?
@@pinouille5891 you should! You can use them as watercolors as well! 💕
yey you're backk, this is really a relaxing learning video for young artists like me, thank you☕✨🖌
this gives me pure hope to keep going
this painting is so so beautiful!!!
Thank you for this video! I'm a new artist and my friend got me the Himi gouache set for my birthday-this makes me feel more confident to use it. And that spirited away painting simply took my breath away!!
Love this video! I am trying to get back into painting again. I watched your video last year on the set too which inspired me a lot. I also have had no issues with mold when i sprayed it with water often.
For so long you've been away and now you're back I feel spirited! 😍
Thank you for blessing my eyes with your channel, can't wait to try this. Please never stop painting, sending love from 🇲🇩
This video makes me so relax
Beautiful painting and lovely review. Hoping to get a set soon. Thank you!
Its so beautiful and i love spirited away ♥️🥺
Thank you for sharing your tips Jess. ☺️❤️
Stay awesome always.🙏🏻
Better than many gouache tutorials. Solid.
i can't wait to receive my himi gouche next week ♡ thank u for this!
your voice is so relaxing and your artworks is just gorgeous! I'm looking for more of your tutorials!
this is incredible!! I love the movie spirited away!
This is so inspiring! I love this painting. I actually like the edges unmasked and more rounded.
Hey everyone! Just letting you know I've uploaded the real time footage of the Spirited Away painting on my Patreon (no voiceover but you get to see me paint the whole 3 hours): www.patreon.com/posts/spirited-away-no-53856552
And I'm planning to make a shorter voice over tutorial for CZcams so stay tuned!
Thank you. Your tutorials are helpful. You have a very pleasant and calming voice. The final painting in this tutorial is lovely.
Your colour vibrations came out so good!
Goodness! The way she's using the flat brush! She's a really good artist.
Wow, this painting is BEAUTIFUL!! I'm in love omg♥
Wow it's beautiful, thanks for painting the spirited away gate, it's so helpful 🙏❤
Very relaxing and helpful video, also amazing job on the painting!
There's something so satisfying about seeing a himi set get cleaned and revived!!!!
I bought a set a while ago but haven't cracked it open yet, I wanted to have a time where I could paint every other day/every week ;A; you know what, I should just open them ;m; also I have been binging jelly gouache vids on here lately and I just ordered a spray for the mould (just in case!!! just to keep my set clean hehe) I'm gonna break them open this week and start painting !!!
Omg this is the first vid I saw in ur channel, and I fell in love with it!!!
Ur gonna be my fav CZcamsr!!!!
I love this case!!! thank you a lot for your time to create this video :)
I purchased the little round containers you get in kits with acrylic paints, the ones that are in a strip together, from Michael's. I cut the up to separate them. I squeezed in my Holbein gouache to fill about a third of the way to see how quickly they dried out and if theu got moldy. I have been opening them up every few weeks for about 3 months and they are still moist. I keep them.in a tin container that held supplies from Jane Davenport and it's very lightweight to carry around. I get 21 containers on there and because each is individually sealed I just open the ones I need and I can use a pallet knife to scoop out what I want or dip the brush in directly.
your voice is so calming🥺💖
Such a soothing voice ❤
I'd not heard of Himi Gouache. Good to learn something new. Thank you.
it's amazing,a real artist
Gorgeous! Beautiful colours!
Loved watching the process of this artwork and your input on the Himi Gouache .... I am still trying to learn how to use it.
Thankyou for the tips really needed them ❤️❤️
YOUR PAINTINGS ARE SO PRETTY
I REALLY WANNA BE ABLE TO PAINT WELL TOO
This is beautiful!
Both your art and voice are really beautiful !!!!!! 😭
I AM JUS GET ADDICTED TO YOUR VIDEOS . YOU ARE AMAZING ARTIST❤️🌈✨
Your pintengs are very good and relaxing 😌
love the painting and review! will look into your other contents ^^
Thanks so much! This video was really helpful
great painting! I love it
Thank you for the great tips🥰 have use them for awhile and they really get hardened so easily! But I love them till so far😊
i live in the caribbean and ive never had a problem with any of my water based paints (himi gouache, kuretake gansai tambi) getting mold lol
this is so relaxing! Thank you
I just went out on a limb and picked up a set of Himi gouache paints and some practice paper, just to try out the medium. I haven't painted since I was a kid and being in college money is tight, so I didn't want something super super expensive. College keeps me busy and life is harsh and demanding enough with work and family obligations, but I have found that art is always soothing for my weary soul. I do digital some and I draw all the time with pencil and ink, but there's just something so visceral and grounding about traditional painting...
