Forum: Oil Paints and Mediums

I've been using acrylic ink to trace my pencil drawings on my canvas before I put a gamsol-thinned oil paint wash down. Is there any danger that the...

Sorry if I sound like a newbie, I am so... I've heard of a paint made with powdered seashells and chalk, I thought it would be a great medium so i...

Greetings to the AMIEN Staff: I just spent a good deal of time on Mr. Velasquez's site. I am intrigued with his desire to simply sell me his book...

I will not name the company concerned, but you are perhaps aware of it. This colour maker claims that its paints are "flexible", and I believe the...

Hello Amien! I want to bounce some ideas around and see what you think. If I understand correctly, if you have a medium that is a mixture of...

AMIEN, I have just read A discussion with Catherine Metzger and I am curious about whether damar resin would be reasonably well-behaved in an...

I've been using a product called "Zec", made by Grumbacher.- It's an oil painting medium supposedly made with stand oil and "natural resins". It...

I've been using Liquin for over 15 years and I love it. It's clean, odorless, and ready to use out of the bottle. However, for the first time in my...

I recently picked up The New Artists Manual by Simon Jennings. Its a nice how-to book. How much time do I have to lay in scumbles, glazes and dry...

Is anyone aware of the use of Kem-Tone by artists? Apparently it was produced in the States in 1941 and was made from casein, corn protein, and...

I have recently made up my own oil mediums, of varying leaness/fatness, that include: dammar, stand oil and turpentine. I have stored these in 1lb...

AMIEN, I have a one ounce sample bottle of mechanically and non-chemically bleached flax seed oil. The sample is about 18 months old. There are...

Hi: does fat over lean rule apply when painting wet on wet ( in heavy or very heavy body oil paint) mixing the fat colors with lean also using oil...

I'm curious to know if there are other non-lead whites besides zinc and titanium. With Zinc being very unsound and titanium white producing chalky...

Hello, I am trying in any way(I am not a painter) to get some information about a Maroger Painting that I have...Just a question to the members...

I keep coming across the tip of storing oil paint leftover on a palette in the freezer until you want to use it again. (There are variations on it,...

Hello. As mentioned on an other thread, I have been using pure egg yolk and pigment paste to make a somewhat thick paint that has handling...