![]() ![]() A general rule in all oil painting is to only use as much medium as you need to get the modification you want – excess medium could make the paint too oily and can cause drying problems or wrinkling. WMO mediums come in fairly small bottles or tubes, but it takes very little to get the paint to flow smoothly. Water-mixable linseed or safflower oils can be added to paint to increase flow and slow drying, or they can be used as ingredients when making your own water-mixable mediums. There are mediums formulated for glazing techniques and mediums to accelerate drying. There are paste or gel mediums that allow you to thicken the paint or to increase transparency or extend it without losing body. The most often used medium is ‘painting medium’ which extends the paint, makes it more fluid and allows it to flow more smoothly off the brush. The Wide Variety of Water-mixable Oil Painting MediumsĪt Jackson’s, there are six water-mixable oil (WMO) brands that each make a selection of mediums to modify your paints in various ways. I hope you will find these two articles useful as a guide to water-mixable oil paint and painting mediums. The earlier article answers questions about the paint itself Water-Mixable Oils: Vibrant Colours, Easy-Cleanup and They Needn’t be Sticky. Continuing our series on water-mixable oils this article takes a look at how important mediums are for this paint. There are also mediums for extending, thickening, and increasing or decreasing the drying times of the paint. Most water-mixable oil painters use mediums to increase the flow of their paints instead of water and only use water to clean up – I like to think of water-mixable oils as water-washable oils. ![]()
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