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Watercolors White Nights are created for professional artists. They are made from high-quality fine-grained pigments and a natural gum arabic as a binder. The highest concentration of pigment in the composition ensures the maximum intensity of the color tone, it is easy to activate the color with one stroke of a brush. Saturation is maintained even when diluted with large amounts of water.
Granulation (G) is the pronounced appearance of pigment particles on paper, creating a non-uniform texture in the paint layer in the form of visually noticeable small spots or flakes. Granulation is explained by the tendency of particles of some pigments to coagulate: on the wet surface of the sheet, particles of some pigments, moving in water layer, gravitate to each other, forming visible clusters. In watercolor painting, this feature is expressed in the tendency of the pigment to granulate or in other words, form a noticeable paint sediment. Ultramarines, cobalt's and cadmium pigments, earths, black and Brown Mars, chromium oxide have an initial tendency to granulation. The most obvious granulation shows itself in priming when paper with coarse texture and earthy water are used.
The effect of granulation, as well as the effect of stratification and overflow of pigments, is most visible when working in a wet sheet, with a thick soft brush, when the pigments can move freely in water. The effect of stratification and granulation does not fully appear immediately, but after drying of the paper, when the movement of pigments stops completely. When mixed in water, the granulating pigment particles gravitate to each other and fall down to the surface of the paper first, forming a basic texture, and the other pigment particles continue to move and stop only with evaporation of the aqueous medium, forming the final form of work.
Deep and complex shades of granulating paints can be obtained by selecting colors that have the necessary characteristics independently, and ready-made compound paints of a special series can be used.
The paints of the new series mesmerize by the movement of pigments in the water. They show their extraordinary character in wet work most interestingly, when a large amount of water on a sheet allows paint to move freely.
With a large amount of water in the brush, you can also see color transitions and granulations after the painting dries. The effects of pigment delamination in painting appear sometime after the paint strokes of this series are applied, and they are best seen when the work is dry.
Lightfastness is a property of paint that characterizes resistance to fading or change in hue when exposed to light. The lightfastness characteristics of the finished paints are inherited from this pigment index. The lightfastness class is assigned in accordance with the standard, which defines 3 main groups:
*** - High lightfastness
** - Medium lightfastness
* - Low lightfastness
The preservation of color in watercolor painting is also strongly influenced by the quality and characteristics of the paper and auxiliaries used in the work.
Covering is the property of paint to create the density of a painting layer, completely overlapping the previous layer. In watercolor, transparent and semi-transparent paints are especially appreciated, allowing you to make the painting light-bearing, not muting the glow of paper. The most covering pigments are titanium white, chromium oxide, cadmium pigments. Watercolor paints are divided into 3 groups according to the degree of covering properties:
Оpaque
Transparent
Semi-transparent
Paints can be used in a variety of creative directions. They have noble complex shades of color and will enrich classical painting with the original effects of granulation and pigment delamination, they will inspire experiments in decorative and applied creativity, and they will also help to create abstract compositions with unusual technical solutions. In working with these colors, the artist can most vividly feel co-authorship with the elements of water and watercolors.
It is possible to recommend the use of paints in art therapy as a way of meditation-observation of the process of "magical" movement of paint in water (wet work, calligraphic painting techniques). This will allow you not only to immerse yourself in the study of watercolours. Observing the movement of pigments in the water will help to relieve stress. Performing images with different coloristic sounds will develop a fantasy, an emotional reaction to images of color and deliquescent watercolor strokes.
It is recommended to apply the strokes in one go (alla prima) to preserve the natural movement of pigments in water. Paints can be used in complex mixes and can produce beautiful shades when mixed with other paints (especially when the latter are pure in color and they are close to spectral shades).
Paints can be used as ready- to-use color, in the pure state.
Paints can give interesting results when working with glazing. When the first layer of light tone is applied, optical colour mixing will occur when the ink of this series is applied. It is important to take this effect into account and for paint of the series you should choose suitable shades of the paint for glazing. The best way to preserve all the effects of pigment movements in water is to apply paints of this series for the top layer.
The character of effects of the paints will mainly depend on the type of the paper. The most interesting effects can be observed on the medium and rough textured paper. (Grain Fin, Torchon).
The more water in brush or paper there is, the more vivid the effect of granulation is.
You can work on horizontal or inclined (close to vertical) surface. Adjusting the tilt of the sketching pad allows you to stabilize or activate the movement of water with paint under the influence of gravity.
Paper soaking with a large amount of water sharpens the nature of all the flow mottles and spreading in painting, water accumulates in the waves of reformatted paper and, when dried, begins to create specific effects towards drier areas of painting, while some pigments "slide" from hills to depths. It also gives interesting but sometimes uncontrollable effects. If your goal is to get an even movement of paint spreading, then it is recommended to prepare the paper for work by wetting it and placing it on a smooth waterproof pad (raw paper technology). Then the working surface will be flat, and the movement of paint in water is controlled.
