1. Landscape Intro 1.Tape scrap watercolor paper to your desk & get ready to paint 1.Do Vocabulary Review

2. Pigment & Binder Pigment: finely ground, colored powders that form paint when mixed with liquid Binder: liquid that holds together grains of pigment In commercially made watercolor paints, the binder is either natural gum arabic or synthetic glycol. This is what holds the pigment in suspension. The binder also allows the pigment to adhere to the support (e.g. paper)

3. Paper Weight For watercolor use, it ranges from 140 lb to 300 lb. Cold Press: mildly rough texture Hot Press: extremely smooth Rough: coarse texture » Prices for Watercolor paper can range up to $15+ per sheet

4. Color Local Color: color seen in the objective world (green grass, blue sky) Optical Color: color percieved by the viewer due to the effect of atmoshere or unusual light on the actual color Reflected color: color on an object that bounces off adjacent (nearby) objects

5. Local Color: color seen in the objective world (green grass, blue sky)

6. Optical Color: color percieved by the viewer due to the effect of atmoshere or unusual light on the actual color

7. Reflected color: color on an object that bounces off adjacent (nearby) objects

8. Painting Skies