Wow.😱 The Frugal Crafter Lindsay, for real is in my channel. 🥰 Thank you, Lindsay. And of course I need to thank you for all those lovely and lively tutorials specially the fruits and stencils. 🙏🎨
Me, too :) I especially like the Dutch windmills and the pagodae in this one :3 Those are so iconic, the shape's enough what type of building they are and what purpose they supposedly serve (or which what was their original purpose at least)
Great review! I use these paints on rice paper - I think this is what they were intended for. On watercolour paper I have noticed with great delight that they do not tend to cauliflower and create fewer backruns. Transparency is not an issue if used on rice paper, but on watercolour paper it is - at least for me. When empty I refill them with my western style watercolours because I just looove the pans for their size - and the rounded pan edges put less wear on my brushes!.
Thank you for sharing your experience and some tip. Now, it makes me more curious to get these paints from my storage and play with them again. I hope i could find rice paper from a local supplier soon. 🙏
Thanks for this review! Super helpful. I've actually been using the Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors for a long time now, (for landscapes, skies, portraits, etc) but have recently started using other watercolor paints, such as Sennelier, or Winsor & Newton, and I find that these are brighter and more transparent than the Kuretake. I won't stop using them because they are cool and fun to use anyway, but it's always fun to see reviews and check what other artists think about them. Thank you and happy painting!!
I love this video my friend! I think it's a good set for crafters and cardmakers because it's thick and the large pans work well for calligraphy brushes. I personally don't use these because of light fastness but for artists that are doing illustrative work where its being scanned it would be okay, like you said. Happy weekend my friend!! Xo
Yes my friend! It really should be used by those who scan theire works, if they want to save the original look of their artwork.. but still, I wish they provided how the colors or pigments are produced.. it would be interesting and a great info for their users too.
hi allan i love all kinds of you tube artists but you and lindsay are two of my favorites although it helps me spend more money on my watercolors its awsome that i have such a beautiful collection ,i got this set out just now i love them,thank you for such great videos
Oh I'm late to reply. 😔 but, thank you for appreciating my videos. I am guilty to have influenced you in spending but I am happy for you. Haha. Having these art materials is heaven only us artists know. 🎨 thank you for watching my videos. 😊
Excellent comparison of watercolors and lovely scenes on your swatch cards. I bought this same set about 4 years ago and now the price has almost doubled. The color pans are very shallow, you are not getting as much paint as it appears, and the paints crack and fall out of the pans. I do still like them but would not pay the current price. The paints can be nearly as opaque as gouache, and I use them for calligraphy and greeting cards. Thank you for the video!
Thabk you too. It's my pleasure to do reviews and sample paintings to further show how the paints work. Hope you could also subscribe on my channel for more reviews and demos. 🙏🎨😉
Ayon dun sa isang watercolorist na si Sadie nagresearch talaga para dyan sa Gansai, ang Gansai daw ay category of Japanese paints. Kase ang gamit daw na binder ay halo-halo gaya ng starch, beeswax, syrup, sugar, glycerin, gum Arabic at animal glue. Kaya hindi sya flowy o nagmomove kase nga gluey sya at makapal, kaya madalas napagkakamalang Gouache yan, saka dapat di lalagpas sa 2 colors kapag magmimix madali kasing magmuddy yan, So hindi sya kagaya ng Watercolor na gaya ng mga taga-Western, kundi Gansai na traditional Japanese watercolor.
Wowowow! Loved how you compared it with other brand swatches you created! So wonderful! Thank you! I did notice something in the comments though--currently, there is a Kuratake Gansai Tambai has a 48 color set on Amazon which is cheaper than White Nights in the USA (49.49 < 69.90). I still feel a bit more drawn to White Nights as my first watercolor set, though the Kuratake has more colors now.
Hi wonder woman. 😊 Thank you for the kind words. 🙏 Yes, Kuretake has a bigger set of 48 colors that is so attractive and for sure gonna be enjoyable to use. But ofcourse, White Nights is still (for me personally) a better deal because it is a traditional watercolor and which provides pigment information. I also prefer White Nights texture. Whats good at Kuretake is its wide pans that are I believe really meant for the Japanese brushes for their lettering style. 😊🙏
I own these and I actually regret having bought this as my first real watercolor because it doesn't give the experience of "watercolors" because they don't really layer well. They lift very easily and that's difficult to really practice layer properly. Also, if the paper you're using is a bad one, and you add too much paint on them, they tend to not dry matte like most watercolors, they can get a little shiny. They aren't lightfast but that's okay, you wouldn't be selling your artwork with this anyway. But all in all, they're fine, they're still watercolors but just not the watercolors you should get if you're a beginner.
hhahaha. No, Im not gonna use a set that has no any info about pigments used and lightfastness for my commission works.. i wont risk my name. hehhe. If both pros and beginners cant use this, then who can use it?hahaha. yes, sa crafters nalang siguro ito.
