Yasutomo / Niji Artist Watercolors Essential Set, Set of 12 Colors

Niji Artist Watercolors are a high quality transparent color assortment carefully selected for ultimate color mixing capabilities and unlimited, brilliant color combinations.  Perfect for creating landscapes, florals, still life, abstracts, portraits and urban scenes; great for plein air painting. 12 half pan colors are individually wrapped and come in a sturdy, reusable, travel ready metal tin A metal ring on the bottom of each tin serves as a convenient thumb holder for painting on-the-go. 4 1/2″, 6 7/8″ and 9 5/8″square Produced by Yasutomo ------ Yasutomo & Co. was established in 1954 by Ben Yasutomo in San Francisco with the goal to bring stationery and artist materials from Japan to the U.S. and to distribute American candy and snack food products to Japan. As time went on, the demand for artist materials such as Rice Paper, Japanese sumi-e items, and craft products like origami paper began to increase.  Japanese manufacturers started producing Western art materials, such as pens and markers, to distribute in Japan as well as internationally. In the 1960s, Yasutomo introduced the Pentel Sign Pen to the American market. The world’s first fiber-tipped pen was well received and was even used by then President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House.