What are Gansai Paints?
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- hello! I genuinely hope this video is useful to someone, I know I didn't cover everything, but I covered everything I know, and then some, so that's something.
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the single source I was able to find with anything new to say, someone better at research could probably find more.
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art supplies featured in this video
Kuretake Gansai Tambi paints 48 set
Kuretake Gansai Tambi art nouvou set
Kuretake Gansai Tambi graphite set
Boku-Undo shadow set 1
Boku-Undo shadow set 2
Stonehenge hotpress watercolor paper
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It has come to my attention that the kuretake paints are NOT vegan, they use glycerin derived from beef tallow. I didn't know, and i have no idea if kuretake knew the whole time.
Apologies to anyone who is vegan who bought the paints on my recommendation
Edit: quite frankly i don't know anymore, but google is your friend! i'll look into it in more depth at some point and try to get a more definitive answer
They reckon they didn’t know. I’d like to believe they didn’t!
It used to be an issue, but they changed the recipe a while back.
Only a few colours aren't vegan friendly and are listed on their website.
doesn't matter , DNA & RNA are same for plants and animals just arranged differently
There's not much about Gansai paints out there, you did a great job with this instructional video. I love Gansai paints for abstract paintings, the large pans are perfect for large brushes. The graphite set is one of my favorites. Your art is so soft and cute! Thank you for the lightfast test in special, it's a first!
Thank you so much! The graphite set is a special favorite of mine too, even though i don't use it in finished work
I love how comprehensive this was, most people on here that I've seen usually end up bashing Gansai paints cuz they're not like western watercolours which I think is dumb. Love the painting btw!
Thats a big part of why i wanted to make this video
I learned a lot! I'm going to play with gansai paints today. It feels like they're more like transparent gouache than watercolor.
Thank you, I have so little experience with watercolor of any kind, collage having been my entry point.
Now, retired, and with a general loss of strength, I am eager to learn about art and watercolor. Planting
5 shrubs a day is no longer an option for me, having slowed; I greatly appreciate your video helping
me to understand how I might proceed, and experiment. Best to you.
Regards,
Suzanna
Thank you for the lovely comment! I'm glad this was helpful
Thank you. I was trying to use it like watercolor.
Then stopped using it at all. Now, you’ve demystified it all and my mind is newly open to try it as it’s intended !
it’s the hair and eyes. Mesmerizing
You mean his, right? Agree.
FINALLY ! An explanation of these paints. Your right on that they are not like watercolors. They are paints in their own right. Water based paint. I’m a long time painter, my favorite is traditional watercolor. I’ve worked with all kinds of mediums, each are unique . The techniques for each are different. Thanks for ‘ clearing the air’ on Gansai. 🌴from Florida 🌴
I thoroughly enjoyed using gansai for a time, as they act as a happy medium between gouache and watercolor for me. I agree they are completely different from either medium, and find that one might enjoy using them if they have an illustrative style or would like to do something gouache-like but want the luminosity of oils. The shiny finish of thickly applied gansai on a smooth paper? Gorgeous.
I have yet to experiment with applying them thick and shiny, but you're making it sound tempting!
Thank you for this video! Very helpful and having used the gansai for the last several months I can attest to everything you have explained and you have helped me understand some of my frustrations with these. I'm a total beginner. I was led to believe that Kuretake gansai was great for beginners. I bought the main, art nouveau, graphite, sumi, starry colors, and granulating sets! 😂 I have enjoyed them, but have learned very quickly after watching other artists using Western watercolors that they are not the same thing. Not inferior, not superior, just different. I have since bought a teensy weensy split complimentary set of Daniel Smith. I'm teaching myself how to use both types of paints. They are both beautiful in their own right. Thanks again!
As a sort of noob when it comes to watercolors, i wanted to try the Kuretake Gansai Tambi paints for a while, but after watching this video im beginning to think they aren't a good fit for the artwork i do. I love mixing my colors myself with my small set of watercolors i have and i like working really small and detailed when i paint. Thank you for making this video, it makes the difference between watercolor and gansai paints so much more clear to me. I may still try these paints in the future, but for now and after watching this video that will be much later on.
Btw i absolutely loved your painting, its adorable :)
Thank you!
I'm so glad you found this helpful!
Other than Holbein, Gansai are always my second favourite. I love your art 💜
Holbein are a fantastic brand, really excellent stuff
Oh my...,Thank you very much for making this video🙏 Your explanation was eaisly, and clearly understandable.