@@Aisha-os9pt got it. Unless a beginner's first set is this.. this may set his 'standard' for watercolors and assume that every other Western paint is too thin, (if he doesn't do his research of course 😆)
@@AllanJayQuesada I actually had that experience! I learnt how to to do watercolors using this set, and when I tried to use the Cotmans, I thought they were too thin, and they weren't as easy to lift as these so I had a bit of a weird adjustment period, lol
@@Aisha-os9pt see! Hahaha. We have almost same experience. I grew up in grade school using poster paints and thought that it was same with watercolors.. it was just in college that I learned about their difference. All I knew was that those were all waterbased and believed that those which are opaque are higher in quality.😆
These are really pretty colors. I've heard each pan tends to have multiple pigments though. And for any Vegans out there, these paints don't use gum arabic or honey for a binder, instead they use animal products like fish skin and other stuff. Just a heads up. The pans are large because of the type of painting (larger brush) that they are designed for.
@@AllanJayQuesada Could be. I think I saw a review from someone who did research on them. I don't have any. I think it was Sadie Saves the Day. She did a more traditional type of painting with them. I think they might be designed for special paper too, but cant' remember off the top of my head
sorry to reply to a two years old comment, but just in case anyone sees this, Kuretake watercolours are vegan actually! most traditional Japanese-style watercolours do use animal glue as their binder, but Kuretake uses a vegan glue for all of their colours so it's not anything to worry about thankfully!
Great review! I don't have these but I'm always so tempted to buy them. There's MozArt supplies Komorebi Japanese watercolor which seems like the same kind of paint, but I'm not sure.
Thank you! Hmmm. These are not bad, but for the price range, there are better option. I have not heard of the Mozart though. But if they're same with gansai tambi, better invest on other paints I think.. 😉
Kuretake Gansi has been a hit with crafters for cards etc and mixed media. They don't seem to be interested in light fastness only that it behaves like a watercolour, mixes well together and is bright and colourful. The DS primatek set seems to be in the same vain as well as sets coming out from Altenew,, Arteza and other similar brand's that bring out acrylics, watercolour, watercolour pens, pencils, markers colouring pencils etc.They are trying to compete but only do sets not singles
Shouldnt the crafters actually be more concerned about lightfastness since their outputs usually have shape, volume or texture and cant be scanned? OR does crafter really just dont care that much if the colors of their artworks fade? The Primateks are yes, minerals and stones crashed finely and combined with a binder to be used as watercolors. Theyre not pigments. But atleast they are lightfast. hehe
So, my box of 24 colours just arrived and I can't wait to try them 🥰 It's just their claim that the pigment used are all non-toxic heavy metals ^^' I actually always thought that all heavy metals are toxic, not just a few of them ^^'
I think these are safe so you can go ahead and enjoy it. ☺️ According to handprint.com however, even some 'toxic' paints like the real cadmiums havent been proven to cause any harm to human and animals because the amount of metals is too low to be poison. Having that info in mind though, it is still just best to be knowledgeable, cautious and responsible whenever using our paints and other materials. Enjoy your new Gansai. 🎨☺️🙏🏻
@@AllanJayQuesada Will do :D! But for now I'm back to 3D-modelling a palette for those ginormous pans and making some use out of the student licence for my CAD, which is running out soon :3 Printing gansai -style pans already worked quite nicely and I already toyed around with a fanable design for the palette (which I still kinda like), but that one ended up taking too much space on my desk when fully fanned out and the printing uses too much filament and takes too time anyway, so back to square one^^ And this time, I'll be trying to make something more efficient out of it ;)
These are also shiny when I layer them. I like the way one color bleeds into the next, I found this to be done easily, but the shiny layers are not ideal for most works.
Yes, those "white marks" are i think made by ants. It was too late when I discovered what was causing it. Now, i had to lock the swatches in a sealed box.
I'm thinking these paints would be better suited for coloring with . . granted you have thick enough paper in your coloring book. I thinking this because the paints do not move as much as other watercolors. They will probably be great for lettering! Sorry I'm seeing your video so late Mr. Quesada! I sure wish I would have seen it before I purchase the 48 count set! 😅 Thank you so much for the video! ❤
Hi Tina. That's totally fine. And yes, these paints feel like more suited to illustrations, letterings and craft works where flow is not necessary. Some artists comment that these are meant for japanese calligraphy. 😊
@@AllanJayQuesada You can print yourself and then sell either on your own site or via something like Etsy. There are plenty of youtubers who talk about how to sell your artwork, how to open an Etsy store etc. I am sure skillshare has numerous classes too
hahahahah. pero nood nood din ha. heheh. pinapanood ko yung Miya Himi mo now. dami nagrerequest niyan sakin, kaso hesitant ako kasi parang di ko siya feel by the looks and pang watercolor ang page ko eh. hehe
Background, you mean what I do? I'm an architect. Thank you. ☺️🙏 I don't have exact references usually.. these are collected and combined images from my memory.. sometimes i saw great paintings and i remember them, but not able to save them as references.. ☺️
Hi. I like your review. I just got Winsor anf Netwon Cotman 12 colors and now I want to get this Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36. Do you think it's worth it? I mostly do botanicals and calligraphy. I need your help deciding.
