All my gouache & watercolor

So these are all the gouache & watercolor paint I own! 

I keep my tube gouache in a fancy Louis Vuitton box. 

These are the swatches I made for all the tube gouache I have. It's important to make swatches any time you get new paint so that you can look to them later for reference. I make swatches of everything. It's also important to note the brand you buy each color from, because each company produces it's own version of a color with their own pigments. So for example, Winsor & Newton's Yellow Ochre might be slightly different from the M.Graham version or Holbein. 

Something I need to mention based on my experiences with M.Graham gouache: I don't like them. Gouache paint typically has gum arabic as a binder, but they add honey. Which I didn't think anything about, until I noticed only these two colors were growing mold in my palette box. And the white I will need to replace as well, because whenever I squeeze it out of the tube it's runny and has this brownish liquid that just ends up yellowing the paint. Not something you want in white. 

These are the Holbein colors I have. Aren't they pretty? ♡ 

So all the colors in those swatches I made above are Winsor & Newton's designer gouache, except the 5 colors shown above. (Oh, and the Green Apatite Genuine is Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor. I just really liked that shade of green...)

MOVING ON~ 

This is the Himi Miya gouache set, available here

And these are color swatches I made. The set comes with two whites, and they are slightly different, but not that noticeably. The consistency of this paint is really nice and creamy! The colors are very pigmented and opaque. I removed the palette that it came with because it touches the tops of the paint and gets messy. If they dry up on you, just add a little bit of distilled water (helps prevent mold), mix them up and you're good to go. 

And last but not least, my very old Van Gogh watercolor set

And the swatches I made

This is the only watercolor set I have experience with, but I am satisfied with it. The colors are nice and pigmented. (Hard to tell my photos, I know.) I'll be getting some waterproof ink in the mail today from jetpens (only the best stationary store online), which i'll be able to enjoy coloring over with some nice washes! 

Well I hope you made it to the end of this long as heck post and maybe even learned something! Remember to make time to be creative! ❤ Take care till next time!