I did buy the Kuretake Gansi paints under the impression they were a watercolor. I wasn't entirely fond of them due to the opaque nature, this wasn't something I was expecting. I found your video very informative and helpful, thanks again❤🥰
You're welcome ^w^
I just picked up watercolors for the first time since high school art class. This was really fascinating. Thanks for saving me from an uninformed purchase!
Thank you for the informative video. I love my kuretake set. They’re in their own category between watercolor and gouache, and I love the texture.
Great video. I’ve purchased or been given most of the Kuretake paint set and enjoy fiddling with them when I’m not beating my head against my W&N palette. Your description of them was interesting. I’ve done a little research but your talk was far better than I could do.
Thank you!
The art nouveau palette is one of my favorite of all my types of paint
It's a really lovely selection of colors
I’m so glad I stumbled on this video. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the gansai run through, very helpful.
This is so great to see the lightfast tests. I have the 52 and 48 sets and absolutely love them and use in conjuction with my artist grade watercolours. I love seeing all the colours in one box and will continue to buy them when they run out.
I bought these, tried them a few times, and now they sit on a shelf. I so appreviate this video.
These paints have been in my shopping cart for a year, and I just wasn’t sure what they would bring to the table, so thank you for showing them so thoroughly! I look forward to more of your videos!❤
Glad I could help!
Thank you for all the information on Gansai paints. I've been wondering about them for a while. I had the graphite set, but gave it away because I wasn't sure of the lightfastness. You worked so hard to test all your colors; I really appreciate it. Now, I'm not unhappy that I gave the colors away! I think I'll stick to my watercolors!
I thought your comments were very wise. And thank you for mentioning Nihonga. I enjoyed watching that video too. Now I have something else to look into 🙂.
Thank you! As someone new to water soluble media and especially watercolor, I really appreciate your video. ❤️
You're welcome! ^w^
Really great video and well needed! 😊 I absolutely love my Gansai paints. So it was nice to learn more about them. I use them all the time lately, especially when playing with colour palettes as they are so easy to match with the colours on the palette! I love the painting you did too. Looking forward to watching your other videos ☺️
Thank you!!
Thanks, I have some of these paints. Thank you. You have a new subscriber.
So pleased you did this video on Gansia Kuretake. Hopefully it will reach newbies to watercolour who do their research. I purchased Gansia as I heard many times it was a good beginners w/c paint and the price point was good. Initially Gansia was great to use it was so easy as I was totally new to painting of any sort. As I got better with brush work and sketching I found I couldn't achieve Western techniques with them. Before I could conclude I was no good at painting I stumbled on some comments in an art chat. There was a whole discussion about how Gansia could not be used like Western w/c. So I stopped trying to to do Western style w/c with them and just used them straight and I got watercolour paints to do watercolour techniques. I love the vividness of kuratake Gansia and I think I will always have some to play with.
Super interesting. Thank you! Learn something new every day ….
I love the Gansai Paint and I completely agree with the students grade products.
Thank you for this wonderful video. It was soothing and informative. I am retired and finally have time to pursue learning how to paint. I’ve always loved the delicate almost ethereal transparency of water colors. These Japanese water based paints are so intriguing.
Congratulations on finally getting to paint!
Very helpful vid, thank you ☺️
You are a beautiful person!!
Thank you for this introduction!
I began using these wonderful paints in the beginning of my watercolor journey. I did not understand how to use them properly and the information you supply today reaffirmed the fact that I should not have been using them in the beginning of my watercolor journey. That being said I absolutely use and love these paints. I would be extremely interested in learning about other mediums. Please seriously consider providing the information to those of us who are eager to learn more. Besides those of us from the Northwest need to stick together😊
I am really thinking about it, the only problem is deciding what to cover next!
Thank you for the information on Gansai paints! This is very helpful
Thanks for your video! I love learning something new. Do more! 🐝
Yes please, explain all mediums, that was interesting 😊 great 👍🏻 video.
Thank you for making this, I've been trying to find basically this exact video for months. I was under the impression that gansai didnt lift at all, but I think that's because there's two kinds of Japanese "watercolour" - one that does and one that doesn't lift. I recently learned that only the one that lifts is made into gansai, which makes sense now that I think about it, since the pans have to be reactivated.... Thank you for helping me clear up some misunderstandings!