I'm hearing lots of artists using the gabsai tambi for calligraphy abd craft works.. for botanicals, the color selection of gabsai tambi is good because it has lots of reds, yellows and greens.. if you're ok with the texture of this as a little thick, then this should work for you. 😉
I wanna put my Japanese to good use here and clear up some misconceptions about Gansai. To define Gansai we need to define what paint is. Paint is usually a pigment plus a binder. Watercolor: Pigment plus gum arabic in most cases Gansai: Pigment plus a combo of animal hide glue and others like bees wax, sugar syrup, surgar, gum arabic What can you use Gansai for??? Practically anything you want to, but due to the different ingredients (mainly the glue) it behaves differently. Watercolors and Gansai offer different textures Watercolors are thin Whereas Gansai is a lot thicker and gluey bc of the glue So don't refer to Gansai as a Watercolor It is also misleading to review it as a "watercolor" when Gansai is usually used on rise paper. There are great Japanese artists out there who use it correctly
Thank you for pointing it out. Your explanation is very clear. But what confuses here is the manufacturers themselves. In their information paper cover, they call their product as "solid water colours" you can see it at 01:18 I don't know if it was intentionally done for commerical purpose, (to appeal to international market), or they just cant find an exact translation.
@@AllanJayQuesada This was not to punch down on you I love your channel and reviews I think it's a marketing thing where they are rying to appeal to a more Western market, which in the end is more misleading than it actually helps I tried to use these colors as watercolors myself on Western paper And some places of my paper had a weird sheen on it Probably from the glue And this is not what watercolors should be doing I think the marketing upsets more people than it does any good if I am honest Bc they should be advertising Japanese painting techniques along with the right brushes and paper with it
Yeah, I get it. 😁 I'm good and I'm actually happy to get information from my viewers. I get same issues on my review on Boku Ondu, which are actually also special paints made from burnt materials.. they're not advertising their paints as watercolors but alot of people has referred it already as watercolors because of its near-to-watercolor behaviour..
Maybe we should use that term "watercolour" more of a generic term or hypernym meaning that it's a colour that is activated with water, including watercolor (or Aquarellfarbe as it's called in my native German), gouache, gansai and opaque watercolours (which is a somewhat weird mix between watercolour and maybe gouache or acrylics. That's called Deckfarben in German and it's a staple supply in art classes in schools here.) There's probably more different art supplies that might well fall under that category, but aren't as well-known 🤔
Nice video as always. The gold lettering on the box says "Gansai tambi", that's what Shibasaki-san said. From what I know it means something like aesthetic pigments.
Actually, it's really misleading. Some artists say it's for Japanese writing. But some artists also say that Gansai Tambi are artist quality Japanese paints that can be described as watercolours, but have a different feel and effect..
They're colors that are reactivated with water...so yes, still watercolor. And since the word "Gansai" is already included in the name, it's not misleading. Gansai is a Japanese painting style so it never claimed to be Western Watercolors or to be like them. :) but at least we get to be exposed to different cultures
Hmm, I can't seem to find your other comment so I can't reply +Tales Of Color Re: Gouache True, that's activated by water as well. Poster paint too. And I saw some water activated oil paints (how even?! But there they were). So what is watercolor? Even inks use gum Arabic and pigment. And if it's referring to the transparency it limits the definition to Western Watercolors and exclude Asian Watercolors... Marketing dilemma indeed... "Japanese watercolors" are as safe as they can get, I think. Just stress the "Japanese". . . Also PRANG watercolors also leave a sheen because of the gelatin/glue or whatever it is. Maybe the same as the Gansai's. I have only ever tried the Kuretake Transparent Watercolors (Phys) the one that comes in white plastic case with a water brush and pen as well as the one that comes in what looks like a CD case. Those feel closer to my other watercolors and I don't remember if they had a sheen (gave them away because I wasn't using them as much as I'd like)
Schmincke is top of the line and it's very smooth. And I agree with Monica. It's really pricey. If you really want to have it as a starter, I suggest you get just the basic colors in 5ml tubes: mid Yellow, scarlet, rose ,ultramarine, Helio turquoise, raw sienna and burnt umber. The 6 tubes will cost you around 2.5k
I think lazada has an affiliate program so your link can gain a commission. You just need to read up on policy but i know it is ok as long as you declare it is an affiliate link.
