Fine Vintage Japanese Watercolor/ Ink Pigment Sticks Set folk art bull meaning a twelve sided polygon

meaning a twelve sided polygon

Gold and matte gray paint and in very good shape

but revealing the hand of its maker through small imperfections here and there

F Fancher done as part of illustration class c

Fine Vintage Japanese Watercolor/ Ink Pigment Sticks Set folk art bull meaning a twelve sided polygonYum! These make me happy just to look at, so pretty. When I found them, I thought they were pastels or wax crayons, but they are in fact pure pigment watercolor sticks, which one can directly apply a wet brush to, or break into pieces to use in a pan. In Japan these are used for watercolor painting, sumi e painting, etc. Very long lasting (from what I understand, each stick is equivalent to 3 4 watercolor pans), and from what I've found online, sets