Thank you for this video. First, I’m no pro. With that said, I have used DS and others and I was frustrated with some aspects of this paint that had me thinking I was just using them wrong. I tried diff papers…more water….tossed them in the drawer. I now understand they are what they are. A water media. Not watercolors. Got it! 🎉
I am primarily a watercolour artist, but enjoy various other mediums, including gouache and gansai tambi ( I own all the available sets) all three mediums are very different, which is why I love using all three. I really enjoyed your informative and well thought out video. You have a new subscriber from Australia. Thankyou and happy painting! 😊❤🌻
Wow! Thats crazy to think i have people watching that far away!
Thanks for this informative video. I started looking into Japanese paints because I had been using acrylic paints and inks as "watercolours" and read (on Wikipedia!) that Japanese nihonga paints dried tough enough not to need protection behind varnish or glass. Plus I love the muted Japanese colour palette. Turns out the protective element in the paints is animal glue and they have to be mixed up from scratch, so not what I'm looking for at this stage. The reason I paint acrylic as watercolour has to do with me not knowing where to start, I knew that acrylic was water-soluble and versatile so that's what I went for. Also watercolour to me (before I started painting) meant the super washy misty looking pictures, but the style I paint in is closer to traditional gouache, but I really didn't want something that reactivates when wet, hence acrylic.
5 months really isn't long for a lightfastness test. I put some blobs of paint in a southfacing window and forgot about them till 14 months later. By then the yellow had half disappeared and leaf green had darkened (presumably as the yellow component disappeared) leaving an austere bluey-green. No pigments were listed on the paints box (hence the test) but research suggests the disappearing yellow is PY1.
Fun fact: the Japanese word for western type art is yōga 洋画, pronounced exactly the same in Japanese as yōga ヨウガ the Indian spiritual exercise practice with the god postures 😂
Love the fun fact
I have put the strips back in the window, and i will check in on them in a few months/a year so i can get even more info. I do think this was enough to tell what colors to avoid like the plague though 😅
@ZadenZane kuratake change their recipe for most of their paints years ago so that most colours are vegan friendly. Their website has more info.
I really like the creaminess of the Kuretake paints and just went to the Dick Blick site to find the other set of paints you were using, the Art Nouveau, and all the descriptions of their paint sets say they are vegan. I love your little horse painting! This is the first light fastness test I have seen, thank you for that!
Thank you I found your video informative as a new watercolorist. I don’t own any Kuratake palettes as of yet but grateful of your honest opinion.
So thankful you have put so much info out about gansai paints. I am about to buy kuretake sets for sure. I appreciate your little pony painting demo with the features added after the base painting as this is sometimes the direction I like to go in. Love your works. Thank you for being so generous with your time and advices. 😊😊😊😊
My pleasure ^w^
Adorable pony! I have only "collected" Kuretake Gansai paints (I've got quite a few of the sets). I've used the metallic Gansai on top of watercolor. I'm going to actually paint with the Gansai paints now that I understand them better. Thanks for the info!
Wow... color fastness matters so much! This was quite a surprise! Thank you. I just bought some Gansai. 🎉
I haven’t even heard of these before and I have realised since seeing yours and learning about them from you 🥰 that I bought about 6-8 of them a couple of years ago and didn’t know because I bought them off a shop selling single pans on eBay and they had them listed as watercolours, they do work kind of like watercolours but they weren’t quite the same and I didn’t understand why and it’s because they weren’t 😂 the shop selling them was Chinese and not Japanese though I think, so I thought they were just selling single pans of more varied colours and now I see they just mislabelled them or maybe thought they would be more easily found by calling them watercolours but either way they build up to quite a strong pigment and they’re lovely colours! I’ll have to dig them back out now I know more about them! You look like a beautiful elf ! I love your hair! 🥰❤️ I love the adorable my little pony that you painted! So cute! ❤
I get that elf comment so often, i really need to get around to reading lord of the rings at some point
About not speaking Japanese... I highly recommend using Chrome browser and it's translate feature that's listed under one of its buttons on the top right. It will translate from any language to English (or whichever language you need)
Can’t believe I found this I have a set but my skill was not there I kept them safely tucked away to come back to now I know I can come back this and try again.
