Murray was the first Italian company specializing in the production of oil paints, and in the 30s, it took advantage of the development of the chemical industry in Italy, and gouache also joined the production line at this time. After being acquired by FILA, a sportswear brand that does not have the same name, Murray is now a leading Italian player in the production and distribution of art pigments.
Murray gouache and Murray watercolor can be said to be two diametrically opposed styles, its watercolor is known for its transparency, but gouache is defined as "tempera paint", the color selection is steady, with a matte luster, close to the charm of traditional European tempera painting. The status of the category is also very different, the proportion of the single color material color of the American blue artist watercolor is close to 100%, but the artist gouache is quite cold, the total color number is 54, the single color color number is only 15 kinds, and the durability color is 34 kinds, and the performance is very average.
Its advantage lies in the rigorous color selection, the same gouache that only relies on the opacity of the pigment itself to provide hiding power, its opaque color has a total of 50 kinds of opaque colors, 4 kinds of semi-opaque colors, no translucent, transparent color, and the hiding power is better than that of Smink. Merry blue watercolor is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people because of its good diffusion, so its gouache is also used in many evaluation videos for wet painting, but the grinding diameter of gouache is between 5-10μm, which is not as fine as watercolor, and wet painting is easy to produce precipitation, and excessive dilution also leads to the loss of the advantage of hiding power.
In the normal process of dry painting, the saturation of Murray artist gouache is very high, there is almost no color difference between dry and wet, and the particles are very delicate in gouache, 20ml is sold for 6-8 US dollars, which is cost-effective, but Murray is not widely distributed, and even the Amazon platform is rare, so it is difficult to start.
The TEMPERA FINE series is Meili's college-grade gouache, with only 27 colors, of which only 8 colors are for a single color gouache, so it is not necessary to shop overseas.
