Sennelier Dry Pigments

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Sennelier Dry Pigments - Four Jars of different color Pigments shown
Sennelier Dry Pigments - Front of Primary Blue Jar
Sennelier Dry Pigments - Four Jars of different color Pigments shown
Sennelier Dry Pigments - Front of Primary Blue Jar
Sennelier Dry Pigments - Four Jars of different color Pigments shown
Sennelier Dry Pigments - Front of Primary Blue Jar
Sennelier Dry Pigments - Four Jars of different color Pigments shown

Offering maximum brilliance and color intensity, Schmincke Pigments offer artists an outstanding range of colors for creating your own oil, acrylic, gouache, lino print, or watercolor paints. These 100% pure, lightfast pigments are finely sieved and never extended or blended to guarantee of the grea...

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About Colormaking

Mixing Water-Based Colors

Watercolor, gouache, and tempera require the addition of a hydroscopic product such as glycerin, which slows their drying time and makes them more flexible. The natural binder, either an animal or vegetable base, requires a preservative agent in order to preserve the integrity of the paints.

Mixing Oil Colors

For all shades of oil colors, the preferred binder is refined safflower oil or linseed oil, except for whites and very pale blues, for which poppyseed oil is sometimes recommended. For grinding colors, use a glass muller on a sheet of glass or polished marble.

Be careful not to add too much oil when grinding, because the longer you grind the paint, the more fluid it becomes. Each pure pigment has a particular chemical nature and requires specific treatment.

 

Suggested Mixing Measurements (per 100 g of pigment)

Oil Colors

  • 30 g to 100 g oil
  • 2 g to 3 g Courtrai drier (Ivory Black requires 5 g to 8 g)
  • Add 1 g to 3 g purified beeswax to create extra body

 

Watercolors

  • 50 g to 100 g gum arabic in 35% solution
  • 10 g to 15 g glycerin
  • 1 g anti-fermenting preservative

 

Gouache

  • 25 g to 50 g gum arabic in 35% solution, or yellow dextrin
  • 8 g to 10  glycerin
  • 1 g anti-fermenting preservative

 

Egg Tempera

  • 25 g to 40 g gum arabic in 35% solution
  • 5 g to 10 g glycerin
  • 1 g egg yolk
  • 1 g anti-fermenting preservative

 

Acrylic

  • 50 g to 80 g acrylic binding medium
  • 1 g anti-fermenting preservative
  • 5 g to 20 g water if needed

 

Vinyl Colors

  • 40 g to 50 g Caparol binder
  • 5 g to 15 g water if needed
  • 1 g anti-fermenting preservative

 

Oil Pastels

  • 30 g to 40 g beeswax or mineral oil
  • 15 g to 25 g oil, Vaseline, or non-drying petroleum oil

 

Soft Pastels

  • 80 g to 90 g pure pigment
  • 2 g to 3 g gum tragacanth, glucose, gum arabic, or dextrin + water
  • 1 g anti-fermenting preservative

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