Watercolor Wednesday
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Adding Gum Arabic to a watercolor wash will have the following effects:
it will slow the drying time of your paint, giving you slightly longer to work on creating your image or working wet into wet
it increases transparency and gloss to give greater brilliance of color, giving you luminous colors
it reduces the staining of pigments, making washes easier to lift
How is it used?
Gum Arabic is usually mixed into the watercolor wash but can be added to the jar of water if you prefer to use it throughout the painting.
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