Watercolor pencils are a fantastic and unique medium giving the artist both a drawing and painting medium all in one. They draw much like colored pencils yet behave like watercolor paint when water is added. This is because the binder used in watercolor pencils is water soluble unlike the waxy...
Gum arabic is used as a binder in watercolor paint but you can also buy it separately as a medium. As a watercolor medium it is used to increase color brilliancy, gloss and transparency. Artists also find that the addition of a little gum arabic medium to watercolor paint actually makes it...
Watercolor paint consists of four principal ingredients:a pigment; gum arabic as a binder to hold the pigment in suspension; additives like glycerin, ox gall, honey, and preservatives to alter the viscosity, hiding, durability or color of the pigment and vehicle mixture; and evaporating water, a...
All pigments used in painting are the same, whether the artwork is created in oil, acrylic, watercolor or pastel. All artist quality paint begins with a dry pigment. To the dry, powdery pigment is added a binder along with the oil, acrylic or water, and a “paint” is created. ...
I'll be using the same thing I have used for the previous 36 years in 2022. (Year 37) The Franklin Covey planner system. I started using it January 1986. I use their "Classic" size which is approximately A5/half letter. I use a leather zipper binder with 1.5 ...