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| Purciful's Magical Pigment Grinding Vehicle/Binder to Make Watercolor Paint Painting: "Midsummer Moth" by Lynn Whitlark Pigment Grinding Vehicle/Binder is designed specifically for use by artists who grind their own pigments into a workable "paste" -- not unlike the paint sold in tubes by the "big guys" -- manufacturers of watercolor paints. Why go to this kind of trouble to make your own paints? Several reasons -- 1. You can gather your own earth pigments, grind them to whatever grain/particle size you need for a specific project, and make your own, unique paints. 2. With the daily invention and discovery of new pigments, and with most of the traditional manufacturers only introducing new paints once every year or even every 5 years -- grinding your own paints lets you take advantage of the newest pigments available. -- again, producing an absolutely unique palette of paints. 3. Many of the traditional manufacturers of watercolor paints have great storehouses of colors now known to be fugitive or to be health hazards -- and even where there are modern and newly invented pigments which are completely lightfast and non-toxic, some of the old paints are still being sold to artists who either don't know the difference, or who are convinced that "no other color will do." 4. Many of the big-guy manufacturers still produce watercolor paints restricted to the idea of "transparant watercolors" -- while so many of the new pigments broaden the artist's choices to include semi-transparant and opaque paints. 5. The variety of light-fast, chemically stable, and non-hazardous pigments available has climed into the 400+ range -- while most watercolor manufacturers have limited themselves to scant dozens -- and many of those are not single-pigment colors, but rather propriatary mixes/blends aimed at a specific color, rather than at specific pigment characteristics and behaviors. 6. Almost all the old-school paint manufacturers produce their watercolors as the "step-children" of "real" paint -- that is, oils and more recently, acrylics. Their paints are sold by color name -- and often by proprietary names like "Company X Red", or "Permanant Green" --names which tell you absolutely nothing about what pigments are used to produce the paint. As a result, there is no way to even guess the characteristics of their paints without first buying them -- an expensive way to learn something that should be obvious. There are even paint companies who fail to include pigment information on their literature and paint tubes/packaging. In our opinion, selling ignorance is not the way to do business. So -- at the very least, buy your manufactured paints from an information-age manufacturer who isn't obcessed with keeping his propriatary blends a secret at the expense of the customer-artist knowing what paints they are actually buying. 7. COST. In many cases, you can buy an entire pound of an earth color or common organic or inorganic pigment for the same cost as one (1 !!!!) 15ml tube of art-store paint! Even the most expensive pigments can be ground into paint for about 1/2 the price of art-store paints. Making your own paint will bring an entirely new understanding and appreciation for the raw source materials and modern pigments which are available to the water-media artist of the 21st Century. Watercolors, unlike any other artistic medium, allow the artist to use not only the color characterists, but ALL the characteristics of pigment to create -- including relative particle size, weight, transparancy/opacity, tinting strenght, staining/dying ability, granulation, and oxidation properties. To populate a palette with paints based only on color is to buy into that old "step-child" philosophy that watercolorists are little more than "Sunday Afternoon Hobbiests." The days of painting with a "limited palette" filled with fugitive paints guaranteed to fade if taken into the light of day (or a gallery or museum) are gone -- given way to the 21st Century Palette. Available in 4oz and 12oz jars. Purciful's Magical Pigment Grinding Vehicle/Binder - 8oz in Dropper Bottle What Supplies Will I Need to Begin Making My Own Paints? | |
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| Purciful's Magical V-6 Fast Medium for Wet-in-Wet Watercolors Formulated specifically for working wet-into-wet watercolor, this medium encourages the dispersion of color across a wet field. V6 Wet in Wet is a very "FAST" medium. Paint will spread quickly and dry quickly. If using this medium with manufactured paints on a regular flat mixing palette, it is best used as an extra "dip" for your brush as you mix your colors. If using with hand-mixed paints and/or in a cup-style palette, use 1:1 with water until the desired paint dilution is achieved. (note -- this medium will also add to the flexibility and re-mix integrity of hand mixed paints which are allowed to dry between uses.) Available in 4oz travel-size dropper bottle, 8 oz studio size dropper bottle, and 16oz refill. Purciful's Magical V6 Fast Medium for Watercolor 8oz Dropper Bottle Purciful's Magical V6 Fast Medium for Watercolor, Travel 4oz Dropper Bottle Purciful's Magical V6 Fast Medium for Watercolor Paint, 16oz Refill Bottle | |
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| Purciful's Magical Surface Formula Spray for Watercolor Painting: "After the Fire" by Lynn Whitlark 12" x 16" Surface Formula for Watercolor is formulated to be sprayed on the dry surface of a finished watercolor. The result will be an added layer of transparant gum arabic based seal, with additional flexibility, protection from air/polutants, and a very slight additional sheen to the surface. An added natural preservative has also been included in this blend to help preserve the paper and paint from moths and other insects to which "naked" watercolors are vulnerable. Surface Formula should be: 1. misted on very lightly, then 2. dried with a blow drier for 60 seconds, then 3. repeat 1 & 2, then 3. allowed to air dry/cure for a least 5 days before framing or storing behind another surface. Available in 4oz spray bottle, and 8oz refill. Non toxic. Purciful's Magical Finishing Spray for Watercolor 4oz Atomizer Bottle Purciful's Magical Finishing Spray for Watercolor 8oz Refill Bottle | |
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| Interested in Learning to Make Your Own Fresh Pigment Watercolor Paints? Painting: "Burning Memory" by Lynn Whitlark 12" x 16" If you are interested in learning to make your own Fresh Pigment Watercolor and Water Media paint, and you are near the West Texas area or planning to be in the Lubbock Texas area, let us know and we can schedule private or group classes in paintmaking and color theaory using pigments from the 21st Century pallette. If you or a club or group of artists are intested in conducting a weekend or week-long seminar in your area, this can also be arranged. In either case, give us a call at the Purciful's Magical Toys store number: 806 239 2927 or send us an email at purcifuls@yahoo.com and let us know what you are interested in and we can give you costs for 1, 2, 3, and 5 day seminars/classes, materials, and schedule possibilities. Lynn Whitlark | |
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