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Oil Painter's Studio: Oil Mediums

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Uploaded by on Oct 23, 2009

Oil painting mediums open up a whole new realm of versatility to artists, but choosing the right medium for the job can be a daunting task. In this lesson, Mike Goldstein helps shed some light on what mediums are a great choice for fine art oil painters.

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  • Very helpful! Thank you!

  • @subomar beeswax (melted into turp, known as cold beeswax medium) is an excellent additive to oil paint, it will allow you to paint much thicker without a skinning effect as it congeals with the paint. It is very permanent and will make the paint go matte. It sets up rapidly.

    It will in larger proportions keep the film soft (to a fingernail) essentially forever, and shouldn't ever be varnished in that case. So, like all mediums, it must be used only when necessary for the effect it makes.

  • correction: drying oils don't evaporate, they oxidize. It is a chemical reaction, and oil paintings take up oxygen as they cure. Temperature will effect the reaction. They actually get heavier as a result of curing as they take up oxygen.

  • big question. if youre using the leensel oil can you add the other producs such as the beeswax and the quickdry .

  • awesome lesson about mediums.

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