GANSAI TAMBI "Graphite Colors" 6 color set

I love these. I usually do bright paintings and mix any darks I need but when I want moody I go to this set. Every color looks well with others in set They lift fairly well and respond to salt and Epson's salts beautifully. But for all these good points the best is that the pans are ready in seconds after you add water. I don’t have to wait 5 minutes for the paint in the pan to be usable. Add a few drops of water and a portion (equal to the water) of the pan liquifys within seconds. It’s juicy and ready to move to the mixing area of my palette or directly to the painting surface. It’s like from the tube fresh, vibrant, and rich. I emphasize rich. Lots of pigment ,right there ,right NOW !! LOVE THEM !!!!

Beautiful set to add to my watercolor stash. Worth purchasing for adding a new elements to watercolor sketchbook and fine art projects. I also like seeing how it turns out when applying a burnishing with my tortillon. The little swatch on the paper tray are also handy for a quick check during the project planning phase.

Great deep colors

Love these subtle gray tones. Generous sized pans.

These are gorgeous and the pigment is deep!

These are pretty good paints, at a good price. Used the graphite colors an a few other Gansai colors and got decent results first try. The gansai paint isn't hugely different from other above average water colors from what I see so far, but less expensive, nicely packaged with the big movable pans, etc. and worked well. I ordered more colors, including the 48 color set and art nouveau sets, so I like them at least that much. And it is nice to able to just paint right off without unwrapping them from paper and having to do much color mixing -- very convenient. One who is starting out WC painting could do much worse than buying these, and so could one who is experienced but doesn't always need the much more expensive top quality professional grade. Pigment content is available at the Kuretake web site too. So yeah -- go for it.

As advertised

I’m an amateur artist. But I found these easy to work with. They have graphite within them, so there is a lovely shimmer. I had trouble getting extremely dark values, but I really enjoyed using these. Perfect colors for drawing subjects from nature.