Re: Gum pigments

Olivo Miotto, DBS/It- @VAR - DTN 787-8444 28-Apr-1994 0849 (@VAR)
Thu, 28 Apr 94 08:46:36 MET DST

I'd like to understand this better. How are acrylics and gouaches made up?
What is the carrier and what is the pigment (I presume that the pigments are
the same sort of stuf for all media, but may be wrong).

As I understand it, the ideal pigmentation for Gum prints is a suspension of a
coloured powder in the gum emulsion- since watercolours in a tube are
effectively coloured powder mixed with gum, they are an obvious candidate.

Anybody can tell me about the differences between media?

Thanks
Olivo