Another Generous sharing from this super painter, thank you, thank you! Please note, Ms Rivo's online Gouache course. It's packed with information and feedback is very helpful and encouraging. I've nearly finished the course and highly recommend ! It was my first experience with gouache and love it, colors so bright and beautiful. Happy painting all. PS Ms. Rivo played no part in my comments!

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Frances ❤️

@username58482

11 ай бұрын

Wow, where to find it?

@frances3254

11 ай бұрын

I think Dick Blick but maybe Jerry's Artarama. I couldn't find it locally here in Albuquerque. Happy painting to you.@@username58482

Thank you, Lena! Cool tips!

That is wonderful! Thank you!

Thank you very much for sharing this!

Very helpful! Thank you.

This is awesome!!!

Fantastic! Thank you!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This is fantastic, thank you!!!❤

Thanks for sharing this tip. Can’t wait to try it.

Very helpful video, thank you!

Brilliant Lena!

Wonderful!! Ty for sharing!

Thank you Lena!! Very helpful

Thank you Lena, this is really helpful.

Very useful information! Thank you, Lena ☺

perfect! thank you for this tip!

Wow! I can’t wait to try this!

Thank you for the great tips!

This is very useful thank you

Wow fantastic info Lena! You are wonderful and generous

What good ideas! Thank you

Thank you so much. This is so helpful!

Perfect timing! Thank you, Lena, as always for your updates and thorough information!

Thank you. Very helpful information.

Thanks Lena for this amazing tips. 🙏🏾👌🏾☺️

Best art instructor ever!

Well, I was today years old when I learned there is a watercolor medium. Thank you so much! I love your work.

just the information I needed, perfect timing! Thank youu, and your work is a delight to see as always ❤

Perfect!!! You’ve made my day 😅

Please, share the video if you find it helpful. Thank you! 😊 I couldn't include all the useful information about the blending medium in this video because it would have been too long, but if you want to learn more about the medium, its applications, advantages, and its alternatives please make sure to read the blog post at the following link: www.lenarivo.com/blog/2022/2/16/gouache-dries-too-fast-the-struggle-is-over#retarder

@janabouc

2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!!! Do you use this to enhance blending as well?

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

@@janabouc Yes, it makes the blending of colors on the paper easier.

@Mrshues888

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I really appreciate the practical information! Thank you for sharing to others💕💕

wow, that is going to make it so much easier to keep a good consistency of the paint without it drying immediately on the palette. Thank you, I am so glad about this!

Super useful video! Thanks Lena! Amazing tips and explaining.

Thank you! That was very helpful!

Thanks Lena! You're one of the most productive and generous artists I've known ❤️

Thank you very much Lena - this is fantastic information! So helpful here on Maui!

Super interesting!

Wonderful demo Lena....I will have to give it a try ☺

Thank u so much for this! 🥰

Beautiful and very helpful video, especially for an Arizona desert dweller like myself. I subscribed. Thank you!

Thank you so Very Much!!

Thank you for the great tip. It’s so nice of you to share. Happy painting !

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad it was helpful, Peter! Happy painting to you too!

Thank for the tip! Very necesary! ❤

Thank you! Very innovating medium!❤❤❤

Such great advice; thank you for this video!

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad it was helpful 😊

Thank you, Lena! :)

Wow! Thank you so much for this- and a way to carry white gouache not in a tube- amazing!! 🙌🏿

Thank you for the great tip. I will be able to expand my ability to use gouache!!

Omg thank you!! I just tried out your color palette from your tamplet and was having this problem, thanks so much

Thank you so much for this tip. It should really make my "Gouache life" a little easier. Now I am going to read your blog post.

Thank you for this Lena. It's hot here, and I have the air conditioning on most of the day and drying out was a problem. I went straight to the art supply store and bought a bottle!

I love you. I had a bottle of this stuff sitting in my office for months lol

Yes, going to order myself a couple of bottles. Thank you soooo much for sharing this. I’m excited. This should help not waist paint.

This is a fantastic bit of information - thank you Lena, for sharing!

@LenaRivo

Жыл бұрын

I am glad it was helpful, Joan!

Never knew that watercolor medium was even a thing .. thanks for sharing this tip and your lovely art ❤️

awesome, thank you so much ❤️

Thank you for sharing this valuable information! Still working on the lessons in your workshop and loving it!

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

So glad this was helpful to you, Nadine! 😊

Thank you so much! I live in a very warm, dry place, and my gouache dries almost instantly. This should help a lot!!!

This is so helpful. I have been searching for ways to extend the drying times of gouache, especially for my drier paints. Thank you for this video

Wow!!!! The Queen of Gouache with a fantastic tip. Thank you for your generosity❤️

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

😂 I am glad you have found it helpful, Faisal! ❤️

Thank you

Thank you great --thank you

Thank you for this video, Lena!

