Have you ever made paint on your own and did not mix the medium and coloring materials well? These are all phenomena caused by surface tension, and are often found in organic pigments such as Futarosian and rake pigments and effect pigments.
Here is the state when mixing Arabi rubber and Astrof lake 12/ royal blue #20 on the paper palette.
To prevent this from happening, when making water -based paint with a strong surface tension, it is necessary to add anhydrous ethanol while gradually adding water.
Of course, this method is not wrong, but there is a way to make it easier.
It has been released from Kusakabe Co., Ltd.Water -based pigment distribution agentBy adding, it is possible to reduce the surface tension of the water -soluble liquid and mix it with a coloring material that is easy to float in water.
Water -based pigment distribution agent
Here is the actual mix.
By dropping this liquid 1-2 drops, it was possible to easily mix the pigment. Of course, there is no major change in the color, so please use it with confidence.
However, this distributed agent has a strong effect with only a few drops. It is recommended when making paint making efficiently, but if you want to improve the familiarity of paper that is easy to repel, or to strengthen the coloring power to the base material, a slightly weaker variance is recommended. That is this Ox goal.
As the name suggests, it is made from cow (OX) bile (GALL). Cow bile contains a lot of surfactants, and this ingredient plays an important role in improving the bleeding of the paint.
It is a name that is hard to hear, but compared to our familiar ones, dishes and washing detergents contain a lot of surfactants.
This ingredient has three effects: the penetration effect of penetrating into the fibers, the emulsification effect that connects oil and water to become uniform, and the dispersion effect that blends a particle -shaped one throughout the liquid.
Not only is it effective for painting uneven surface without unevenness, but also improves paint on paper with strong (dosa). In that case, you can get the same effect by applying it to the paint, as well as applying a diluted Ox goal on the paper before drawing. The appropriate amount is 2 to 5 drops of this product for 250 ml of water. If you add more than an appropriate amount, the color may be worse or you may not be able to color well.
Let's take a look at the actual coating.
[Use material]
Basal material: For watercolor
Color material:ZECCHI transparent watercolor paint
In this way, such a change can be obtained by simply adding Ox goals with the same base material with the same paint.
The upper row is an art pad for Japanese paper watercolor painting, which often appears in this lab article content. Originally, it was suitable for watercolor coloring, so it was moderately familiar with water alone.
By mixing the Ox goal, the brightness was darker, and I was able to get a deep -bleed expression deep into the paper.
Next, the lower row was colored on a thin paper called a baron skin. It is glossy and smooth, with higher water resistance than mulberry paper. When the clothes were colored, there was little bleeding when no water was added, and a very strong stroke line was drawn.
Next, when the Ox goal was added, it was difficult to penetrate under the base material, spreading sideways, and became a light color.
In this way, this material can be controlled by mixing with paint.
In addition to these techniques, this material is very convenient if you want to color the water that is easy to play.
For example, it has been released by Sukisha Co., Ltd.Foil stamped paperIs coated on the foil, and paint with a lot of moisture such as transparent watercolors may be reputed.
I tried to color the gold and silver cuts of handmade gold silver paper.
[Use material]
Basal material: Foil stamping paper
Color material: ZECCHI transparent watercolor paint
However, as shown on the right side of this figure, adding Ox goals remains on the base material, and it is possible to color on a smooth screen.
One of the attractions is that the paint is hard to bleed on the base material, so that it can create a painted -like skin somewhere.
Of course, this technique can be applied even if you want to color the ink to the foil.
In addition, since it is possible to color the color titanium, it is possible to use basal materials that could not be challenged until now.
If you have experienced "I want to make paint using effect pigments, but I can't do it well." Please try this distributed agent and Ox goal.
Art Materials Expert at PIGMENT TOKYO
Akira Oya
Born in 1989 in Tokyo. Master of Fine Art and Design at Nihon University College of Art. While working at PIGMENT TOKYO as an Art Materials Expert, he also continues his career as a visual artist.
Born in 1989 in Tokyo. Master of Fine Art and Design at Nihon University College of Art. While working at PIGMENT TOKYO as an Art Materials Expert, he also continues his career as a visual artist.