Japanese Watercolors! Kissho Gansai Watercolors Unbox and Swatch
Channel: Becca Hillburn: Comic Artist
Date: 2019-01-17

Hey artnerds!  Today we're trying out another gansai brand from Japan- Kissoh gansai watercolors!  I picked these up openstock at Tokyu Hands and Sekaido. 

Note:  In the video, I misspoke, and referred to these as gansai tambi.  Gansai tambi is a brand name, these are just gansai.

Get Your Own:
Kissoh 72 Color Set-$102.67 on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2rjvogN

Chapters:

Introduction: 0:01
Google Translate: 3:09
Going over the colors: 9:39
Unwrapping the pans: 12:23
Swatching the Pans: 15:32
Talking about the Colors: 22:29
Setting Up a Palette: 26:02
Going over Actual Color Names: 32:29
Comparing Kissoh to Kuretake Gansai Tambi and MozArt Komorebi: 34:57


GOOGLE TRANSLATE RESULTS:

13- Yamaibu (it's a yellow flower)
43- Coral Color
116- Deep Red
29-Red

2- Loess (is apparently part of the yellow river in China)
10- Google translate SWEARS this is 'conclusions' and 'red who'-this is PROBABLy red ochre or Venetian Red

21-Google Translate things this is "White Group"-
7- Ultramarine
17-'Asami'- probably to mean 'morning sea' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asami)
18-Purple
139- This Indigo

5-The Metabolism'/ Flower White Green
26-Nightengale
6-Patina
44-'Group Green'
50- Deciduous Tea

ACTUAL NAMES

10-Mountain Red- Taishan Red
21- really is white group! But it's actually byakugun (https://irocore.com/byakugun/). It's a too direct translation for an actual color name, hence the confusion
5- Bright Flower green
44- Flock Green
50-Tea Leaf (maybe a specific tea though?)

This video was brought to you thanks to the generosity of my Patrons on Patreon (www.patreon.com/Nattosoup).  Patrons have earlly access to this video almost immediately upon upload.  If you would like to help support what I do, there are a number of ways you can do that.  If you enjoyed this video, please be sure to leave a like and consider subscribing to the channel for more great art content updated at least twice weekly.  If you really enjoyed this video, take a moment to share this video with your friends using the social network buttons below- this helps me a lot, and really means a lot to me!  If you want more art tutorials, head on over to my Art and Process blog (http://www.nattosoup.blogspot.com) for years of the good stuff.  And if you'd like to help fund future videos, please check out http://www.patreon.com/Nattosoup for information on how you can join the community.

Find Me Elsewhere:
For Daily Updates: http://www.instagram.com/Nattosoup
To chat: http://www.twitter.com/Nattosoup
For more art tutorials, supply reviews, and con recaps: http://www.nattosoup.blogspot.com
For convention how-tos: http://www.howtobeaconartist.tumblr.com
To help support online art education: http://www.patreon.com/Nattosoup
For my portfolio:https://becca-hillburn-illustration.webflow.io/
For digital downloads: http://www.gumroad.com/nattosoup
For physical goodies: http://www.nattosoup.com/products
For my comic: http://www.nattosoup.com/kara-comic

Music credits:
Steve Combs - Plug Me In
Chris Zabriskie -
Direct to Video
What Does Anybody Know About Anything
I Don't See the Branches, I See the Leaves
I Want to Fall In Love on Snapchat
But Enough About Me, Bill Paxton
God Be With You Till We Meet Again
It's Always Too Late to Start Over