Mediums are additives which alter or enhance the characteristics of colour. They are used to change the rate of drying, increase gloss, improve flow, provide texture, etc. Artists' colours are basic ingredients for painters. However, Winsor & Newton's range of oils, mediums, varnishes, solvents and primers are additional ingredients which enable endless artistic combinations to be made. Every artist has the opportunity to create something different due to the breadth and scale of the materials available from Winsor & Newton.

Gum Arabic is a natural resin from acacia plants. Adding Gum Arabic to your water colour has two effects : it slows down the drying time of the paint, giving you a slightly longer time to work on creating your image. Gum Arabic can also be used working wet into wet, increasing the gloss. Gum Arabic washes will have greater depth and appear more luminous than colour washes alone.

Gum Arabic is usually mixed into the water colour wash, but it can be added to the jar of water if you prefer to use it throughout the painting process. Gum Arabic should not be used directly from the bottle because thick films will be brittle. Please

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