In commercially made watercolor paints, the binder is either natural gum arabic or synthetic glycol. This is what holds the pigment in suspension.

ow do you make a watercolor binder? Instructions Mix together - 1 cup hot distilled water, ½ cup gum Arabic powder, 1/5 cup honey and/or glycerin (I mixed equal parts of box), two drops clove essential oil, two drops ox gall (optional) In a separate bowl, mix 1 Tbsp. honey with 9 Tbsp. ... Mix watercolor base with pigment starting at a 1:1 ratio.

What is the best binder for watercolor paint? Gum arabic Gum arabic is the binder used in traditional watercolors and gouache. It really is a perfect binder for watercolor because it easily dissolves in water.

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Don’t watch if ur gonna hate 😐

@@shatonion6397 not hating, just saying this is why the colors are heavily diluted and not as bright and vibrant as they could be. It’s not a very good how-to video if you’re trying to show someone how to do something if you really don’t know what you’re doing yourself. It just leads to more people doing it wrong learning from other people’s bad mistakes.

How can it be both? 😂

@@TheWholeEntireCake the ones that look super transparent, have too much medium. The ones that are super thick, don’t have enough watercolor medium. That’s how it can be both. This is all fine if this is the look you’re going for, but I don’t feel like this is the case because it just looks like they’re crushing up the powder, adding medium, mixing and calling it good enough just because it’s mixed. If left to cure, the super wet consistency will take much longer before it’s ready to use because it’s just mostly liquid. Doing it this way doesn’t make more paint, only less vivid colors. The whole point in having watercolors to look transparent is by adding more water to the paint, not more medium. You WANT your colors more concentrated because that is what makes for a good quality paint, but you don’t want it so thick that it looks like oil paint…or like smooshed up lipstick consistency. To get the best sample that is the closest to what you’d be using it on the paper, you should allow your paints to cure, or dry and then add water to the pallet/pan and go from there. If you’re using it from the sample straight off the marver, it’s not going to be the same consistency as if you’d be adding water to it from a dry state because it’s wet down with medium instead.

@@TheWholeEntireCake it to answer your question, this process was done several times in different consistencies, that’s why the ‘both’ applies here because they’re not doing it the same way each time. Different pigments ARE more concentrated than others and may require a bit more/less medium, but it’s takes some practice to get it right for each color you’re making as is. Even having said that, there are still WAY off for what could be made into more professional looking watercolors.