Tag: making paints
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Making Media for Handmade Watercolors
The binder is what makes pigment stick to the paper. Watercolor binder is made from water-soluble tree gums. This particular listing uses gum Arabic, which is harvested from one of two types of acacia trees that grow in Africa. It can also be made using the gums from peach, cherry, and plum trees. I haven’t…