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The thick sap from various trees is used in making painting mediums and formulas for restoring old paintings.
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These hardened saps of trees are unlike resins in that they are insoluble in alcohol or turpentine but soluble in water. Think of them as water-based resins.
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Natural resins are the hardened exudations from trees. The ones that concern the artist, called recent resins because they are extracted from living trees, can be easily made into varnishes.
Enter Category | These are useful tools and devices, which we have not seen elsewhere. Our premier example is our specially manufactured Silverpoint Tool, a well-balanced drawing tool holding thin silver, copper or gold rods.
Enter Category | For artist's purposes, the two major waxes are Beeswax and Carnauba. They are used to improve paint handling and dull the paint to a matte finish.
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