Kuretake ZIG GANSAI TAMBI watercolor set (36 Colour Set)

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One of them with average blur or absorbency ( GASEN) for more precise lines, the other with more pronounced blur ( HONGASEN) for artistic effects. As with all the other paint colours, the pigment easily collects on the brush with a bit of water, and is completely opaque on paper (as you can see on the above swatches). This set is packaged in a study green presentation case with a lid perfect for creating a painted colour chart.

This high saturation makes Gansai ideal for sketches, while allowing the artist to lighten the colours by increasing dilution. Rokusho - Green rust - this colour was traditionally made from a malachite pigment and was used for ancient buildings and sculptures in East Asia. Beautiful Packaging, Ideal for Gift-giving] Water-based pigment is ACMI-certified, and packaged in a simple cardboard box with elegant green washi overlay.Over the last couple of years, I have grown to love using Oriental gansai watercolours alongside my usual Western watercolours. Whether you already paint with traditional watercolours or not, we are sure that you will love using Akashiya Gansai. They are designed to be used in a single layer on absorbent Japanese paper rather than in several layers.

This makes very difficult to control the values of the work, while the final results lack the brilliancy and saturation that someone would expect from such brilliant and heavily saturated colour swatches as those at the photo above. I think that Kuretake has to deal with this issue because these colour sets offer otherwise some very good features that you can’t find in other watercolour sets. Enji - Shortened from enjimushi which is the Japanese name for the insect from which the deep red dye carmine is derived. These take a little more water to activate than the other colours, but they still feel silky and fluid in use. You’re meant to get gradation by adding considerable water for transparency or — also different from Western practice — to mix in white pigment to change the tint or — same as the crudest Western practice — black to change the shade.Flexible Techniques] Paints do not leave hard edges when dry, making flat-washes easy to accomplish, and are easy to layer with proper technique. The Crimson/Neon Red wet mix was a bit of a non-event but I can see how all of these neons could be used with matte paints to good effect in a gradiated wash, for example in a sky. If no pigment data is provided or available, that makes the set questionable for anything more than sketchbooking. These paints work well with waterbrushes as they can be used to easily wet the paint pans, allowing you to work from them directly.

com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. p>These Kuretake-Gansai Tambi Watercolour Sets are filled with traditional Japanese watercolours for professional artists and crafters alike.Unfortunately, the process is hard to show because you could do it a thousand times and it would never come out the same way. These Kuretake Gansai Watercolours are very intense colours with exceptional brilliance and brightness. Hatoba - Usually translated to mean blue-black in the context of colour, but literally translating to ‘pigeon wing’, this bold pink references the lighter parts of pigeon feathers.

We recommend purchasing 2 sets of brushes and keeping them separate if you also intend to practise ink painting (sumi-e). The large pallets allow working straight from palette to paper, making them great for painting on the go. Felt underlay (shitajiki): used under a sheet of Japanese paper to provide a better surface for writing or painting by evening the pressure on the paper and helping avoid staining the work surface.

I’m posting some of the photos here and I’ll give for the review purposes some links for some photos in full size directly from my site. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Your review helped me understand the comments I’ve read and I am now going to be happily playing with these. These Kuretake-Gansai Tambi Watercolour Sets are filled with traditional Japanese watercolours for professional artists and crafters alike. Generally, it is not recommended to paint directly from the pans, but to mix the paints with water in a palette.