At least at first, and then delve into something more “historical”? I’m pondering a little bit of the Oxford University Press’ A Very Short Introduction collection here. Overall, this can be a great introductory textual content that discusses essential kinds, concepts and historical context. Some chapters need Art & Media expanding, or the teacher can mix and match chapters on this textual content with other supplementary material in areas that are missing. The language used is acceptable for college-level readers, with sentences easily understood.

The paint is created from a pigment that has been mixed with a water-soluble binder. By adding an egg yolk to the paint, the paint will give off a yellow hue when painted onto canvas. Probably, the strangest thing about watercolor paint that you can be not know, is that there is no white shade. This successfully implies that if you want the white colour to be in your image, the background of the canvas or surface that you are painting should act as the white color because it peeps through the portray.