Notebook

Notebook, 1993-
MATERIALS & METHODS - Painting - Oil Painting - Binders and Diluents - Thinners and Solvents
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.

Thinners and Solvents - Water

In gouache, tempera, aquarelle, and fresco, water is used as the thinner. If the ordinary local tap water contains too many foreign substances, such as mineral salts, the ingredients of some tempera emulsions may separate from each other or watercolors may curdle. In such cases distilled water, obtained from a druggist, should be substituted. [p. 38]

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

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