@LenaRivo

14 күн бұрын

You are welcome, Melissa! I am glad it was helpful :)

Lovely video with amazing tips! The images of you painting inspire me to paint and try out this medium! I can’t Believe how clear and easy to follow this tutorial is! So wonderful

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Anne! I am glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful! 😊

That was very helpful. I don't like gouache as much as oil because it dries so fast, this makes me want to give them a try again!

You are so generous, Lena! Thank you for that extremely valuable information - as always clearly explained and demonstrated. It will help a lot when we're painting the the dry Sierra environment. You are great. Many thanks!

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

I am very glad this was helpful, Ann!

Wow thank you for sharing this! I'm.only just getting started and figuring out what I need and This is certainly on my shopping list!😂❤

Thank you so incredibly much for sharing this! It has helped very much with my gouache ❤️ you are wonderful!

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy this video has helped you with your gouache! 😊 ❤️

Thank you so much! I will much prefer this method than using water. Now to find the medium!

Very helpful, thank you for sharing this . At this time of year in Canada and as we spend a great amount of time indoors in houses heated by a forced-air furnace, the air is quite dry and this is a problem that causes a great deal of frustration with using gouache. I will definately try this medium. Thanks again.

Thank you Dear Lena. You gentle spirit and great talents are very inspiring to us!

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Brian 😊

Thank you for such a comprehensive evaluation of the product and the techniques it can support. You anticipated and answered all of my questions in the course of this presentation.

@LenaRivo

4 ай бұрын

I am glad it was helpful! 😊

Thank you, Lena! One can always learn something new from you, great! And I just always love to see all your settings & equipments - event the umbrellas of different size for different shadow/sunlight situations are impressive! Um grande abraço a Portugal 🤗💚

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

You are very sweet, Grazyna ❤️ I am happy you enjoyed this video!

Thanks so much for this! I've been doing watercolor for years but I've really been wanting to break into gouache but I was worried about waste from the paint drying out. I'll definitely be looking into this method when I finally bite the bullet.

This video came just in time! I recently purchased gouache paints and tried it one time. I became very discouraged at how fast the paints and color mixes dried on the palette, even with spraying water on them. Now, I feel encouraged and will continue to happily use them!

Some wonderfully helpful tips that will benefit many painters of gouache ! Thank you Lena and best wishes 🙏

@LenaRivo

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Andre. I am very glad this was helpful!

Oh Lena!! This is fantastic!! I’ve finally gotten back to painting again and have been struggling with keeping paints from drying so quickly since the air here in Alaska is so dry and our homes are heated too. You are amazing as always!! Thank you!!❤️❤️

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful, Betty! ❤️

Wow that’s great 😃! I have not tried or heard about the Winsor & Newton Medium before. Thanks for explaining & sharing this with us. 😃💕

@LenaRivo

Жыл бұрын

I am glad it was helpful, Colleen!

Thanks for this tip. Sounds wonderful. Plus, i never thiught about using that medium for this purpose.

This is amazing information thank you so much. I love in hot Australia and whilst I love painting with gouache, I’m reluctant to do larger paintings because I can only use once the gouache wet in one sitting. This is a game changer for me. Thank you so much for sharing

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

I am very glad it was helpful, Nicola!

This is super useful information! You could probably also put all your colors into those bottles for maximum portability

@LenaRivo

Жыл бұрын

In that case, I would have to carry 24 bottles with me and squeeze all the colors on my palette before starting to paint :) I am glad this video was helpful to you!

I just discovered your art and channel. I am a new gouache painter who always gives up and goes back to digital or plain pencil sketches because gouache can be so tricky. This is such valuable information, and being able to see your process videos as well is immensely helpful. I just want to say thank you for supplying so much information for free to us; it's so helpful and inspiring and makes me really look forward to working with gouache again!

@LenaRivo

Жыл бұрын

I am very glad you found this information helpful 😊 Thank you!

Thanks for sharing….

I was using my himi gouache today and struggling a bit for sure. I paint an my Canadian sunroom, it’s winter and I use a space heater so it has been drying quicker than using. I’ll get some of this and give it a try. Thanks!

Thankyou- !!

Oh my gosh Lena, such a great tutorial! For anyone who hasn’t taken Lena’s course it’s very much like this with great video quality and it’s just done so intuitively. I learned so much and the course answered every one of my questions. I was struggling with blending and I now know how to blend gouache so much better,. Not like Lena… but better😛

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

Katie, I am so glad this tutorial was helpful to you and that you are enjoying my online course! Thank you so much! ❤️

Спасибо за нужную информацию. Впрочем , любая ваша информация для меня как любителя-новичка, мной востребованна на 100%. Успехов Вам в вашем творчестве и вдохновения, Лена.

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

Спасибо большое, Алена! Я очень рада, что вы находите информацию, которой я делюсь, полезной 😊

My mind is blown! I've never heard this tip before and it looks so promising, and I especially love how you put white in a separate bottle for use.

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

😁 I am happy it was helpful!