YAY! THANK you! I do Chinese brush painting/Japanese Sumi-e and I am tired of all these YT artists saying they don't like gansai because they aren't like "real" watercolors, etc etc. They are meant to be put down in one layer on very thin rice paper. Interestingly, China actually brought the art form to Japan so the paints are originally Chinese! I don't speak Japanese, but I do speak Chinese (not fluently, but enough that when I am in China people assume I'm fluent) so I guess it's easier for me to get info on gansai: because I know different Chinese art supply shops in the US and I follow Chinese brush painting channels here on YT. I also follow a lot of the Japanese ones too! I love Nihonga as well! I love making my own paints fresh for each painting, the fact that there like 50 diff variations of the same pigment with slight differences based on how large or small the particles are, the cool brass spoon I get to use after I dissolve the glue..............
Yesss, all the supplies look so tempting and beautiful! Someday when i have a proper studio i will have to tackle Nihonga
Great blog Madden, I really enjoyed it. New subscriber today ❤❤❤❤
I subscribed to your channel a few weeks ago when you said you'll make this video ❤thank you
I always deliver... eventually
This was so interesting! I love gansai paints and need to use them more. I love the horsey too, beautiful! ❤
I would love to see you do a whole series on all things paint
Thank you! I learned a lot from your video!
"you might love the weird effects you get using paints the wrong way", me with alcohol markers when they bleed across the paper like watercolor.
I like gansai tambi watercolor and used them like normal watercolors with other brands (note that I already like to use things in non standard way), in my case I have no problem with them "being chalky" and their opacity was perfect for my technique more colored pencil style.
When I use them I always think in old anime painted backgrounds, kinda ghibli (I know they use another type of pain for that), but to have a visual idea of what they look like
That sounds gorgeous!
Thank you for this. I've experimented a bit with gansai paints in etegami, and the information you provided is helpful in understanding the medium. As for sauces, green curry!
Ha! I cannot believe nobody has made that joke yet, i love it!
@@madden.r.grimes I've also been thinking that gansai paints remind me more of poster paints than watercolor, with the glossiness, the muddy mixability, and the cartoon-ish applications. Do try them on washi paper if you haven't.
Love this! So helpful ❤
Your video was sthg long overdue! Thank You! Gansai paints and Sumi paints (the dark ones, they are darkened/muted by using black Sumi Ink) have a long tradition of more than 1,000 years in Japan. Comparing them to western paints and bashing them for not being like western paints is almost sacreligious.
A very good way of seeing how Gansai paints are used in Japan is by watching videos of Japanese artists, even if you don't understand what is being said. Just by watching the techniques and the painting process we can learn a lot.❤
Another thing I have learned from Japanese artists is that they never spray Gansai paints before using them. An Asian artist, I believe she is from Thailand, who often reviews Asian "watercolors" once said that Gansai are immediately re-activated when a wet brush touches them. And I find that ist true. Apparently pre-wetting the paints causes too much paint being lifted from the pans, which then easily leads to them looking awkwardly shiny after drying.
Oh definitely if you use them straight from the pan, i prefer to use them from a pallet, so this works best for me ^w^
😘 hello fellow “talenti gelato containers for water” traveler
lol that’s prob my most mundane comment of my history on the internet. i’m posting like i’m touching greatness and i haven’t gotten past an empty gelato container
They're just too perfect not to use!
Love love these paints!
Hey a Talenti cup! I've got so many of those in my studio! Definitely would like to see an update to the lightfastness test in another 6 months.
Thank you for the explanation. That helped so much. Loved watching you paint the horse. ❤️🥰 Yes, if you are able to compare other mediums, that would be so helpful. Still a newbie with watercolor, but sure love the Gansai paint and colors. Excited to use them.
Thank you SO MUCH! :)
I appreciate the lightfast test!
I personally love them! I personally have their 36 set and im trying to save up for their 100 set❤ i absolutely LOVE gensai paints their most amazing Watercolors i own ! :)
Très interessant ! Merci pour le partage
Oh shoot I got a set of these and had no idea!
Love this video, and your whimsical art is so magical❤
I'd love to see, if you use them, acrylic paint and watercolor paint.
Watercolors are my one true love of art supplies, so they are definitely on the list! I don't use acrylics, but i still want to cover them, as i also see misinformation spread about them, and i think the history of them is pretty interesting!
great review. i love all these paints and use them a lot. Note to all, don't hang your paintings in the South windows
This was really informative and interesting! I don't do a ton of traditional art, but I like knowing about different media for art journaling and making grimoire pages. (I don't really use the grimoire for magic, as is traditional, more for examining my life and its trajectory.) I think it's great to experiment with media in different ways just to see what it can do for your repertoire, even if it doesn't work out and you go back to traditional intended uses. Yesterday, I learned you can use water-based markers like watercolors by scribbling them on a palette and adding water. And you can blend and lift alcohol-based markers like paint. Who knew?
