#DannyDoesArt | Eastbound

Something I realised early on: the more you progress in your adventure with watercolours, the more you invest in tools—money and contemplating time. 

I recently bought a new brush—the versatile Kuretake menso brush Kolinsky, and a new set of watercolours—the lovely Kuretake Gansai Tambi. Both products are of the Japanese brand "Zig", which is favoured by many in the stationery and arts & crafts market worldwide.

The Kuretake Gansai Tambi set has a total of 36 vibrant, dense, and traditional Eastern-inspired colours that come in extra-large full pans and, through accomplishing a DIY colour chart, I've instantly spotted some earth pigments that I thought would be incredibly enjoyable to play with.

As you can see, Kuretake paints are very pigmented and opaque, but these qualities make it fun to use in line and wash pieces which is my preferred technique. It's effortless to lift the watercolours and you don't have to add layer upon layer of colours just to achieve extra pigment. I also dig that there are amazing metallic colours included in the set and an opaque white is available to help produce pastel colours.

Need I say more? Kuretake Gansai Tambi is just worth to add to your art supply haul if you wish to amplify your creative journey.