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1: Do you have a recipe for how to make your own water colors?
The recipe I am looking for is the one for fluid water colors, not
the one that makes small, dry "cakes". I know it is supposed to contain
gum arabicum and glycerine (being Swedish, I am not quite sure of
the correct English terms) but don't know in which proportions they
are to be mixed. I'd be very grateful for your help!
Short
Answer: There seem to be many watercolor recipes. I have
four possibilites for you here.
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2: I hear watercolor easily fades and therefore is not to be considered
a permanent medium like oils. Is this true?
Short
Answer: The idea that watercolor is not as permanent as oil
paint appears to be without solid foundation.
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3: Perdom me, no speak english. I am a woman of Guatemala,
Central America, paint in watercolor but now I receive information about
the Gvarro watercolor paper made in Spain. I hear it is not good for a
pigment permanenci? This is my question. Thanks.
Short
Answer: I'm not familiar with the watercolor paper you describe.
If you have not done so, you might consider asking your supplier for information
relative to the product's permanence or contacting the paper company direct.
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4: Do you, as a general rule, premix a variety of colors in gradual
hues in separate wells to achieve soft tonal variations or do you apply
a color at one side of a subject, then add water to make a gradated wash?
Short
Answer: Actually, I use both methods, as well as a few others!
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5: When I see a painting of an object that is painted with startling
realism (in watercolor) and the artist remarks that "such and such a dark
color" was achieved by laying glazes, how MANY layers (and are they of
the same hue, just repeated?
Short
Answer: One, but usually two or more layers are used to achieve
a glaze (wash).
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