Nikawanabe (glue pot) is a pot used in the production of Japanese paintings for dissolving glue with water and as a container that stores this solution. Normally, the nikawanabe is placed in a container of hot water to heat the content indirectly

A nikawasaji (glue spoon) is used in the production of Japanese paintings for stirring and dissolving the glue in the nikawanabe (glue pot) and for spooning up the glue solution to pour into the palette. There are copper and brass types and the ha

Mortars and pestles are tools used in the production of Japanese paintings to grind mud pigments and chalk. They are also used for grinding granular hydrated alum into powder when making sizing solution. Mortars and pestles are made of white ceram

Watercolor palettes are flat, smooth boards or saucer-shaped and used as plates in watercolor, gouache and similar works to arrange paints, mix colors and adjust moisture content, etc. The shape and type of material in a palette depends on the typ

A printmaker uses an ink slab, basically the equivalent of a painting palette for printmaking, to mix and roll ink. Most ink slabs are made out of marble (natural or artificial) or thick chamfered glass (approximately 1 cm thick). Hard, heavy, and

Ezara dissolve paints much like a palette does. Artists across all fields of water-based painting from Japanese painting and woodblock printing to watercolor and poster color use ezara, which are usually made of white ceramic or plastic to help disti

Palette knives are spatula-shaped tools used primarily in the composition of oil paintings, to mix, remove, and spread paints and mediums on palettes. Palette knives are long, thin spatulas, or “blades,” of roughly 6-15 centimeters in length, whic

Palettes used in oil painting are surfaces upon which the variously colored oil paints are assembled, and upon which those paints can be blended and their consistency can be adjusted. Depending on the properties of the materials being used for the

Ink spatulas (French: spatule) are a type of spatula used in the printing of woodblocks and other print art when blending colors and adjusting the thickness of the ink, spreading ink on the inking surface, and in cleaning. Spatulas come in a varie