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COLOR & WATER COLOR : : What is it? Aquarelle – or watercolor painting, is the most delicate of the painting arts, allowing the characteristic lightness and translucency to show. White paper, translucent color – dissolved from water, is the “elixir of life”. These colors are produced with very fine pigments and natural rubber gum arabic (used as binder). Due to the creamy consistence of these colors, smooth shades can be realized.  Gouache (from the Italian guazzo – puddle) is the art of painting with a kind of watercolor to which a white pigment (like chalk) is added to get a mixture like rubber gum arabic. Because of this procedure the colors get brighter and have more covering power as aquarelle colors. When getting dry, these colors get a lot lighter and sometimes it is difficult to get the exact color shade that was planned. Tempera: colors whose pigments are bonded with a mixture of water, oil and glue. |
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