Pigments and binders
Read the handout and then complete the text
- Read the handout about pigments and binders to be found at http://www.nyss.org/media/uploads/workshop_pdf/Workshop_3_Pigments_and_Binders.pdf.
- Then complete the short text below using words from the handout.
Oil paints are made mixing powder pigments with a . The pigments and the binder are together using a sanded on a grinding slab. The binder of choice tends to be oil. Its advantages are many: unlike walnut oil, it does not over time. In addition, it is more flexible than poppy oil, which tends to dry to a film that easily crackles. Stand oil cannot be used as a binder to make oil paint, but it can be added to the paint as a to obtain an enamel-like finish. Do not use it if you prefer a more matte .
Watch the video: Pigments or binders?
Watch this short excerpt from Peter Webber's film The Girl with the Pearl Earring (2003), accessible at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teqLDrFPg68 (from 51:47 to 54:37).
As you can read in the plot summary posted at IMDb, Griet, "a young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer, becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works".
In this particular scene, Vermeer shows different painting supplies to Griet.
Can you write down the name of those supplies?
Can you classify those substances into pigments or binders?