Notebook

Notebook, 1993-

MATERIALS & METHODS - Painting - Oil Painting - Binders and Diluents - Varnishes - Synthetic Resins

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.

Varnishes - Synthetic Resins
During the last thirty years, resins developed in a laboratory have replaced natural resins in many industrial processes. Some of the common groups of these organic compounds are the acrylic resins, the alkyd resins, the styrene resins, and the vinyl resins. Artists have experimented with many of these products, and some seem to be promising substitutes for certain traditional materials. [p. 50]

Artists are usually poorly equipped to test and compare the color stability, retention of adhesive quality, and flexibility of these numerous new products. They must rely on the claims and reports of the manufacturer or on another enthusiastic artist. Since most of these materials are developed with a particular industrial specification in mind, they may not be completely applicable to the problems of the studio. They should be carefully and thoroughly tested before they are too enthusiastically endorsed. [pp. 50-51]



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





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