Paints

By: Sophia Samuel

PaintsPaints are composed of three materials: Pigment Binder Solvent

Paints Pigment: natural or synthetic colored materials finely ground into power clay, gemstones, minerals, plants and insects.

www.webexhibitts.org/pigments/

PaintsBinder: holds the pigment together and adheres the paint to a surface, egg yolks, linseed oil and wax.

www.webexhibitts.org/binder/

PaintsSolvent: can be added to thin or thicken paint, slow or speed up its drying time with oil or water.

www.webexhibitts.org/solvent/

PaintsPainting can be applied with a variety of tools, brushes, fingers, painting knives and sticks.

www.webexhibitts.org/pigments/

PaintsTypes of paint:

Tempera

Oil

Watercolor

Gouache

Acrylic

Encaustic

Casein

www.webexhibitts.org/pigments/

PaintsTempera paintings, water based, egg binder used prior for 1400s. Colors cannot be mixed narrow range fast-drying.

www.artlex.com/artlex/temperahtml./

PaintsOil paintings, easily mixed, more permanent, used after 1400s, slow drying, can be used in thin layers called glazes or in thick lumps to make an impasto surface.

www.artlex.com/artlex/oil/html./

PaintsWatercolor paintings, most common water based paint that are transparent .

www.artlex.com/artlex/watercolor/html./

PaintsGouache paintings, provides watercolor a new way to opaquely or transparently capture a subject.

http://www.life123.com/hobbies/drawing-painting-clay/sketching/gouache.shtml

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Acrylic paintings are made from the polyethylene-based plastic, that dries on permanent, long lasting state.

http://www.acrylicpaint.info/what-are-acrylic-paint/

PaintsEncaustic paintings, are a wax based paint (composed of beeswax, resin and pigment), that are kept molten on a heated palette. It are applied to a porous surface and then reheated in order to fuse the paint. The word ‘encaustic’ has no connection to the word caustic: it comes from the Greek word enkaiein, meaning to burn in, referring to the process of fusing the paint.

http://www.rfpaints.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=224&Itemid=281

PaintsCasein painting, on furniture, are a milk-based paint that are water soluble. It can often be found on painted antique furniture.

http://www.bethkrommes.com/painting/what-are-casein-paint

PaintsWhat are paints composed of?

1) Pigment

2) Binder

3) Solvent

What is an example of a pigment?

A) Power

What is an example of a binder ?

A) Egg

What is an example of a solvent?

A) Oil