I agree, these colors are alot more realistic and soft and muted as you say. I could use these! They're not too expensive as well. Thank you for this review
I feel better (still a bit sore but that's to be expected!) Thank you! :) (And like I always say for the ones with restless minds (including me), I'll rest when I'm dead! ;) )
Those gold and silver look really pretty! I also like when metallic paints look more metallic than mica. Mica ones tend to look too glittery to look realistic.
Yes! I agree! So far, the most metallic I've found is still the silver paint I made from aluminium pigment. I should get the copper and gold pigments eventually and try those out :)
I hope you start feeling better soon. Having teeth pulled is no fun! I have the 36 Kuretake palette. Had it for about 2 years now. It is really unique and different compared to the other paints like M Graham, or Winsor&Newton. The pans are super big for the giant brushes the Japanese use in their calligraphy. Though I use much smaller brushes than that (Sometimes a size 1), I like that I don't have to worry about running out of paint any time soon. After 2 years of semi-regular use, I've yet to have to replace a pan. Individual pans can be found on Jetpens.com, and I think Amazon has just started selling them. My favorite colors from the 36 Kuretake are the pinks, aqua, and periwinkle (cornflower). I do also like how solid the black is. And the Kuretake blue green can get a variety of shades when you dilute it with water and mix it in a separate palette.
I feel better, thanks for the good wishes :) My favorite colors choices are very similar to yours! And I'm curious, how do you use these paints? What kind of things do you paint with them?
Eve Bolt - Bolt's Vault glad to hear you are doing better 😊 I use my paints for more manga or fashion style drawings that I do. They are also good for character biography sheets that I make for my characters on my mixed media paper. The paints work well on Canson XL Mixed Media, and Strathmore 500 Mixed Media.
Oh, that's really neat! And good to know! I've heard really good things about the Strathmore 500 paper, but I don't think I've used it a lot before. I don't have any in my stash either... but I'll add it to my wishlist. Thanks for your reply! :)
Thank you so much! :) I seem to have recovered fairly nicely! I'm lucky in that it was as simple as it could get for that procedure, so less risks of extra pain and complications :)
Ouch for the teeth. I had mine taken as well, but I did only one each time, no doubles. I hope you'll feel better soon, cold and liquid loses its appeal after the fourth time you're forced to eat it. I think I'd prefer the Kuretake, a bit for colour saturation but also because I can't live with just one yellow. ^^; After watching Sadie's video I think Gansai is like the ultimate tool for those who don't like mixing... The instructions said so! I was always attracted to them as yet another watercolor brand to hoard, but I have to say that not being able to do extreme mixing is a bit disappointing... Or maybe it's possible to do it anyway, but I'd prefer to use them faithful to their nature so no going crazy on those pans.
You are so right about the cold/liquid food! I didn't think I'd get bored of it so fast! I had bought all my favorite soft things and even then, not even 24 hours after the procedure and I was already trying to eat harder stuff. So far, I've done very little actual work and demos with my gansai sets... I should really push it more, see what happens if I do some mixes, or what can I do with the paints if I don't mix them. The large pans are amazing though, it's so much fun to have room to work a brush for once. (It's the opposite of the Koi sets LOL)
I didn't have any luck finding out about Gansai pigments either. I emailed Kuretake about their Gansai Tambi pigments and whether or not they were toxic, and they just dodged the pigment question and told me they weren't toxic.
Mh. Good to know, but still. I would like to know just for the sake of knowledge, too. Like if they use dyes, that's fine; I just want to know what they use to make the colors.
The Kuretake are definitely not merely dye precipitated on an inert pigment. They're far too lightfast for that to be the case. If you have access to a lab there are some chemical tests that could be done to test for the presence of certain elements and compounds.
I might! I have a package of washi-type blank paper, and many books to reference or read to get more infos. I would really try to incorporate them in my regular process too, so I can use these more often :)
Traditional glue is a possible binder for these, so yeah, if you want to be sure it's probably best to try another brand of paints. Depending on where you live, there should a few good other options! I don't know how vegan you are, but there are many American and European brands that don't use honey or glue in their paints :)
Hehe, sorry! This is my window of time to reply to comments so your timing was pretty spot on :D And thank you! Feel free to ask if you have questions! :)
i was browaing the net just now and i found a site that has a very interesting list of vegan friendly art supplies. And i am not so happy i just found out that w&n artist grade water colors have animals in them i just bought some the other day it never crossed my mind that water colors had animals things in them... :(
