tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post5669548354393747249..comments2023-05-26T02:38:46.708-05:00Comments on Official International Fake Journal Blog: EMERGENCY—BEWARE—DaVinci Gouache Has a Quirky Little (HA) CharacteristicRoz Stendahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-83372616576553256172013-05-17T22:58:40.566-05:002013-05-17T22:58:40.566-05:00HAHA!I hear you on the smell. when you have a seal...HAHA!I hear you on the smell. when you have a sealed pot for a day or two, it has the stank of an old summer house at the beach with an undertone of funky old sock.ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-80481936622910031812013-05-17T05:53:42.963-05:002013-05-17T05:53:42.963-05:00Ellen, Well, since it's still kind of fun to p...Ellen, Well, since it's still kind of fun to paint with this paint (as long as it's not in the journal) I haven't injured myself, or ruined any outfits so I'm doing OK.<br /><br />But we are going to have to agree to disagree about the Winsor and Newton gouache. I find it a horrible paint to use. It smells strongly of chemicals so it makes it unpleasant for me to be around for anyRoz Stendahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061887573140735228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-26337275179731833942013-05-16T21:38:50.644-05:002013-05-16T21:38:50.644-05:00Thank you for falling on the gouache grenade for t...Thank you for falling on the gouache grenade for the rest of us....( I picture you with the braids mid air landing on a paint ball)!<br /> There must be a whole lot of binder in Da Vinci--because I use the Strathmore paper and it is a solid, strong, surface. I feel better now for my insistence in my color class for WINSOR NEWTON brand ( GRAPHIC DESIGN APPLICATION CLASS: we need perfectly flat ELLENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891318881116477793.post-83057244914949536692013-05-16T14:57:14.850-05:002013-05-16T14:57:14.850-05:00Good post Roz....I like M Graham as well.....I bou...Good post Roz....I like M Graham as well.....I bought some tubes of Lukas (before I was more educated)....Winsor & Newton's tubes get hard too fast....I love the buttery consistancy of M Graham in both the watercolor and gouache lines....once my other tubes run out I am converting all over to M Graham.Gina Lentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997805597959503920noreply@blogger.com