Спасибо 👍🏻 то что нужно для тропиков

Thank you so much for this tip! I've been giving it a go and it's helping my gouache stay wet in my travel palette with out developing much of a film. I keep a small dropper bottle filled with blender medium and mix my wells every few days. The gouache is still very creamy and no films yet. I find the Transon 24 well palette works way better than the 16 well palette too.

@LenaRivo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for letting me know that this method has been working for you! I am glad to hear that! I also like the 24-well palette much better than its smaller version.

Thank you for the information. I am just starting to rescue dried up gouache that I was gifted.

This is great information, thank you Lena! I do have one question: why isn't Gum Aribic used to reactivate drying gouache? It's the binding medium for the pigment, so I would think you'd add that. Cheers!

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Ed! This medium is used not to reactivate drying gouache, but to slow down the drying time of it. To reactivate dried out gouache you can use water, there is no need to use gum arabic, but if you want your gouache paints to dry slower on you palette this blending medium (which is basically pure propylene glycol) is the solution 😉

Excellent, just what I need. I have the same container as you and my gouache is bone dry!

@LenaRivo

10 ай бұрын

:) This medium is for preventing gouache paints from drying too fast while you are painting. You can bring your dry paints back to life by doing the following. Spray them very well with distilled or tap water, close your palette and let the paints soak overnight. The next day, open the storage palette and see if they are soft enough to stir them with toothpicks. If they are still too stiff and can’t be stirred easily, you will need to spray them again and leave them in the closed palette for another 24 hours. This should be enough for your paints to soften. Now you only need to stir each of the colors well until they get an even consistency and they will become nice and creamy again. After that, you can add a few drops of the blending medium or propylene glycol to each one of the colors. They will dry slower in the closed palette and when you are using the colors.

@MikeCampo

10 ай бұрын

@@LenaRivo Thank you, that's very helpful!

this is terrific! thank you for alerting us to this product. will it work as well with straight watercolor paints?

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

It will! 😁

@t.m.rudavsky7620

2 жыл бұрын

@@LenaRivo thank you. a game-changer, since i've been struggling with this aspect of gouache. love your course; your ebooks; and the painting i purchased!

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

@@t.m.rudavsky7620 thank you so much, Tamar! ❤️ This medium is really a game-changer for us! 🤩

hello ! Thank you very much for the quality content shared in this video! I would like to know if this product leaves the end result with a shiny finish

@LenaRivo

9 ай бұрын

No, it evaporates completely from your painting leaving its surface matte :)

This is game changing for me!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! How do you think it would work with acryl gouache?

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

:) I am glad it was helpful, Melanie. I think this medium will work as well with acrylic gouache.

thank you. just what i needed. i wonder if it would work with casein.

@LenaRivo

2 жыл бұрын

It might, but since casein, unlike gouache, dries permanently, once the paint has dried you won’t be able to reactivate it, but with this medium it will take longer for the paint layer to dry, that’s for sure.

Класс, очень интересно было посмотреть, как сейчас пишут гуашью профессионалы!! Мы с Вами "в друзьях" во всех соцсетях) но теперь вот случайно нашел Ваш канал в рекомендациях одной британской пленэрной художницы, чему приятно удивлен!)) Какое счастье, что мы живём в такое чудное время, когда есть столько полезных и качественных материалов, о которых наши родители, бабушки и дедушки могли только мечтать! Бесконечного Вам творческого вдохновения, на Вашем пути, новых открытий и развития канала, спасибо что поделились творческими секретами!!)

@LenaRivo

Жыл бұрын

Спасибо, Денис 😊 Дааа, нам очень повезло жить в такое время. Не только, потому что у нас есть легкий доступ в качественным материалам, но и к интернету, который позволяет нам делиться знаниями и вдохновлять друг друга 🥰❤️ Творческих успехов вам и радости!

@user-xh4pw2uc4z

Жыл бұрын

@@LenaRivo Спасибо огромное и Вам, всего самого доброго!

WOW! I cannot thank you enough for this. I have been struggling for the last couple of years to figure out how to keep my gouache from drying in a palette. Honey, gum arabic, you name it. This is so helpful :) Have you ever found you palette gets mouldy? Do you think a drop or two of clove oil in each well would work to prevent it? Many thanks again :))

@LenaRivo

Жыл бұрын

I am glad it was helpful :) What I have found out about mold is that it doesn’t grow on gouache colors made of quality materials. Cheaper gouache colors mold easily, as well as the more expensive M. Graham gouache (probably because they add honey to their paints). My gouache color don’t get moldy. I use mostly cobalt, cadmium and earth pigments in my palette. Although, regardless of the paint you are using, this medium might resolve your problem, at least partially, because it has antibacterial properties.

What a great tip and explaination. Will have to try this. One question. After adding medium to paint, can adding water for washes affect it?

@LenaRivo

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can, Ronny. This medium acts just like water. It only evaporates slower.