クレパスSakura Color Set PW12 Setsuto 12 color poster color 30ml (japan import)

Oh my gosh, these paints are the best paints I've ever tried. AMAZING. I've been trying to find a brand of paint that is both affordable and has good quality for months to no success...until I bought these! Its a type of gouache paint that has a creamy texture and goes onto the paper very nicely. Its smooth, vibrant, and has no granulation. It responds and reactivates to water very well and is easy to control. Its no wonder these kind of paints were used to make the art behind famously beautiful Studio Ghibli films! I couldn't have found a more affordable and excellent quality paint. I have made them my new favorite and preferred medium to use in all my art. I will most definitely be buying these consistently--! No complaints at all! 5 star rating!!

So this are really easy to use and you can add water without loosing coverage capacity, so you can always revive them even after they are dry. They don't change that much after drying and I liked the results I got using them. Nice color palette.

Very pigmented and any paint left on your palette ca be re-wet with no problem so you don’t end up wasting any. Definitely a good and cheaper alternative to the more expensive Nicker poster colors. The jars they come in are glass so it gives them a high end feel.

The box itself weighs about 4-6 lbs. I was worried I would get small jars but it is definitely worth the price. Color is creamy and opaque. The greens were slightly less opaque. You get good color payoff. The jars are glass and heavy duty. I'm considering buying another to have as a backup because I can't find these locally and I know I will use them up. I definitely recommend them.

Drys too fast

LOVE the paints, but this item would probably be best packaged within a sturdy box instead of the bubble envelope that was used for my order. One jar arrived with a cracked lid. Fortunately, the cap still threads onto the jar tightly AND there's also a plastic cap inside each lid. The paint in this jar did not dry out - which wouldn't have been a huge problem anyway since these are water soluble.

Paints as smooth as butter. Incredible for backgrounds.

Okay, so, these paints are fantastic. These are my first poster colors and I LOVE THEM. Since I can't compare them to other poster colors I'll describe them as compared to opaque watercolor and gouche. First of all, these paints are water-based and yet... they do not lift when layers of other color are applied over them. I mean it, they do not budge once dry. So you can apply light over dark and vice-versa. The opaqueness is wonderful and fresh from the little jars the color is brilliant after drying. If you paint like I do from a palette and make little dishes of color, some of the brilliance is lost as the paint hardens on a palette but it's still glorious when re-wetted. This is not like gouache at all. It's weird. I can thin the colors down to watercolor opacity and then layer them to gouache/acrylic opacity. I... I wish I could better describe these.OH, and because this isn't said on the box: You get a warm and a cool tone of each primary color, a pair of warm/cool greens, burnt sienna, a purple (more violet-like), and a black and white. All colors mix together very well. I added a chart on the colors and how they look.Not taking off a star but: I WANT TO BUY LOOSE COLORS! So that when I do eventually run out (though I doubt that) I can pick up my favorites from this company instead of re-buying a whole set.