Its really great to research and and experiment and find out just how much you can do with one medium, its like the world is suddenly your oyster
What a clever way to test the paint :-) I must try this myself although we are aproaching fall and winter, so it will have to wait til next spring.
Thanxfor the info!
I like the G1 My Little Pony painting. Almost looks like Princess Celestia without the wings and horn.
Their paints are some of my favorites. I reach for my Kurtake more and more.
I hate no idea, I thought they were normal watercolors
You are so right ... these are not watercolors! I fell for that myth and, loving watercolor, was pretty disappointed when I first tried the Gansi Tambi. But then when I decided to really just play with them and embrace their unique qualities, I was able to relegate them to their own special place in my mixed media repertoire.😊 I find these to be perfect in my sketchbook.
Play is they way if you can't find the right information
Those lighfast results are impressive!
Thank you, I’m glad I accidentally came across this
I love gansai. And finding info has been hard. I would never have tried it had I not taken a class from a Korean illustrator. And now I'm hooked. I even managed to get the next level tube pigements to mix my own paints. There are Western (mostly European) brands that make Gansai, but often you don't know it until you get your hands on them, and usually see a few reviews saying things like pans are too big, white was included or mixed in, they don't act like watercolor. Thank you for covering this!
I would love to try the tube pigments someday, they are so gorgeous!
@@madden.r.grimes Even though there is a set on Amazon. the company contacted me twice to make sure i wanted them. To make sure i understood that I would have to mix up these paints and that if didn't buy the binder, I would need to make my own etc. They wanted to be sure i knew what I was getting into... which honestly was a great experience. Tells you they care about the product.
Thanks very much, Madden. I'm glad to hear Kuretake paints are vegan and I agree with calling them what they are - Gansai. Oh, and your little pony is super sweet.
Thank you!
Thanks for the informative video! I got a set of gansai paints from Saiun-do in Kyoto a little over a month ago, at least they look like gansai paints to me. 😅The shop owner referred to them as watercolor but due to the language barrier, I'm not sure if they were using it as a general term or if they are actually watercolor (and not gansai) just in the larger pans. The pans feel more hefty too compared to the Kuretake pans. I wish I had asked more questions now.😅
Great information 👍
I have a couple of the Gansai paint sets and I was very interested to hear your views and the background of this paint. I enjoy it and like you have found that it is a little misrepresenting calling them watercolors as to me they respond more like gouache than watercolor. That being said, I would enjoy hearing the history of some of the paints. Thank you for this video. I have subscribed and look forward to your future videos.
Thank you!
I got these for my kid, not knowing they were different to watercolour. I think they served her well (they are mostly empty now and she uses my watercolour paint) but for a beginner they are not difficult, particularly if you are applying them the way you are in the video. There is no watercolour technique being used, you're just painting blocks of colour.
This style of application made them excellent for a 7 year old. So yeah maybe they aren't great for learning watercolour but they aren't bad for beginners.
Such a great video, with such good information. I think of Gansi paints as milky japanese paints because they have a creamier consistency than most Western watercolors. And, as you stated, many Gansi paints have white added to them, to achieve specific colors. But, I also call them Gansi paints, because that is what they are. I think you chose the perfect subject to paint to showcase the beauty and differences of Gansi paints versus Western watercolor paints. I would love to know what type of paint brush that was that you used at the very end to paint the words inside the little hearts. That brush looked amazing for painting very small details.
I can't remember the name, but that sounds like a good idea for a video. A tour of all my paintbrushes
Yes do the series 😊😊😊😊❤
The lack of written information about Gansai paint may have more to do with tradition than lack of information. Most of the techniques were taught master to apprentice by word of mouth. Watch some of the artisan videos from Japan and you will see what I'm talking about. This goes for fabric dying, kimono construction, wood working, process of making ink to traditional sweets.
