Highly concentrated gum Arabic, thinnable with water.

Binder for own production of water-colours and gouache colours. Dries to a wipe-resistant film, but remains water-soluble. Improves adhesion of undercoats when added to Schmincke watercolours and gouache colours; increases gloss, transparency and intensity of colours.

ABOUT SCHMINCKE
Schmincke began at the end of the 19th Century, when the colour chemists Josef Horadam and Hermann Schmincke saw an opportunity to provide the artists of the day with a truly superior artists oil, and so set out to Italy where traditional studio painting was still taught, in search of the nearly forgotten resin oil formulations.
In 1881, at the Academy of Fine Art in Florence, they secured the precision formulations of the Professor Cesare Mussini, a guardian of the old masters techniques, and on these formulations, the two founded their manufacturing establishment under the name H.Schmincke and Co.

In subsequent years, artists colours to suit all techniques were introduced, such as Josef Horadams patent watercolours of 1892. Through the entire 20th century, every generation of owner has lead the company to its current position as one of the worlds leading manufacturers of finest artists colour.