Kuretake ZIG GANSAI TAMBI watercolor set (36 Colour Set)

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Asagi - A blue green that shares its name with an ancient breed of Koi which is characterised by striking blue scales.

My tests for this review haven’t changed that preference, and this is probably the paper I’ll use most often when using them. Matte Primary colours (CRIMSON, ULTRAMARINE, BRILLIANT YELLOW) with Neon equivalent (NEON RED, NEON BLUE, NEON YELLOW). Moving away from the paints for a second, I’d love to see the neons available in the Mozart Single Brush Pen set as I think they’d be really useful in terms of the colour ‘loading’ techniques that the brush pen set allows. VERDICT – The metallic collours are very shiny when dry and also very opaque, covering a few mistakes I made with a matte colours very well. The binder used is different from the gum arabic commonly used in the Western world, and create a semi-glossy to glossy painting.Gansai have a glossier finish than Western watercolours, especially in areas where they are applied generously. Despite both being deemed “watercolours”, Chinese/Japanese watercolours are a completely different ball game to the standard Western watercolours you and I have grown to love, from their creation process to the appearance on paper.

They are also often used for underpaintings, where you want lighter colors because you’ll mostly paint over them.Conversely, gansai traditionally uses animal glue as a binder, however most modern Japanese gansai brands favour glucose (or beeswax, glue, starch etc. Palette and Color chart included] Within each Gansai Tambi set is a protective sheet that not only keeps your pans from shifting but can be used as a palette mixer. It’s not just paint, if you’re looking for a reliable easel, canvas, medium, primer or brush – you’ll find it here too.