{"id":1082,"date":"2015-04-30T19:44:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T11:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2015-06-11T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T09:46:16","slug":"shin-han-professional-korean-watercolours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/shin-han-professional-korean-watercolours\/","title":{"rendered":"Watercolor Review: Shin Han Professional Korean Watercolours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a kid I actually learned to paint with tube watercolors, not with pans. When I was 7, my dad worked as a professor in Kyoto for a year and since then, his Japanese colleague would send\u00a0my brother and me Sakura cray-pas and tube watercolor sets\u00a0almost\u00a0every school\u00a0year until I was in high school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"4\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/3yG1QWNruC\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_top\">#tbt &#8211; My beloved watercolor set from the 80s on top of my grade school drawing board. These guys survived years of termite infestations and government turnovers. ???? I think the paints can still be reactivated with water but &#39;d rather just keep them in storage for now. ? #showyourwatercolor #sakura<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A photo posted by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre (@arncyn) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-06-11T08:55:25+00:00\">Jun 11, 2015 at 1:55am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Later on\u00a0I got acquainted with Prang and so I grew to love the convenience of not having to open tubes\u00a0while painting.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t worked with tubed\u00a0watercolor for years but a few weeks ago I stumbled upon\u00a0local online art store\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/artwhale.com.ph\" target=\"_blank\">Art Whale <\/a>while Instagram-hopping. They carry\u00a0beautiful paints\u00a0like Korea-based\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/artwhale.ph\/shop\/nicker\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicker fine art gouache<\/a>\u00a0(a.k.a. the brand that\u00a0Ghibli Animation Studio uses), Japan-based\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/artwhale.ph\/shop\/turner-colour-works\/\" target=\"_blank\">Turner Colour Works Acryl Gouache<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/artwhale.ph\/shop\/peerless-watercolor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peerless Watercolors<\/a> (a vintage American brand known for bright\u00a0colors in sheet form), and <a href=\"http:\/\/artwhale.ph\/shop\/shin-han-art\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shin Han Art Korean Watercolours<\/a>. I was attracted to the latter the most so I immediately ordered\u00a0seven\u00a0tubes with some of my Art Mart earnings. \ud83d\ude09 \u00a0I resisted from getting the <a href=\"http:\/\/artwhale.ph\/product\/shin-han-professional-korean-watercolour-12-tube-set\/\" target=\"_blank\">set of 12 <\/a>because I never\u00a0use black\u00a0and\u00a0white anyway so I had to think hard about which ones I&#8217;ll get the most use out of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TIP:<\/strong>\u00a0If you&#8217;re planning on working with a limited palette too, consider getting\u00a0primary and secondary colors since you can\u00a0mix them to come up with\u00a0other colors\u00a0you&#8217;ll need. However, if you need a good starter set, I recommend getting the box of 12 or 24.\u00a0You&#8217;ll get a lot for your money&#8217;s worth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1083\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-2.jpg\" alt=\"shin han art professional korean watercolors \" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-2-113x113.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-2-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After placing my order, the\u00a0tubes were delivered to my doorstep the very next\u00a0morning\u00a0by\u00a0ArtWhale&#8217;s fabulous Kuki herself! How&#8217;s that for service? \ud83d\ude42 She even gave me a very useful tip from her own experience &#8212; the binder of Korean colors is made from natural glue (the East&#8217;s equivalent of gum arabic)\u00a0so\u00a0don&#8217;t seal\u00a0the tubes&#8217; caps on too tightly because they will be difficult to reopen. Just close them\u00a0tight enough so that they won&#8217;t spill.<\/p>\n<p>Right after I got the colors I quickly made the painting above. Coming from\u00a0working with pan colors, my first impression of Shin Han was that the colors were very intense which shocked me at first. I haven&#8217;t tried but I think they can be 100% opaque when applied thickly&#8230; I&#8217;ll get back to you on that.<\/p>\n<p>So\u00a0I\u00a0made a mental note to squirt just a bit of paint into the palette which I proceeded to dilute with lots of water to get the consistency I needed. As you can see in the painting above and below,\u00a0bright color +\u00a0transparent\u00a0effects\u00a0can be achieved with just a teeny bit of paint. Very economical. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1084\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-1.jpg\" alt=\"shin han art watercolor review\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-1-113x113.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shin-han-art-watercolors-review-1-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made this\u00a0illustration\u00a0(a portrait of Aoi Miyazaki) because I still had a lot of\u00a0leftover Shin Han paint on my palette&#8230;\u00a0and\u00a0for portrait-painting practice. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Same reason for this next one below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/10vV3oNrkF\/\" target=\"_top\">A photo posted by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre (@arncyn)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-04-23T16:25:06+00:00\">Apr 23, 2015 at 9:25am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Most of the\u00a0pigments in these\u00a0paints are lightfast as well \u00a0&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shinhanart.co.kr\/eng\/_script\/resource_view.php?kind=ecatalog&amp;num=21&amp;target=0136485001422497054.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the PDF guide in the Korean Shin Han site <\/a>has lightfastness ratings beside the colors if you need help deciding\u00a0which ones to choose. They also blend beautifully so employing\u00a0the wet-on-wet technique is a joy with these paints.\u00a0I posted a video on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arncyn\" target=\"_blank\">my Instagram<\/a> where I&#8217;m using Shin Han\u00a0so\u00a0you can check\u00a0it out to\u00a0see it\u00a0in action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a kid I actually learned to paint with tube watercolors, not with pans. When I was 7, my dad worked as a professor in Kyoto for a year and since then, his Japanese colleague would send\u00a0my brother and me Sakura cray-pas and tube watercolor sets\u00a0almost\u00a0every school\u00a0year until I was in high school.\u00a0 #tbt &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[20,58,33,65],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-and-design","tag-art","tag-craft-materials","tag-watercolor","tag-watercolors"],"views":10579,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1112,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions\/1112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bauzon.ph\/cynthia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}