QoR Watercolor Mediums

QoR Watercolor Grounds and Mediums help extend and enhance the creative range and control of watercolors. QoR Grounds greatly expand the breadth of surfaces that can accept watercolor paint and provide the freedom to create original surfaces by controlling absorbency and forming textures when used alone or mixed together. The Mediums help facilitate and control application, color saturation, opacity, sheen, lift and wetting. This collection is comprised of tools to hopefully excite the traditional watercolorist and entice the experimental and mixed media artist to explore and discover new possibilities.

QoR Watercolor Grounds can broaden the range of what can be used as a watercolor surface. They can create a paper-like absorbent surface on many different materials and they can be used with any application technique.

Cold Press Ground -Cold Press Ground has the texture of Cold Press watercolor paper. It is fibrous and can range between a rough handmade paper surface and a smooth cold press finish if skimming with a wet palette knife after application.

Lift Aid - A fluid medium for watercolor painting surfaces to improve the lifting of watercolors. Lift Aid may be applied to paper before painting or between washes.

Light Dimensional Ground -Light Dimensional Ground can be applied thinly or used to create peaks or ridges. It is absorbent and allows for washes to spread easily while being capable of holding fine detail. Color lifts easily from this surface, even staining colors that are usually difficult to remove.

Masking Fluid -Helpful for preserving the whites of your paper, Masking Fluid is a commonly used medium in many watercolor applications. When dry, Masking Fluid can be painted over. To remove, gently rub with a pick-up block or your finger.

Synthetic Ox Gall - This wetting agent improves the flow of watercolors. Just a few drops added to water makes the paint easier to blend and really improves washes and wetting on hard sized papers.

Watercolor Ground -Watercolor Ground can broaden the range of what can be used as a watercolor surface. It creates a paper-like absorbent surface on many different materials such as hardboard, canvas, and wood. It can be used with any application technique and works well as a correction fluid to cover mistakes and recover the whiteness of the paper that may be lost due to color staining.

Watercolor Medium - A general purpose medium used to increase the transparency and flow of watercolors. When Watercolor Medium is used in larger amounts it also increases the gloss and saturation of colors.