Why do I need Aqua-Dispersion?

• Economy
• Quality
• Flexability
• Learning Tool

When we first discovered Dispersions, we understood why the art materials industry was not speaking about them.

Before going further, watch this little demo:

Slides show with Egg

 

They, in fact, are a primary part of producing the paints that we buy commercially to do: watercolor, gouache, tempera, acrylic, air-brush, many inks, most wood-stains, oils paints, decorative paints, and even pastels.

Many of todays paints are made with the new 'organic pigments'; their characteristic of having strong 'tinting power' (which means, you only need a very small quantity to produce a paint) makes them economically necessary in today's competative market place.

Picture it this way: They make a big tub of acrylic paint with no color. Along side it they put tubs of watercolor, gouache and tempera all without color (pigment). Then they pour a SMALL amount of 'dispersion' into each tub, stir and bottle them with the appropriate label... And artists go and purchase the same pigments as different painting mediums. With the right materials and knowledge, artists can prepare materials - as they always did in the past.

Watercolor paint is 'pigment' in a binder of Gum Arabic. Not rocket science! Take some gum arabic mix in a couple of drops of pigment-dispersion and paint!

Aqua-Dispersions are pigments pre-ground into an aqueous solution:

• They contain NO fillers
• They contain NO binders
• Nothing that changes the characteristics of the specific pigment
• The pigments are of the Highest Quality and lightfastness
• They are extremely concentrated
• They can be mixed with any commercially prepared water-based paint or mediums
• They are not blends of pigments
• They are not DYES, they are PIGMENTS
• This pallette of dispersion DOES NOT CONTAIN pigments that are known to be TOXIC
• ALL the pigments are compatable with each other and with the paints on the market

1. Learning color - because they are individual pigments and not blends, you can effectivly learn to understand through observation, which pigments to mix to obtain clean colors.
2. Because there are no fillers or other pigments involved, you can understand better the characteristics of a pigment and therefore choose the pigment for the technique.
3. You become aware of the medium you are working in and can enhance your paints with other additives that are appropriate to specific techniques you want to learn.
4. Because you UNDERSTAND your paints you gain a higher level of SELF-Esteem
5. You are able to move from one medium to another
6. AND IT IS EXTREMELY INEXPENSIVE!

These dispersions are now sold by KAMA PIGMENTS. KAMA IS BASED IN MONTREAL but services artists worldwide. The original palette was formed by a painter from the USA in a studio in Quebec City many years ago. KAMA has kept the original palette and expanded on it. No one at this site receives compensation from KAMA PIGMENTS! Simply we find it is a great tool for artists that they can not get in the more popular market place!