Hints, Tips & Techniques for Designers' Gouache - Brushes & Palettes
Brushes
A variety of brushes are suitable for use with Designers Gouache, depending on the technique used and the finish required. Sable brushes are ideal, due to their excellent colour carrying capacity, ability to point and to spring back into shape. These characteristics allow the artist to work faster and more accurately. Ranges such as the Artists' Water Colour Sable with its Pointed Round brush are recommended or long, fine strokes.
Sceptre Gold II (sable/synthetic blend) and Cotman (synthetic) ranges offer lower priced alternatives to pure kolinsky sable.
Bristle brushes such as hogs are also useful if more expressive brush marks are desired.
See our complete range of gouache and water colour brushes.
Palettes
The recommended palette surface for mixing Designers Gouache is porcelain. There are a variety of shapes and sizes available, some include dividers to prevent colours mixing.
Palettes made of other materials such as plastic or metal are available however these are not as good as “cissing” of the colour can occur – which is when the colour beads together.
See our complete range of palettes.