I have the 36, which I bought about 4 years ago. It's too opaque for my liking so it doesn't really match my style-they're too cakey and "chalky", like the color just flakes and it ruins everything. I recommend White Nights, which is a better and affordable brand (almost the same price range as the Gansai). I decided to use it with my gouache set instead, it worked a lot better for me that way.
@@AllanJayQuesada Ok, thank you allan, sorry for answering late because there is still work to be done. Oh yeah allan, the rumors say you have a commerse art shop on shopee ph. When did you open a branch in Indonesia? art tools here, especially watercolors, are still rare here. Shopee id is also very developing, I hope you can expand your shop to Indonesia
@@aaereeyn hi. Yes i have Shopee store here in Philippines. I also see Indonesian sellers on shopee, and they ship from Indonesia to Philippines. Unfortunately, Shopee Philippines doesn't ship yet to other countries. Once Shope Ph allows international couriers, i would be very happy to ship my items outside Philippines. 🙏😊🎨
Sir I searched about "gansai" na hindi daw watercolor dahil sa ingredients used. Pero what about Prang, M.Graham and Sennelier? Diba po nagamit sila ng Honey? Bakit po sila considerent parin as wc?
The definitions are still being disputed by artists up until today. But generally, the definitionnof watercolor is painting medium made out of pigments combined with binders. It may be dried to cakes, tablet or kept in tubes and are activated through water. The surface is a white card or paper and the practice is to make transparent output. So having that definition, we can say that gansai is watercolor and glue is one of its binders like how they use honey as binders for sennelier and mgraham. Actually, if you go the website of kuretake gansai tambi (i placed it at the description box), they are advertising their product as watercolors. It just so happened that it is thick because of glue so it is great for craftworks and calligraphy. But still, it can be used to make translucent paintings. So this makes me conclude na Ang Watercolor is a medium that can be reactivated with water and can produce transparent/translucent painting may the binders and additives be glue, honey, oxgall, gum arabic, etc. ☺️ That's just my understanding ha. Hehe
I absolutely love your scenes painted on your swatch cards!
Wow.😱 The Frugal Crafter Lindsay, for real is in my channel. 🥰 Thank you, Lindsay. And of course I need to thank you for all those lovely and lively tutorials specially the fruits and stencils. 🙏🎨
Me, too :) I especially like the Dutch windmills and the pagodae in this one :3 Those are so iconic, the shape's enough what type of building they are and what purpose they supposedly serve (or which what was their original purpose at least)
Hehe, two of my favourite reviewers fangirling over each other while I fangirl over them 😂🤘😍🤘
And I come back a year later, and fangirl all over again 😂😂😂
Great review! I use these paints on rice paper - I think this is what they were intended for. On watercolour paper I have noticed with great delight that they do not tend to cauliflower and create fewer backruns. Transparency is not an issue if used on rice paper, but on watercolour paper it is - at least for me. When empty I refill them with my western style watercolours because I just looove the pans for their size - and the rounded pan edges put less wear on my brushes!.
Thank you for sharing your experience and some tip. Now, it makes me more curious to get these paints from my storage and play with them again. I hope i could find rice paper from a local supplier soon. 🙏
Your watercolour reviews are the absolute best.
Wow, thank you so much. 🙏
the swatching portion was really nice and relaxing with the slow music and the birds in the background
Glad you liked it!
This Japanese melody made the video soooo atmospheric😍
Yeah, I try to match the music to the paints.. Thank you for recognizing it. :)
Thanks for this review! Super helpful.
I've actually been using the Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors for a long time now, (for landscapes, skies, portraits, etc) but have recently started using other watercolor paints, such as Sennelier, or Winsor & Newton, and I find that these are brighter and more transparent than the Kuretake. I won't stop using them because they are cool and fun to use anyway, but it's always fun to see reviews and check what other artists think about them. Thank you and happy painting!!
I love this video my friend! I think it's a good set for crafters and cardmakers because it's thick and the large pans work well for calligraphy brushes. I personally don't use these because of light fastness but for artists that are doing illustrative work where its being scanned it would be okay, like you said. Happy weekend my friend!! Xo
Yes my friend! It really should be used by those who scan theire works, if they want to save the original look of their artwork.. but still, I wish they provided how the colors or pigments are produced.. it would be interesting and a great info for their users too.
hi allan i love all kinds of you tube artists but you and lindsay are two of my favorites although it helps me spend more money on my watercolors its awsome that i have such a beautiful collection ,i got this set out just now i love them,thank you for such great videos
Oh I'm late to reply. 😔 but, thank you for appreciating my videos. I am guilty to have influenced you in spending but I am happy for you. Haha. Having these art materials is heaven only us artists know. 🎨 thank you for watching my videos. 😊
Excellent comparison of watercolors and lovely scenes on your swatch cards. I bought this same set about 4 years ago and now the price has almost doubled. The color pans are very shallow, you are not getting as much paint as it appears, and the paints crack and fall out of the pans. I do still like them but would not pay the current price. The paints can be nearly as opaque as gouache, and I use them for calligraphy and greeting cards. Thank you for the video!
