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Kaitlin Gray's avatar

Interesting. I wouldn't have thought of that issue with the tubed gouache, although I sometimes run into it myself working with acrylics even in the studio. With acrylics I'm more used to spritzing the palette with a spray bottle to keep the paint from skimming but it does still happen and can also make things too wet if I overdo it. I know of an acrylic artist who keeps his paint in an airtight fishing tackle box and keeps it closed except when he needs to add a small amount more to his mixing tray (which is a sta-wet palette).

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John Boedeker's avatar

What brand of gouache pans do you use? Once you wet the pan does it harden up the top once dry making the underlying color unusable? Or do you just scrap the top dried surface off?

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