Learning about Oil Paint Mediums with Katie Blackwell

[ThomasandDBZ2010]

Hi, Katie!

I enjoyed this video and yet, so far, I only got refined linseed oil at 0:26, and what does it actually do to the paint in any way and how much do you need this kind of oil for oil painting, so your paint won't crack?

I was an acrylic painter back since last year and now I am learning about oil painting. Just here, to ask you questions regarding oil paint and if you like, I could subscribe to you, friend you, etc.

-Felix Cheng

[impdream70]

I have two questions, You mentioned the the M Graham Walnut oil has less of a smell and may be safer -what I find that is the strongest odor is really the Damar Varnish -any ideas. My favorite glaze medium is an equal mix of cold pressed/refined linseed with Damar and turpinoid, if I want it thicker I add some wax to it and adjust.My second question is maybe where I can get my hands on some GENUINE black oil. I have a very old bottle -which I treasure like rare scotch.

[khblackwellart]

@impdream70

Well, I'm not going to be too much help. Every damar varnish I've smelled is very pungent, "Gamvar " is suppose to be less odorous, due to it being synthetic, but I have not tried it myself. As for black oil, if your referring to the linseed oil...I'm not sure either. I couldn't find it with any of the vendors we normally order from or online. The closest I could find was the Maroger medium which contains black oil. Sorry I wasn't much help, good luck!

[wilkoman3]

Great work, I've just started with oils. I use the Artisan water mixable oils but I'm not sure what Medium to use for glazing???

[khblackwellart]

@wilkoman3

I don't have much experience with water-soluble oils. I do find that they take a very long time to dry, longer than a lot of the traditional oils I use. Because of that I would recommend using the Winsor & Newton fast drying medium. Kevin Brown, an employee at the Charlotte store paints with w/s oils too. He said to try 1/3 Fast drying medium, painting medium and linseed oil. He said it won't dry as fast as using just the fast dryer and will help thin the paint.

[Anthropidia]

@khblackwellart Hi Katie, love your work, you're very talented. I took your advice and used the liquin to thin my oils. Works great thanks so much:-)

I've created a slideshow of some of my work. it's on my channel. Most of them are in acrylics but a the very last one is in oils.

[toodiesel]

I bought a print off you at one of the noda art shows, nice to see your tech videos

[stacystewartsmithart]

Great! I think it would be more beneficial if we could see zoom ins of the products while you speak.

[cooliesass]

Good video...thanks for the info!