What painting medium consists of pigment suspended in water?
Painting derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes were often made during the Renaissance and other early time periods. "Buon fresco" technique consists of painting in pigment mixed with water on a thin layer of wet, fresh lime mortar or plaster, for which the Italian word for plaster, intonaco, is used. "A secco" painting, in contrast, is done on dry plaster ("secco" is "dry" in Italian). The pigments require a binding medium, such as egg (tempera), glue or oil to attach the pigment to the wall. Gouache is a water-based paint consisting of pigment and other materials designed to be
Watercolor painting the gum is to facilitate the "lifting" (removal) of the color, should the artist want to create a lighter spot in a painted area. Furthermore, the gum prevents a flocculation of the pigment particles. Watercolor painting Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also aquarelle (French, diminutive of Latin "aqua" "water"), is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution. "Watercolor" refers to both the medium and the resulting artwork. Aquarelles painted with water-soluble colored ink instead of modern water colors are called "aquarellum atramento" (Latin for "aquarelle made