Notebook

Notebook, 1993-

MATERIALS & METHODS - Painting - Oil Painting - Binders and Diluents - Water-thinned Adhesives - Glues

Characteristics - Painting Methods & Techniques - Materials and Equipment - Work Space & Storage - Manufacture of Pigments - Protection of the Picture

From: Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.

Glues - Dextrin Glue


Dextrin is made by processing wheat starch. It is available as a white powder and is dissolved in hot water to make a syrup. It is commonly used as an adhesive or as a paint binder. Colors labeled as poster paints or designers' paints often are ground in dextrin. [pp. 37]

[Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.]















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