Thabk you too. It's my pleasure to do reviews and sample paintings to further show how the paints work. Hope you could also subscribe on my channel for more reviews and demos. 🙏🎨😉
Yeah i agree. I think they're best for calligraphy.
Ayon dun sa isang watercolorist na si Sadie nagresearch talaga para dyan sa Gansai, ang Gansai daw ay category of Japanese paints. Kase ang gamit daw na binder ay halo-halo gaya ng starch, beeswax, syrup, sugar, glycerin, gum Arabic at animal glue. Kaya hindi sya flowy o nagmomove kase nga gluey sya at makapal, kaya madalas napagkakamalang Gouache yan, saka dapat di lalagpas sa 2 colors kapag magmimix madali kasing magmuddy yan, So hindi sya kagaya ng Watercolor na gaya ng mga taga-Western, kundi Gansai na traditional Japanese watercolor.
Kaya pala. Confirmed. Hehe. Ung iba nga hindi waterclor Turing dito kasi mabigat at malagkit. Iba Naman pala composition niya..
You answered all of my questions, thank you so much!
Happy to help! 😊
Wowowow! Loved how you compared it with other brand swatches you created! So wonderful! Thank you! I did notice something in the comments though--currently, there is a Kuratake Gansai Tambai has a 48 color set on Amazon which is cheaper than White Nights in the USA (49.49 < 69.90). I still feel a bit more drawn to White Nights as my first watercolor set, though the Kuratake has more colors now.
Hi wonder woman. 😊 Thank you for the kind words. 🙏 Yes, Kuretake has a bigger set of 48 colors that is so attractive and for sure gonna be enjoyable to use. But ofcourse, White Nights is still (for me personally) a better deal because it is a traditional watercolor and which provides pigment information. I also prefer White Nights texture. Whats good at Kuretake is its wide pans that are I believe really meant for the Japanese brushes for their lettering style. 😊🙏
@@AllanJayQuesada Thank you for sharing! =D
@@AllanJayQuesada If I may inquire, what paper did you use for this?
@@i_wonderwoman_i9677 hi. I use Arches 185gsm Coldpress cotton paper in all my reviews to be fair. ☺️
@@AllanJayQuesada Thank you so much! :)
Thank you for this amazing review.
Your landscape paintings are wonderful! ❤
Thank you so much for the kind words! :)
I own these and I actually regret having bought this as my first real watercolor because it doesn't give the experience of "watercolors" because they don't really layer well. They lift very easily and that's difficult to really practice layer properly. Also, if the paper you're using is a bad one, and you add too much paint on them, they tend to not dry matte like most watercolors, they can get a little shiny.
They aren't lightfast but that's okay, you wouldn't be selling your artwork with this anyway.
But all in all, they're fine, they're still watercolors but just not the watercolors you should get if you're a beginner.
hhahaha. No, Im not gonna use a set that has no any info about pigments used and lightfastness for my commission works.. i wont risk my name. hehhe. If both pros and beginners cant use this, then who can use it?hahaha. yes, sa crafters nalang siguro ito.
@@AllanJayQuesada I guess it's fine for beginners but not if you're trying to get the actual experience of Western watercolors.
@@Aisha-os9pt got it. Unless a beginner's first set is this.. this may set his 'standard' for watercolors and assume that every other Western paint is too thin, (if he doesn't do his research of course 😆)
@@AllanJayQuesada I actually had that experience! I learnt how to to do watercolors using this set, and when I tried to use the Cotmans, I thought they were too thin, and they weren't as easy to lift as these so I had a bit of a weird adjustment period, lol
@@Aisha-os9pt see! Hahaha. We have almost same experience. I grew up in grade school using poster paints and thought that it was same with watercolors.. it was just in college that I learned about their difference. All I knew was that those were all waterbased and believed that those which are opaque are higher in quality.😆
These are really pretty colors. I've heard each pan tends to have multiple pigments though. And for any Vegans out there, these paints don't use gum arabic or honey for a binder, instead they use animal products like fish skin and other stuff. Just a heads up. The pans are large because of the type of painting (larger brush) that they are designed for.
Ohh. Thanks for sharing these info. And I also believe that these large pans are intended for Japanese calligraphy. 🙏🎨🥰
@@AllanJayQuesada Could be. I think I saw a review from someone who did research on them. I don't have any. I think it was Sadie Saves the Day. She did a more traditional type of painting with them. I think they might be designed for special paper too, but cant' remember off the top of my head
sorry to reply to a two years old comment, but just in case anyone sees this, Kuretake watercolours are vegan actually! most traditional Japanese-style watercolours do use animal glue as their binder, but Kuretake uses a vegan glue for all of their colours so it's not anything to worry about thankfully!
