Water-Soluble Paints
WTERCOLOR is the most popular
of all water-based paint media.
The watercolor’s name is based on
its solvent which is water. The
binder for water color is gum
Arabic. Lately , however, gum
Senegal has replaced gum Arabic
because the latter’s limited supply
There are two approaches to
transparent watercolor painting:
• Wet-on-Dry – This technique involves
the limited use of water. The support is
dry and the watercolor is applied
usually through the use of the brush
• Wet-on-Wet – This techniques
involves keeping the support and the
pigment mixture in wet conditions.
GOUACHE- is another water-soluble paint
which is a mixture of transparent
watercolor with water soluble white
pigment. The usual choice for this is
Chinese white. The whites give the paint
on an opaque body and covering power.
Tinted paper support are usually use for
gouache.
This may include cardboards, wood, board
panels or cloth. Gouache is also known as
the French Method. Good grades of
gouaches is a mixture of watercolor and
zinc white mixes.
TEMPERA it is neither transparent n
or opaque. Its effect depends upon
the layers of semi-opaque colors.
The manipulation of egg tempera
painting is a line technique. Tempera
cannot be blended like oil or washed
like watercolor because it is instantly
absorbed by the gesso on the
support.
Acrylic Paints- The medium
is a fast-drying paints
containing pigment
suspended in acrylic
polymer emulsion. Acrylic
paints are water-soluble and
becomes water resistant
when dry.
Kinds of Acrylic
•
Professional Acrylicthis type of acrylic paint resist
chemical reactions from
exposure to water, ultraviolet
light and oxygen.
Student Acrylic- This has lower
pigment concentration and smaller
range of colors. The color brightness is
also not intense.
Scholar Acrylic- The pigment
content is less expensive and
includes dyes in the formulation.