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No it's not, as the author says in the 3rd sentence of the article. Watercolor paint is not an adhesive in any sense of the word. And there are plenty of paints
by nakedrobot2 8y ago
No it's not, as the author says in the 3rd sentence of the article. Watercolor paint is not an adhesive in any sense of the word. And there are plenty of paints which also dry, leaving a powder behind that can easily rub off.
So yeah, some paint is glue, some is not.
- fit2rule 8y agoI think its fair to say you might've missed the opportunity to grant some poetic license. Maybe the wider point was the more philosophical one: art binds our minds together, and therefore paintings are a kind of mind glue, figuratively ..
- lqet 8y agoAt least the abstract is more precise: > The secret of oil paint, as mastered by our greatest artists Nevertheless, an interesting read.
- mrob 8y agoThe 4th sentence is about watercolor paint: >Watercolor paint does it by drying, releasing water into the air through evaporation and leaving only the pigments on the page. This is not glue.
- stan_rogers 8y agoThe binder, gum arabic, is. There's just not much of it.