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World of Gansai: Colorful Japanese Watercolors
Gansai is richly colored Japanese paint with very finely ground pigments. It offers a completely different experience from Western watercolors. In this livestream recording artist Karen Elaine introduces you to the colorful world of Gansai!
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This video was originally livestreamed on the Yasutomo Facebook page on Friday, 9/29/23.
Items Used
For an easy, shoppable overview of the items used in this demo, visit our World of Gansai collection HERE.
Listed roughly in order of appearance in the video:
- Small Gansai Set: Traditional Japanese Watercolors (WC211)
- Large Gansai Set with 2 1/4" rounds: Traditional Japanese Watercolors (WC215) - not shown on screen, only described
- 8 color gansai kit (Karen used the colors in the Gansai & Shikishi Kit, WC-KIT)
- Shikishi Boards, 5x7 inches (HY300)
- Hosho Paper Pad (6H)
- Gasen Paper (6G) - paper used for the dark blue wash
- Wa Fude Kiyo brush (WF1)
- Black felt mat - you can buy regular black felt from a craft store (or a Japanese store like Daiso), or Viva absorbent paper towel
- Fusion brush (FS series)
- Single round porcelain saucer (WCW210)
- Corelle 3 section dish (not made by Yasutomo)
- All-Purpose brush (SW00) - the fine brush
- Wa Fude Nankai brush (WF8) - the very large brush Karen uses dry to add texture to her rock
- Niji Watercolor Paper Pad, Cold Press (NCP-5)
- Schmincke aqua granulation spray medium (not sold by Yasutomo)
- Ox gall medium (Winsor & Newton, Holbein, and QoR sell it)
Find Karen online:
Instagram: instagram.com/karenelainecreative/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KarenElaine
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