@@recoveringsoul755 Yes they're designed to be used with rice paper which is used in traditional Japanese painting techniques
The colour though, so vibrant and beautiful
Agree. Japanese paints are always really vibrant. :)
Yehey na review na yung gansai tambi!!!!
Hahahaha. Finally. 🎨🙏🥰
Excellent review !!!!
Thank you. 🙏
Super satisfying ng japanese background song😍
Thanks for appreciating the music and for noticing that it's a Japanese music. 🙏🎨😉
Great review! I don't have these but I'm always so tempted to buy them.
There's MozArt supplies Komorebi Japanese watercolor which seems like the same kind of paint, but I'm not sure.
Thank you! Hmmm. These are not bad, but for the price range, there are better option. I have not heard of the Mozart though. But if they're same with gansai tambi, better invest on other paints I think.. 😉
i love the
birds in the background
Hi. Looks like I've overseen your comment. Love the birds too. I hope you're doing fine. Happy painting. 😊
Thanks a lot for your review, I finally choose the right set
No worries. 😉 May i know which set you got?
Gabsai Tambi
Just found you - thank you so much for this information- very useful!! 😊
Glad it was helpful! Thank you. 🙏
Kuretake Gansi has been a hit with crafters for cards etc and mixed media. They don't seem to be interested in light fastness only that it behaves like a watercolour, mixes well together and is bright and colourful. The DS primatek set seems to be in the same vain as well as sets coming out from Altenew,, Arteza and other similar brand's that bring out acrylics, watercolour, watercolour pens, pencils, markers colouring pencils etc.They are trying to compete but only do sets not singles
Shouldnt the crafters actually be more concerned about lightfastness since their outputs usually have shape, volume or texture and cant be scanned? OR does crafter really just dont care that much if the colors of their artworks fade? The Primateks are yes, minerals and stones crashed finely and combined with a binder to be used as watercolors. Theyre not pigments. But atleast they are lightfast. hehe
I enjoyed your video. Loved your swatch, too. Also , appreciated your own observations from using this particular paint.
Martina
Have a great day!
Hi Martina. Thank you for the appreciation. Have a great day too ajd keep safe.
Thank you Kuya for your thorough review. I’m getting Kuretake soon!
My pleasure! ENjoy po. :)
So, my box of 24 colours just arrived and I can't wait to try them 🥰 It's just their claim that the pigment used are all non-toxic heavy metals ^^' I actually always thought that all heavy metals are toxic, not just a few of them ^^'
I think these are safe so you can go ahead and enjoy it. ☺️ According to handprint.com however, even some 'toxic' paints like the real cadmiums havent been proven to cause any harm to human and animals because the amount of metals is too low to be poison. Having that info in mind though, it is still just best to be knowledgeable, cautious and responsible whenever using our paints and other materials. Enjoy your new Gansai. 🎨☺️🙏🏻
@@AllanJayQuesada Will do :D! But for now I'm back to 3D-modelling a palette for those ginormous pans and making some use out of the student licence for my CAD, which is running out soon :3 Printing gansai -style pans already worked quite nicely and I already toyed around with a fanable design for the palette (which I still kinda like), but that one ended up taking too much space on my desk when fully fanned out and the printing uses too much filament and takes too time anyway, so back to square one^^ And this time, I'll be trying to make something more efficient out of it ;)
This set has sooo many greens D:
trueee. Greens and even reds. haha
These are also shiny when I layer them. I like the way one color bleeds into the next, I found this to be done easily, but the shiny layers are not ideal for most works.
wow you had so few sets compared to now!!!
I did not see the weird bits on your swatches here, I guess that happened in storage???
Yes, those "white marks" are i think made by ants. It was too late when I discovered what was causing it. Now, i had to lock the swatches in a sealed box.
Great Videos thanks for sharing❤
You are so welcome and thank you as well, Nadeane. :)
I'm thinking these paints would be better suited for coloring with . . granted you have thick enough paper in your coloring book. I thinking this because the paints do not move as much as other watercolors. They will probably be great for lettering! Sorry I'm seeing your video so late Mr. Quesada! I sure wish I would have seen it before I purchase the 48 count set! 😅 Thank you so much for the video! ❤
Hi Tina. That's totally fine. And yes, these paints feel like more suited to illustrations, letterings and craft works where flow is not necessary. Some artists comment that these are meant for japanese calligraphy. 😊
Thank you! As always a good review. Can you make the Van Gogh painting available as a print or greeting card? It is my favorite.
