Properties
- Colourless lightfast and age resistant
- remains water-resoluble upon drying
- easily mixed with dry pigments to make colour
Applications
As a binder to make perfect watercolour paints (resoluble film) by mixing it with dry pigments or watersoluble colour pastes.
* See Kremer Pigments and colour pastes*
Easy to use, they can be progressively thinned with water into flawless fluid washes. Paint films remain.flexible in restoration work, this medium is used as a retouching medium, i.e. for paintings in layers as a medium for Lascaux Aquacryl watercolour or Lascaux Gouacheadded to diluted water, Water Resoluble Medium will increase binder content and consistency.
The sheen of the paint will change from a matt one to a silkier onecan also be used as the first layer on a support to reduce absorbency, thus facilitating subsequent colour washes
Directions
To make small quantities of handmade paint, work dry Kremer pigments or paste directly into Water Resoluble Medium with a palette knife or bristle brush. Pigment is absorbed into the binder readily, forming a smooth paste.Wetting properties are improved by working the pigment into a stiff paste with Medium diluted in a proportion of 1 to 9 with water and then adding further amount of pure Medium as necessary.
For larger quantities, the use of a whisk or mixer is advisable.Used as a binder, more Medium produces a water- colour, less Medium produces colours with a matt and opaque appearance similar to that of tempera or Gouache.Start with a 1:1 ratio and vary the ratio of Medium to pigment according to requirements (bearing in mind that light pigments need more binder than heavy ones).
