Day 01: #30x30DirectWatercolor: Trying something new :)
June 1, 2023
Hey everyone! So once again, our watercolor marathon begins for 2023!
This year I’m taking the opportunity to try something I’ve been curious about for a long time; hand-mixing my own watercolors from ‘scratch’. (It’s really not). I simply purchased dry pigments and gum-arabic binder from Kama Pigments here in Montreal, and I’m trying out this recipe:
Watercolor Binder:
- 2 parts Gum Arabic (30ml)
- 4 parts Water (120ml)
Humectant (re-wetting agent):
- 1 part Glycerin (15ml)
- Add a dash of Oil of Cloves as a preservative.
And here is an excellent (as always) article on the manufacture of watercolor up on Handprint.com.
How Watercolor Paints are Made
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Este desafio es sólo para tí. ? o para tus seguidores .Me encantó el video, solo que tengo solo algunos de los elementos que propones? seguro me perdí algo,pero me gustó que sea el dia 1 y que sea 30×30 y bueno no soy una skechers, pero espero serlo pronto
You can also make your own gouache, and you can buy empty tubes and fill them with your own paints!