Thank you, Lynne! ☺️🙏🎨
I want to, but I don't know any publisher to print it for me and distribute it in market..🙁
@@AllanJayQuesada You can print yourself and then sell either on your own site or via something like Etsy. There are plenty of youtubers who talk about how to sell your artwork, how to open an Etsy store etc. I am sure skillshare has numerous classes too
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hahahahah. pero nood nood din ha. heheh. pinapanood ko yung Miya Himi mo now. dami nagrerequest niyan sakin, kaso hesitant ako kasi parang di ko siya feel by the looks and pang watercolor ang page ko eh. hehe
I believe the cover says watercolor in Japanese and the pans are full pans there just bigger to fit large brushes
Thank you very much for your review.
You are welcome. 🙏🎨☺️
I agree exactly! Kueraki colors are downright unnatural. Hard to blend, too. Currently using Paul Rubens. Wish I had seen your review sooner!
That's ok. This paint is still useable for craftwork and calligraphy. 😊
What is your background? Your mini landscapes are masterpieces! Do you use a reference photo?
Background, you mean what I do? I'm an architect. Thank you. ☺️🙏 I don't have exact references usually.. these are collected and combined images from my memory.. sometimes i saw great paintings and i remember them, but not able to save them as references.. ☺️
Hi. I like your review. I just got Winsor anf Netwon Cotman 12 colors and now I want to get this Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36. Do you think it's worth it? I mostly do botanicals and calligraphy. I need your help deciding.
I'm hearing lots of artists using the gabsai tambi for calligraphy abd craft works.. for botanicals, the color selection of gabsai tambi is good because it has lots of reds, yellows and greens.. if you're ok with the texture of this as a little thick, then this should work for you. 😉
I wanna put my Japanese to good use here and clear up some misconceptions about Gansai.
To define Gansai we need to define what paint is.
Paint is usually a pigment plus a binder.
Watercolor:
Pigment plus gum arabic in most cases
Gansai:
Pigment plus a combo of animal hide glue and others like bees wax, sugar syrup, surgar, gum arabic
What can you use Gansai for???
Practically anything you want to, but due to the different ingredients (mainly the glue) it behaves differently.
Watercolors and Gansai offer different textures
Watercolors are thin
Whereas Gansai is a lot thicker and gluey bc of the glue
So don't refer to Gansai as a Watercolor
It is also misleading to review it as a "watercolor" when Gansai is usually used on rise paper.
There are great Japanese artists out there who use it correctly
Thank you for pointing it out. Your explanation is very clear. But what confuses here is the manufacturers themselves. In their information paper cover, they call their product as "solid water colours" you can see it at 01:18
I don't know if it was intentionally done for commerical purpose, (to appeal to international market), or they just cant find an exact translation.
Even in their own website, they call it watercolor.. so sellers and artists use the term watercolor for this product..
www.gansaitambi.jp/en/
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This was not to punch down on you
I love your channel and reviews
I think it's a marketing thing where they are rying to appeal to a more Western market, which in the end is more misleading than it actually helps
I tried to use these colors as watercolors myself on Western paper
And some places of my paper had a weird sheen on it
Probably from the glue
And this is not what watercolors should be doing
I think the marketing upsets more people than it does any good if I am honest
Bc they should be advertising Japanese painting techniques along with the right brushes and paper with it
Yeah, I get it. 😁 I'm good and I'm actually happy to get information from my viewers.
I get same issues on my review on Boku Ondu, which are actually also special paints made from burnt materials.. they're not advertising their paints as watercolors but alot of people has referred it already as watercolors because of its near-to-watercolor behaviour..
Maybe we should use that term "watercolour" more of a generic term or hypernym meaning that it's a colour that is activated with water, including watercolor (or Aquarellfarbe as it's called in my native German), gouache, gansai and opaque watercolours (which is a somewhat weird mix between watercolour and maybe gouache or acrylics. That's called Deckfarben in German and it's a staple supply in art classes in schools here.) There's probably more different art supplies that might well fall under that category, but aren't as well-known 🤔
Nice video as always. The gold lettering on the box says "Gansai tambi", that's what Shibasaki-san said. From what I know it means something like aesthetic pigments.
Oh, Thanks for the info Arsinoe. 😊
@@AllanJayQuesada you're very welcome 🤗
It's really misleading to refer to them as watercolors
When they aren't
Actually, it's really misleading. Some artists say it's for Japanese writing. But some artists also say that Gansai Tambi are artist quality Japanese paints that can be described as watercolours, but have a different feel and effect..
They're colors that are reactivated with water...so yes, still watercolor. And since the word "Gansai" is already included in the name, it's not misleading. Gansai is a Japanese painting style so it never claimed to be Western Watercolors or to be like them. :) but at least we get to be exposed to different cultures
Hmm, I can't seem to find your other comment so I can't reply +Tales Of Color
Re: Gouache
True, that's activated by water as well. Poster paint too. And I saw some water activated oil paints (how even?! But there they were). So what is watercolor? Even inks use gum Arabic and pigment. And if it's referring to the transparency it limits the definition to Western Watercolors and exclude Asian Watercolors... Marketing dilemma indeed...
