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Smooth canvas for solvent free oil painting
One important thing to think about when painting solvent free is the texture of your canvas or support. Without solvents the paint is thicker and doesn’t apply as smoothly. More rough texture causes more drag on the brush making the … Continue reading
Water mixable oil paint permanence
I have been experimenting with Water Mixable Oils again recently, mostly just for underpaintings to build up some quick washes. One of the things I’ve heard people saying about water miscible oils is that they are not tried and tested … Continue reading
Dishwashing detergent to clean brushes
I have experimented with numerous soaps to clean oil paint out of brushes, from art shop soaps to a plain old bar of vegetable soap. Art shop soaps are always ridiculously expensive and I always end up using it really … Continue reading
Oil glazing without solvents
One of the most powerful and beautiful techniques of oil painting is glazing. Instead of painting with thick opaque paint that is a certain final colour one builds up the colour and richness with multiple transparent layers of paint. The … Continue reading
Beginning an oil painting without solvents
One often starts an oil painting with a wash made from diluting oil paint with a solvent such as turpentine or using a lean painting medium. It is often useful to have a wash to block in the basic composition … Continue reading
Cleaning brushes without solvents
Whilst oil painting without solvents I use the following techniques to clean brushes and my hands: During Painting Rag A rag/cloth is incredibly useful with oil painting. Because oil paint dries so slowly you can clean most of the wet … Continue reading
Spectrum Clear Oil Paint
I found an Oil Painting without Solvents PDF at the Art Spectrum website. It is rather general but does have some useful information. In particular I found the bit about Spectrum Clear Oil Paint interesting: Spectrum Clear Oil Paint is … Continue reading
Oil painting medium list and experiments
Here is a vast and informative list of different oil medium recipes and experiments as to how they perform. The author has also tested the different mediums and drying oils for their yellowing tendency. I’m looking forward to experimenting with … Continue reading
Solvent free Walnut Alkyd Medium
I have been using M. Graham’s Walnut Alkyd Medium for a number of years in my solvent free painting workflow as a replacement for solvent based oil mediums. I have found that even ‘odourless’ solvents make my throat hurt after … Continue reading
