What Is The Difference Between Watercolor & Gouache & Poster Colors?

Since I got soo many questions about what is the difference between watercolors, gouache and poster colors, I wanted to talk about all their differences and similarities so you know exactly what to use! Let me know if you have any questions about any of those paints!

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[horatio]

Finally something about poster colors. I use them a lot in my work and since they’re not really popular here i don’t see anybody using/talking about them. Thank you for the video!

[auboraanindita]

Poster paint is the only thing getting me through art class

[Ishika_Verma]

All of the Indian population has grown up using poster colours since we first started using paints😄 and this video made me finally understand the difference between gouache and poster colours ❤️

[hinaww]

Finally! I was waiting for a talk about poster colours for so long 😂

[Everyyoueverymiau]

I didn’t even know Poster paint exists. So thanks 😄

[anchal]

I am obsessed with watercolors .They are my absolute favourites.I love the effects we can get from them.I tried gouache but didn't like them as much as I love those effects which we can get from watercolor which make it a unique and my absolute favourite medium to work with

[howlswind]

poster paints are the stuff i used to use as a kid when i knew 0 stuff about painting lol, such an informative video! thanks ♡

[drianwhat]

I loooovvvveeee watercolour so much. I've tried poster colour before but it's too thick and i have to mix it with some water. I still use white poster colour for highlights, because they are cheaper compare to a tube of white gouache.

[Light-rkcr]

I use both watercolor and poster color, which has been a great experience. One day i was really bored and my urge to draw hit me, so i started simple, doing still life with pencil ( because i had drawing pencils lying around). I do watercolors too, but it's a tricky medium to control ( in my opinion) and it requires a lot of planning to use, though the results won't disappoint. After i ran out of water color paper, i started switching back to drawing with pencil. But after searching around my house ( i was too lazy to go out and buy some watercolor paper), i found a set of poster colors lying around. Though i can't exactly remember when/why i bought them ( most likely it was for school ), i tried it nonetheless. I use to remember how when i was young, poster was my go to option because of the accessibility ( and because it was the only thing my parents bought). Painting with poster once again, has opened my eyes. I find that poster is an easy medium to control because of the opacity and size of the pigments, it makes it easy to cover up mistakes and you won't have to think ( and worry ) as much. Another plus is that it works on sketchbook paper ( so i don't have to run to the store to buy watercolor paper).
It's good for leisure art but would not recommend it for things like commission art.
Also, mixing a bit of poster into your watercolors makes it look more opaque and make the subject you are painting with it stand out amongst that more transparent watercolor. I did it once for flowers, mixing some poster color white with purple. The result was wonderful.

[anuradhagupta]

The way u make us understand everything is just awesome mako...🥰🥰

[madiha_tanveer]

The first ever paints i bought were poster paints.😄 They were super cheap and came in only 6 colours so i had to mix each colour by myself, this helped me to understand mixing of different colours.

[akiramiyashi]

I used to use poster paints in school. Usually the tubs are filled with dried up poster paints insteaf of liquid ones cause they're old....

[chimmy]

I love watercolors. I know it needs practice but i just love the results. So neat, so beautiful when you look at it you really feel the hard work you put in there.

[karinpellaers]

That's great to know because I was given poster paint and never used it because I thought it was only used for lettering...Now I'm going to give it a try for a painting...so thanks very much for that info..😍😘

[keerti]

I just saw almost all of ur video....I once saw the videos 2yrs ago and now suddenly got the memory back...you r great

[fufufuaru]

i’ve been wondering about poster colors as well, since i used them back in hs whenever i thought using acrylic was too expensive for the project/assignment

[alessharu]

So i've been using poster color for my whole life

[aleahlrb]

I started off using Poster Colors for painting but the set that was given to me as a gift ended up being crappy quality, but I didn't know it at the time. Then I tried watercolors and found that it works great with my art. I recently got interested in more opaque paints like gouache and poster paints and while they're much better to work with for my art, I still have some difficulties with it. It might be because the number of watercolor 101s on YouTube is greater than the number of 101s on the other two mediums. So I've been having some trouble of figuring out my own process, since the two mediums can be used in a variety of ways, for example, going in thick and opaque straight away or doing thin washes and slowly layering. They're unlike watercolor where it's a definite rule to go from light to dark and to work in layers.

[shachino]

I use poster colors when I'm beginning in aqua-related mediums, and it worked out for me yet the colors are more opaque (in my experience)

[shivanid]

I am using poster colours for 3 - 4 months now. They are cheap and available here easily.. and I am painting portraits with them and I am quite happy 😄