It's an inexpensive budget paint that will enable me to explore a medium I've never used before. I'm looking forward to it and I will be following your channel for tutorials and tips!
Recommended colors Jess suggested:
Warm and cool in each of the primary colors.
Prussian Blue
Burnt Umber
White & Black
img your'e just soo underrated it is awesome I just love itt
i just ordered a set, great video!
Your voice is so soothing I enjoy listening to it :-D
SO HELPFUL
Awesome friend,beautiful love it❤️👍😊.
This is very informative since I will be getting mine very soon
Btw love your videos......
Thank you
hiii i just got these for christmas after wanting them for a year!!! im 14 and im rlly getting into painting scenes from spirited away or other animes, and this was super helpful!!!!
Personally I think that they are worth the try; they are very good and painting with them is an absolute blast, they are very easy to use and achieve very dark mixes. Their only flaw in my opinion is that they tend to turn more grey if mixed with white, but overall I enjoy them allot 👍
Just received some for Christmas!
Swatching a large square is such a good idea to give you a practical sense of what they look like. Really great video! I’m interested in trying these now! I usually use Winsor and Newton’s gouache.
Can I ask What are some artist grade gouache brands?
@@DannySabraArt holbein, m graham, maimeri etc!
@@JessChungArt awesome! Thanks!!
Winsor and Newton is also a very highly rated artist brand of gouache. Check out Mind of Watercolor's gouache brands video.
@@sincostanian I will check it out! I feel like with gouache it's hard to tell what's artist grade and student grade. I'll check his video out thanks!
Love seeing your vids in feed :D
Nice and beautiful painting 😄🌺🌸🌷🌹.
Nice tutorial 👍.
I also tried reviving a Himi palette once and it was a lot of work that took some muscle to do with some colors. Because you see, letting it soak in water isn't enough, some paints I had to completely dump out on some acrylic glass and just move it and mix it with water using a palette knife to get everything as smooth and homogenous as possible. With some paints the binder is so strong the paint gets gummy and it becomes hard to mix and it takes a lot more effort.
But it's super satisfying to look at the revived paints.
So beautiful ❤️
So beautiful colour, your review is useful too❤😊
Great info Jess, agree about so many aspects in your pro and con run down. I like to use them with plein air sessions at the beach and yes very heavy to carry around in your bag with everything, plus I've also had issues with sand flying into them! Had to clean them out, quite a bit... Luckily for me they were dried and sand was on top.. My HIMI set is usually quite dried out, which in this situation can be better!
I've now reactivated them fully though, and since then gotten mold, so maybe I should of kept them dry!
Some recommended your CZcams to me because I recently got the Himi gauche set and don’t know what I’m doing. Your video was very helpful and I love your style for gauche
I really love your art
Yo so talented 💜💜💜
Loveee your videos so much they have inpired me to start my own chanell so thank you
I love your art so muchhhh😍😚❤️
Wow! Great job💯👍
It's very informative and helpful video tutorial sharing by you.
Keep continue Big like to your effort.
Stay healthy and happy always 💐👍😊
The colour tone was so accurate that for a moment i felt like im spirited away
Truely heartwarming
Wow! The color is beautiful and the painting is of high perfection.
That's great. Keep our meeting! 👍 2.5?
I watched the video to the end.
Ive known about these paints for a while but havent bought it yet, i still wanna try it despite already having high quality gouache i feel like it would be fun to have so much paint, i use gouache as you would use oil so i use a lot of the little tubes, would be cool to sketch as much as i want with these paints!!! Ill get them for sure now!!!
You bought a new one just so you can make tutorials more comfortable for us beginners, I-
*cries in the corner from being touched*
You can also buy refills from aliexpress!! I feel like that's less wasteful than buying more cups individually (or it might end up being the same amount LOLOL)
I LOVEEE HIMI though, they're such good quality and I love it so much omfg
As an asian, it brings me joy to see someone scrapped off the paint from the lid XD Everyone i've seen throw away the lids without doing it and it triggers me hehe
I've seen at least one person use the paint on the lids for swatches, which makes sense.
Nice video. I feel that in the realm of reds and violets, the red would be warm and the violet would be the cool.
Beautiful 😍
My gouache will arrive in 2 weeks, ah I'm very exited
(Sorry I'm bad at english, Indonesia Fans)
Your voice was very calming and I feel asleep from it haha😅
w the two whites ive actually been using one to mix w warmer colors and one for cooler colors, i dont think it makes a difference which is which but i always tend to get these cups messy every time a dig out some paint so it was just easier so i didnt accidentally make the whites too muddy