True. Although gansai were invented relatively recently from what i read
Oh! So that’s what the paint I’ve been using is. Lmao. I was treating it kinda like watercolor or gouache. I love the palette I have though and am surprised to see it appearing in a random TH-cam video lol
OK, about the rice paper: There are three diff sizings for all Chinese/Japanese paintings. Raw (unsized), ripe (sized), and half raw half ripe (slightly sized). Unsized rice papers are great for landscapes as, of course, the unsized paper absorbs water/ink/paint and spreads it out (it looks like you are painting wet in wet even tho you aren't) which is what you want when you are doing clouds, mountains, fields, etc. If you look at traditional landscapes you will see that the clouds and mountains, etc fade out. BUT that is for the traditional SPONTANEOUS painting. There is also Gong Bi style (meticulous). You know the ones I'm talking about: the very detailed pics of birds with every feather meticulously painted and shaded, each flower petal done perfectly, all with those perfect outlines. And Gong Bi is done on ripe papers. The half raw half ripe (or semi sized) are for up close subjects but in spontaneous style, where you need more control of where the ink is going but you still want that one brush stroke to represent a branch or a beak. The sizing is done with different materials, but one of the most popular is alum. I buy alum and size my own papers because alum makes the paper sparkle! That is why you will find diff Chinese papers labeled "Dragon Cloud Sparkle paper" (thick with these cloud like fluffy fibers running through but sized), "Cicada Wing paper" (SUPER thin, practically transparent, and sparkly....just like a cicada wing!), etc. OK. I am literally talking too much, but go on the Website Oriental Art Supply, it is in English and located in CA and they have descriptions of everything that will explain it all to you. They also have a TH-cam channel! Same name OAS Oriental Art Supply where they teach painting diff subjects on diff papers! Also, Henry Li has a shop and a TH-cam channel both called Blue Heron Arts that can give you much more info on the subject if you are so inclined to learn!
Thabk you for such an informative comment! I am definitely going to do some rabbit hole-ing now!
Bought my two sets months ago….and in a closet they sit. 😔
I shall make a point to drag them out and play this week. 😊👍🏻🎨
Have fun!
Hi , danke sehr fürs zeigen , ein wunderschönes Bild hast Du da gemalt :) Liebe Grüße .
Thank you!
Did you use pastel pencils or water colour pencils please?
Regular pencils, a mixture of brands
They're more like Gouache? Or are the Gansai in between both Gouache and Watercolour?
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Thank you
Thank you perfect timing I'm waiting for my set to arrive. I have use Japanese paint on and off for a while I use Gasen paper. so I'm eagerly waiting to find out how they will work with this paper. Being a Multi medium artist I love to play with many different types of stuff I can get my hands on. but I like to know the correct way the medium should be used before adding my own style. Oh I would love to know more about your brushes your using as mine are aging and need replacing.
Maybe i should make a video on that! The ones in the video are a mystery brand that uses squirrel hair, but synthetic squirrel hair would work just as good
@@madden.r.grimes would love to see a video on the brushes and any thing you know about the best paper to use with this paint. oh and I been watching some of your other videos and found out your also a knitting. when I'm not painting I also knit so would love to here how the sweater turned out. as soon as it cools around here I will be picking up the needles again plus getting my spinning wheel out.
Same up cycled gelato jar for w/c. 😂.
Thank you for the information about Gansai paints. I fell in love with them a couple of years ago and have nearly all of the sets they have put out. Have you tried the Graphite Paints? Super cool when you rub a spoon over them when they are dry. And the Opal colours, super soft but a beautiful shimmer. I really need to get back into painting, I have not painted for so long. Frances Mc Donald has inspired me to get back into water colour and even though Gansai is not water colour per se, when treated like a water colour I have found it to be beautiful and at times unpredictable in the result which I am perfectly fine with.
Would you be able to explore Gansai more please?
Thanks.
New Subbie.
I've used gansai a couple of times on my channel, and i definitely plan to use them more!
They are a nice paint to work with. I have had fun making stain glass looking paintings using Paul Klee's method of 'taking a line for a walk' interesting what comes of that.
Very useful and thoughtful video - but I confess I was very distracted by your amazing face and feeling like I wanted to draw you. Your eyes! (Is that saucy of me?) 😂
Very saucy
And if you do draw me I'd love to see it!
@@madden.r.grimes ha ha sadly I'm terrible at portraits - but if I ever have a go I'll link you.
You remind me of the lead singer of Placebo, please take it as a compliment.
Will do!
I think while I was watching your video, I got a little crush on you 😍😂😂😂😂
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