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What is Ox Gall & How to Use it in Watercolor!

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thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich 152 tutorials here
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What is Ox Gall & How to Use it in Watercolor! Ox gall is a wetting agent designed to increase the flow of your watercolor paint. If your paint is not flowing on your paper as well as you like give it a try. Today I will demonstrate a wet in wet wash using regular paintas well as paint with ox-gall added so you can see the difference. You will get a more noticible effect on lesser sized paper as highly sized paper help the paint flow naturally.

Natural ox gall is bile usually obtained from cows. It is used as a wetting agent in paints and soap. I am using synthetic ox gall. Ox gall can be added to the paint or the painting water to improve the flow of paint in washes. I did some research but could not find out what the synthetic ox gall was made of. If you know please comment!

You can get a similar effect with soap because it reduces the surface tension of the water and lets the paint go wild. Happy experimenting and have fun!

Bottom line: I bought this product because several people had asked me about it, I really do not find that my paints need help flowing but should I need wetter water this will help!
What is Ox Gall & How to Use it in Watercolor!

Disclaimer, this is the only brand and type of ox gall I have used, others might produce a more dramatic effect.

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Video production and Craft ideas: Lindsay Weirich
Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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