Payne’s Gray is lighter, and cooler, which means it tends more towards the blue side of the spectrum, while Ivory Black is darker, and warmer, which means it tends towards the red. This 24-color set of half-pans has a nice range of primaries, warm, cool, and earth tones. If you still have separation, see about getting a replacement.
Try squeezing some out (warning: paint will pop out as soon as you remove the cap). If this occurs, put the cap back on and gently massage up and down the tube two or three times. You know that separation has occurred if you get a transparent, brownish glue-like substance that comes out of the tube.
The binder turns the paint into a spreadable mediums, helps it adhere to the paper, and keeps it from cracking. You need a separate palette with any brand of tube colors. That might be my problem, though.Īquafine: Yep. If you’re me, it gets in your hair, on your face, and has the cat always been green?Īquafine: I’m a klutz and I got the paint all over. Fresh paint gets on fingers and clothing. Problem: Once paint has dried on the palette, it won’t rewet well, causing most of the problems mentioned above.Īquafine: Even after the paint dried completely on the palette, it rewet easily, dissolved in water, spread and mixed well, and the colors were intense. I massaged the tube gently, and that solved the problem. Problem: The pigment and binder *separate.Īquafine: The Chinese white was separated when I opened the tube. Problem: The paint won’t dissolve into a liquid when mixed with water.Īquafine: The paint dissolves into liquid when you add enough water. Problem: The paint is stiff and won’t spread or mix with other colors. Problem: Colors are pale no matter how much paint you use.Īquafine : The colors are intense whether you use lots of water or a little bit of water. How did the Aquafine tube paint perform? Let me put it in terms of the common problems that can occur with tube paints, especially student grade. Watercolor squeezed fresh from the tube will allow for the widest range of techniques. There is nothing quite like freshly squeezed paint from a tube for getting those really juicy, dripping colors, and for creating smooth, even washes.
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