What's the Best Paint For Chinese Painting? Review + Demo of Marie’s Chinese Painting Colour 🎨 | YTA

For Chinese painting you need a special kind of paint. In this video I introduce the paint that I use, Marie’s Chinese painting pigments, in addition to other options for materials.

I will go over the reasons why Marie’s pigments are the best to start Chinese painting.

I understand that many students see my videos and want to use watercolor paints that they already have. In this video I will explain when you can and cannot use watercolors for Chinese painting.


Products mentioned in this video:

Marie’s Chinese Painting Pigments (12, 18, 24, and 36 set)

Marie's Master/Traditional Chinese Painting Pigments
Important: The English title and description for this product on Amazon says “watercolor” but it’s not. Remember how in the video I say to trust what the Chinese characters say!

Other Materials Used:

Raw Rice Paper

Chinese Painting/Calligraphy Mat

Flower-shaped Porcelain Painting Palette

Combination Brush

Wolf Hair Brush

Chinese calligraphy paper（yellow)


If you want to learn more about how to mix colors, check out my class on How to Use Chinese Painting Pigments and Ink:    • How to Use Chinese Painting Pigments and I...  

If you want to learn more about Chinese painting techniques, check out my Basic Strokes of Chinese Painting Playlist:    • Chinese Brush Painting Basic Strokes Part ...  

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If you have other questions about materials or the information in this video, please leave a comment below.


Music credit：Spring Flowers by Keys of Moon |   / keysofmoon  
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