Review: gold colours ('Starry colours') by Kuretake

[mekare]

So, I saw this colour set in the December box of scrawlrbox and instead of ordering the whole box I just ordered these on a different site. I haven't tried them out yet on white paper, where I imagine the effect will be somewhat different. I like that there are different types of golden hues and a pearly white one which looks silver on paper. To be honest the difference between 904 and 905 isn't very noticeable, but the darker gold shades definitely show up different to the lighter ones.



In practice I tried free doodling with a brush (started with the moon top left), then some lighter water-heavy washes and finally some precise detailwork (right corner). It went all really well and I am very glad I ordered this. What's really cool is that once dry, you can use some water and lift part of the colour off the paper again to create soft edges (look to the left of the pattern with the triangles, there's an example.)

Comments

[mekare]

I just can't resist the shiny! :-) Yes and a little shading is now possible.

[lynndyre]

The shiny is very compelling! If you try them with other watercolours, I'd love to know how they turn out- whether they blend and add glitter or work as gold accents.

[mekare]

Noted! I'll definitely try that.

[mekare]

If you look at my most recent art post you can now see an example. They do blend with other colours and make metallic versions of the original colour. Pretty cool.