Holbein Watercolors & Gouache

Gansai watercolors are traditional Japanese watercolors that are more opaque than Western transparent colors, making them simpler to use and a more direct medium for quick sketches.

Holbein watercolours produce brilliant transparent washes as well as powerful clean darks when used in more concentrated applications. A European style transparent watercolour, Holbein watercolour also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolour techniques.

Holbein Acrylic Gouache is an opaque and highly-pigmented paint which dries to a velvety-matte finish. In terms of handling and mixing, it behaves like traditional Gum Arabic gouache, but because it is made with an acrylic resin binder, it is water-resistant once dry. This facilitates layering, as fresh paint layers can be laid down without the risk of bleed-through from the lower layer. Acryla Gouache dries quickly and with minimal colour-shift; what you see wet is what you get once the paint has dried.

Holbein Artists' Gouache is intensely saturated, opaque, and finely milled—so it handles beautifully with a brush. Made from top-shelf pigments and natural gum arabic, the same building blocks as watercolor, but with a much higher percentage of solid pigment. The additional pigment load gives Holbein gouache both its opacity and its gorgeous matte finish.

This boxed set of 12 colors celebrates the look and feel of spring. It's a charming, whimsical range of colors including sapling green, lemon yellow, vermilion, and a nice selection of pastels. Misty grey and bright silver are included for spring showers and dew.

Holbein Acrylic Gouache is an opaque and highly-pigmented paint which dries to a velvety-matte finish. In terms of handling and mixing, it behaves like traditional Gum Arabic gouache, but because it is made with an acrylic resin binder, it is water-resistant once dry. This facilitates layering, as fresh paint layers can be laid down without the risk of bleed-through from the lower layer. Acryla Gouache dries quickly and with minimal colour-shift; what you see wet is what you get once the paint has dried.

Holbein watercolours produce brilliant transparent washes as well as powerful clean darks when used in more concentrated applications. A European style transparent watercolour, Holbein watercolour also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolour techniques.

Holbein Artists' Gouache is intensely saturated, opaque, and finely milled—so it handles beautifully with a brush. Made from top-shelf pigments and natural gum arabic, the same building blocks as watercolor, but with a much higher percentage of solid pigment. The additional pigment load gives Holbein gouache both its opacity and its gorgeous matte finish.

This boxed set of 12 colors celebrates the look and feel of summer. Dark, saturated colors dominate the Irodori summer set, with deep brown earth, hot orange and red, fully-developed foliage greens, and a variety of tropical water tones. White and black—for bright highlights and deep shadow—are included here, too, since summer is the highest-contrast season.

Holbein Acrylic Gouache is an opaque and highly-pigmented paint which dries to a velvety-matte finish. In terms of handling and mixing, it behaves like traditional Gum Arabic gouache, but because it is made with an acrylic resin binder, it is water-resistant once dry. This facilitates layering, as fresh paint layers can be laid down without the risk of bleed-through from the lower layer. Acryla Gouache dries quickly and with minimal colour-shift; what you see wet is what you get once the paint has dried.

Holbein watercolours produce brilliant transparent washes as well as powerful clean darks when used in more concentrated applications. A European style transparent watercolour, Holbein watercolour also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolour techniques.

Gansai watercolors are traditional Japanese watercolors that are more opaque than Western transparent colors, making them simpler to use and a more direct medium for quick sketches.

Holbein Acrylic Gouache is an opaque and highly-pigmented paint which dries to a velvety-matte finish. In terms of handling and mixing, it behaves like traditional Gum Arabic gouache, but because it is made with an acrylic resin binder, it is water-resistant once dry. This facilitates layering, as fresh paint layers can be laid down without the risk of bleed-through from the lower layer. Acryla Gouache dries quickly and with minimal colour-shift; what you see wet is what you get once the paint has dried.

Holbein watercolours produce brilliant transparent washes as well as powerful clean darks when used in more concentrated applications. A European style transparent watercolour, Holbein watercolour also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolour techniques.

Holbein watercolours produce brilliant transparent washes as well as powerful clean darks when used in more concentrated applications. A European style transparent watercolour, Holbein watercolour also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolour techniques.

Gansai watercolors are traditional Japanese watercolors that are more opaque than Western transparent colors, making them simpler to use and a more direct medium for quick sketches.