"Japanese watercolors" are as safe as they can get, I think. Just stress the "Japanese".
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Also PRANG watercolors also leave a sheen because of the gelatin/glue or whatever it is. Maybe the same as the Gansai's. I have only ever tried the Kuretake Transparent Watercolors (Phys) the one that comes in white plastic case with a water brush and pen as well as the one that comes in what looks like a CD case. Those feel closer to my other watercolors and I don't remember if they had a sheen (gave them away because I wasn't using them as much as I'd like)
GANDA PO IM BACK IN THE COMMENTS AGAIN I REALLY WANT TO SEE UR REVIEW OK THE SCHMINKCE WATERCOLOR HEHE
It's really nice but very pricey. If pang practice lang... there are more affordable choices.
Schmincke is top of the line and it's very smooth. And I agree with Monica. It's really pricey. If you really want to have it as a starter, I suggest you get just the basic colors in 5ml tubes: mid Yellow, scarlet, rose ,ultramarine, Helio turquoise, raw sienna and burnt umber. The 6 tubes will cost you around 2.5k
I think lazada has an affiliate program so your link can gain a commission. You just need to read up on policy but i know it is ok as long as you declare it is an affiliate link.
Ah talaga ba? Sige nga macheck nga Yan, Sayang din. Haha. Thanks Monica. ☺️
I think the Gansai Tambi works well for pointed pen calligraphy because it’s solid and cheaper than buying individual bottles of calligraphy inks
That's a good point. Plus the pan sizes too also help in the craft.
I have the 36, which I bought about 4 years ago. It's too opaque for my liking so it doesn't really match my style-they're too cakey and "chalky", like the color just flakes and it ruins everything. I recommend White Nights, which is a better and affordable brand (almost the same price range as the Gansai). I decided to use it with my gouache set instead, it worked a lot better for me that way.
"Cakey" do you mean hard to reactivate?
yeah Andyx, I definitely prefer White Nights, atleast for a more traditional watercolor work. and also White Nights are vibrant and affordable.
Reyno, i think what Andyx mean by 'cakey' is that it becomes thick and opaque.
@@AllanJayQuesada Ok, thank you allan, sorry for answering late because there is still work to be done. Oh yeah allan, the rumors say you have a commerse art shop on shopee ph. When did you open a branch in Indonesia? art tools here, especially watercolors, are still rare here. Shopee id is also very developing, I hope you can expand your shop to Indonesia
@@aaereeyn hi. Yes i have Shopee store here in Philippines. I also see Indonesian sellers on shopee, and they ship from Indonesia to Philippines. Unfortunately, Shopee Philippines doesn't ship yet to other countries. Once Shope Ph allows international couriers, i would be very happy to ship my items outside Philippines. 🙏😊🎨
back at first hahahaha!
hahahha. Welcome bacccckk!!
Are they chalky the colors Kuretake?
No, i dont find them chalky.
japanese Music? Its really nice
I tried to match it with the paints. 🇯🇵 Thank you 😊
I basically purchased this for my JoJo's and other anime/manga strip drawings.
I think this will really work for your anime subjects. :)
This one i found it ☺
great! thank you. :)
Sir I searched about "gansai" na hindi daw watercolor dahil sa ingredients used. Pero what about Prang, M.Graham and Sennelier? Diba po nagamit sila ng Honey? Bakit po sila considerent parin as wc?
The definitions are still being disputed by artists up until today. But generally, the definitionnof watercolor is painting medium made out of pigments combined with binders. It may be dried to cakes, tablet or kept in tubes and are activated through water. The surface is a white card or paper and the practice is to make transparent output.
So having that definition, we can say that gansai is watercolor and glue is one of its binders like how they use honey as binders for sennelier and mgraham. Actually, if you go the website of kuretake gansai tambi (i placed it at the description box), they are advertising their product as watercolors. It just so happened that it is thick because of glue so it is great for craftworks and calligraphy. But still, it can be used to make translucent paintings. So this makes me conclude na Ang Watercolor is a medium that can be reactivated with water and can produce transparent/translucent painting may the binders and additives be glue, honey, oxgall, gum arabic, etc. ☺️ That's just my understanding ha. Hehe
@@AllanJayQuesada oww what about po dun sa sinasabi na "gansai" is not advised na i-mix sa 2 or more colors unlike wc
How’s the lightfastness of this watercolor set versus Sakura Koi’s?
sorry, i have not tested them yet. but will do the tests 1st quarter net year. :)
I suspect that was supposed to read "Mineral Violet"
NAme of flutey music at around 9:30 ?
Its Minyo San Kyoku, a free licensed music from YT Libray. :)
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I've never seen you so disappointed 😂
Hahaha. Then you have not seen my review of DongA, Simbalion and Best Buy. 😆
I love you
Love you too. Hehe
Wow such misinformation here in the comments. 🤢
Pls help giving the right information. 🙏