Sennelier - Couleurs et matériel pour Artistes

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- Binder		Substance that enables to bind or stick elements together.

- Binding medium		Substance such as oil, resin or glue, which, when mixed to a pigment, gives to the paint its rigidity. It enables the pigment to stick to the surface once it is dry. Sennelier offers a comprehensive range of binding mediums for the various pictorial techniques.

- Drawing gum		Product conditioned in a jar and used to leave untouched certain parts of a canvas. May be applied with an old brush and removed by rubbing it after it is completely dry. The paint slips on it without leaving any colour on the surface.

- Encaustic painting		Painting method based on beeswax melting with resin and Turpentine.

- Fat Layer/Lean Layer		Layer of paint composed of a paint enriched with oil/diluted with petroleum.

- Fixative		Mixture diluted with resin in alcohol. It is used to fix drawings, pastels, charcoals.

- Grammage		Weight-to-height ratio of a paper (indicates the thickness).

- Highlights		Brush strokes of white or another light colour applied on dark areas of a painting or a drawing to give it more vividness.

- Linseed oil		Made from pressed linseeds, it is used for mixes.

- Médium(paste or liquid)		Enables to increase the unctuosity and the adherence on surfaces. It increases the resistance of the colour layer and results in a progressive drying process, without sinkage. Water, petroleum, oil, alcohol and solvents are some examples of mediums.

- Monochrome		Work of art produced in a single colour.

- Muller		Object made of marble or glass and cone-shaped. Used to bind pigments.Extra-fine, solid oil stick which dries and is used as oil paint. It may be used together with oil paint in what is called 'mixed media'.

- Oil stick		Extra-fine, solid oil stick which dries and is used as oil paint. It may be used together with oil paint in what is called 'mixed media'.

- Organic pigment		Insoluble colouring substance. It can be vegetable, mineral or organic. It is the basis of all paints and has the power to colour.

- Ox gall		Liquid which facilitates the grip of products on the surface and is used with watercolours.

- Painting carboard		Also called Canvas Board, it is a solid cardboard covered with a coated canvas.

- Painting varnish		Final varnish that exists in different formats: matte, shiny or satin. It protects paintings.

- Pan		Square or round conditioning, containing watercolour or solid oil.

- Petroleum		Used to dissolve oil and to wash the brushes. Not very siccative and odourless.

- Rabbitskin glue		Natural glue extracted from rabbit skin. May be applied for colour or backdrop making.

- Retouching varnish		Used for restoration. It brightens up colours and prepares the old paint layer for a new layer of paint.

- Roller pressing		Pasting of a canvas, either painted or not, on a hard surface (board, wall, ceiling).

- Siccative		Metallic components in solution in a solvent. A siccative accelerates the drying process of oil paint (top layer and underneath).

- Solvent		Liquid used to dissolve or fluidify other substances (water, petroleum, acetone, methylated spirits.).

- Surface with grain		Surface on which the texture, the relief, shows..

- Thinner		Liquid that enables to diminish the thickness of a material. Thinners include water, petroleum, solvents.

- Tint		Flat, unified shade with regular density on all its surface.

- Tonking		Pictorial device enabling to lighten a wet painting that is too ornamented, by dabbing it and absorbing it.

- Turpentime		Generic name of semi-liquid resins. Sennelier turpentine is made out from distilled resin from the pine tree. It is used to dilute oil paint and to wash brushes.

- Universal ,gesso		These are mixtures based on acrylic resins and various whites; which give an indelible film and may be applied on numerous surfaces. They enable the paint layer to stick well to the canvas.

- Vellum		Ancient name referring to the fineness of the paper.

- Watercolour or Gouache		Gives a shiny protection layer.