Comments on: Oil painting medium http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/07/09/oil-painting-medium/ Making and Thinking About Visual Art Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Rourke http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/07/09/oil-painting-medium/comment-page-1/#comment-10546 David Rourke Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:50:55 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-10546 <p>Bryan,</p> <p>In small amounts, this medium doesn't seem to speed or slow drying much (the black oil has lead, which acts as a drier, but the CB dries a little slow, so it seems to be basically a wash as far as I can tell). You can warm a jar of Canada balsam in a warm water bath.</p> <p>I am not a big fan of alkyd mediums myself.</p> Bryan,

In small amounts, this medium doesn’t seem to speed or slow drying much (the black oil has lead, which acts as a drier, but the CB dries a little slow, so it seems to be basically a wash as far as I can tell). You can warm a jar of Canada balsam in a warm water bath.

I am not a big fan of alkyd mediums myself.

]]> By: Bryan http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/07/09/oil-painting-medium/comment-page-1/#comment-10545 Bryan Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:39:19 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=10#comment-10545 <p>Great site. I'm in the midst of exploring a different medium than I've used in the past. My two biggest concerns are a little bit of slip to it and that it drys overnight since I'm do some freelance illustration and need to work quickly. I'm interested in your suggestion of the medium above and wondered how long it takes to dry. Also, what are you referring to when you talk about "warming" the Canada balsam?</p> <p>In the past I've used a Cold pressed linseed, terpanoid, cobalt dryer mix as well as various alkyds such as Liquin, and most recently Galkyd but I'm finding the sticky nature of it and drag on the brush to be troublesome.</p> Great site. I’m in the midst of exploring a different medium than I’ve used in the past. My two biggest concerns are a little bit of slip to it and that it drys overnight since I’m do some freelance illustration and need to work quickly. I’m interested in your suggestion of the medium above and wondered how long it takes to dry. Also, what are you referring to when you talk about “warming” the Canada balsam?

In the past I’ve used a Cold pressed linseed, terpanoid, cobalt dryer mix as well as various alkyds such as Liquin, and most recently Galkyd but I’m finding the sticky nature of it and drag on the brush to be troublesome.

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