Cold Wax and Acrylics | exploring water based medium and acrylics
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- hello my friends who are sensitive to oils and solvents, here is the solution if you want to paint with cold wax medium!
One of my most asked questions is 'I am an acrylic painter, I can’t stand the smell of oil paint, can I mix cold wax medium with acrylic paints?' And unfortunately the answer is NO, You Can't. Acrylic paint is water-based and the 'regular' cold wax medium contains a solvent, which doesn't make the two a good match. Your surface will become unstable and might flake off over time BUT I found a water-based cold wax medium called Powerwax which can be mixed with acrylics and can be a solution to those who only paint in acrylics but want to create beautiful textured and layered paintings! Come and see how I experiment with this medium and try it out for yourself! Love to see your paintings!
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After watching this, I wondered if really needed to look for another medium... and as I was putting something away, I noticed a small jar of wax medium, I think it was from Waverly, and it says to be used with acrylics! I haven't tried it yet but I am quite delighted that I can play! I love what you've done. I love metallics and copper is a favorite! I have spent a lot of time taking photos of an old hospital near me, before it was torn down. The back side had a lot of greenhouse extensions and it was copper, but by then it was verdigris! I don't remember when I discovered the beauty of corroded copper, but the colors are wonderful!
I liked your choice of palet titanium buff, black & turquise and water based cold wax 🩵😊🖤🤍
@@lisengel2498 thank you, I love working with the water based cold wax now, especially with the new Powerwax!
So good to see you Marina! Loved the textures from all your tools!! ❤
Beautiful! My cat loves it.
merci pour le partage .... très jolie résultat
Great video - the only thing that worry me is the teroentine in the cold wax medium that can be used for a beautifull silky finish - I love the look but prefer to avoid all turpentine 🙃🦉 😊🧡♥️
@@lisengel2498 there is no turpentine in the water based cold wax for acrylics, only in the cold wax medium for oils! That is why many prefer to paint with acrylics and cold wax now as they don’t support the fumes of the solvent. Powertex Powerwax contains absolutely no VOCs, making it safe for you and the environment.
Wow ❤
Thank you!
Merci beaucoup,très intéressant.❤
Great video and techniques! How would you protect the finished artwork with a UVLS varnish, especially if using collage paper or simply wanted a gloss protection over the piece? I'm not sure a varnish spray would react well with the cold wax. I hope you might know :)
@@poetkellycm the ‘old’ formula of Powerwax (used in this video) dries very shiny so I have never tried varnishing these paintings. The new Powerwax dries very matte, I either leave it like it is or pass a clear layer of cold wax over the whole painting and buff it when dry. I tested a spray varnish and that seemed to work too.
@@MarinaTvB-TheColdWaxLab Thank you - very helpful!
Thanks so much to show the difference between oil and acrylic. What happend if you spray with water in order to avoid to dry too fast ?
I think that might work. I bought a few GOLDEN OPEN Acrylic Paints and they stay wet quite a long time
did the cold wax painting dry?
Yes, completely. I didn’t really liked the shine so I passed a layer of cold wax medium over it to have a mat finish. Did you have problems with the drying time?
Water based cold was sounds as a very interesting possibility - but I have never seen it anywhere in Denmark ?
@@lisengel2498 it is really fun to work with! I found a Powertex representative for you in Denmark: shop.createart.dk/produktkatalog/2578-powertex-medier/32508-powertex-wax/ . If you are interested, I have a Black Friday offer on my acrylics and cold wax class, $30 off only today (BLACKFRIDAY30) classes.marinatvb.com/courses/coldwaxandacrylics. Don’t hesitate to ask if you have questions!
Hi, just found your channel and I'm binge watching your videos! You are inspirational. Quick question, do you ever use flexible modeling paste (by Liquidex) or another modeling paste as a base layer with your cold wax? I'm curious how this will work. Thanks again!
Hi Lori, thank you for your sweet words, happy that I inspire you! I have never used flexible modeling paste as a base layer. When working on panel with oil based cold wax medium, I used to do two layers of gesso and then 2 or 3 base layers in cold wax and oils before starting the portrait or the figure. Now I often do two layers of gesso and 1 or 2 layers of acrylics to speed up the process. If the acrylic layer is very smooth, I sand it before starting to paint with cold wax and oils. I am still exploring with the water-based cold wax, so I layer with a mix of acrylics and waterbased medium which gives me enough texture to work with. Hope this answers your question!
Where does one find the water-based cold wax? Art stores listed online are sold out or don't ship to U.S. Amazon has an option for $42 + $11 shipping but I am not doing that! Thank you.
I saw that the waterbased cold wax is sold out everywhere in the US, such a pity! I contacted the manufacturer and she said that they are shipping new stocks right now, hopefully they will arrive soon!
the neo 2 pastels are they water soluble ones or the other ones?
The water soluble ones, I love them!
@@MarinaTvB-TheColdWaxLab thank you. I’m thinking also Mai try them on canvas to. Doing some experimenting 😀
This has been an interesting video. I enjoyed watching you play. I love painting with cold wax, but like many artists there's times when I do wish I could go the acrylic route or use other water based mediums in my possession. Would you say it behaves like cold wax, just thinner or is it something of a gel with a touch of wax hybrid? I remember many years ago there was a water based spray that would give wax like effects. I think it had varnish suspended in it because I was able to recreate the effects with some experimenting. I'm wondering if this is the same where it's more visual, but can't really be buffed for example?
Thank you for sharing this and experimenting on camera. I know where my search buttons are about to take me. 😸🦋
I have never painted with gel medium but wonder if it doesn’t give the same effects as the water based cold wax and it is just in the name. It is very creamy and doesn’t have the tick buttery consistency of the ‘regular cold wax’. Maybe I should use thicker heavy body paint. When dry it does look like the textures we can achieve with cold wax but less rich and more ‘plastic’. Apparently you can buff it when dry to get a shine (according to the website)
@@MarinaTvB-TheColdWaxLab Thank you for your response. I've used heavy gels and other mediums for texture and to change the viscosity of my acrylics. You might enjoy a satin heavy gel medium. I find it's less plastic in appearance than the gloss and it doesn't dull the colors in the way the matte can. Different brands have a different finished appearance. Kind of like with the paints.
I was reading about the acrylic cold wax and someone wrote it had paraffin wax blended into it. Theoretically that should still be able to blend into it since it can be blended into desserts that have water in them. It'd give a slight sheen, but I imagine they'd not be using a lot so as not to dull the paint colors. Depending on the amount used it would add a bit of protection against moisture. Also, I noticed that they said it could be used with oil paints also. Paraffin could, of course, but could acrylic polymers? I love a mystery! Am going to have to make myself a note to experiment when I get the chance.
I look forward to seeing more of your work. Keep having fun!🦋
Y9u can do acrylics with a water-based wax from P9wertex. "POWERWAX" ITS WONDERFUL! ❤
Were you using regular acyrlics or slow drying acrylics?
Hi Suzanne, in this video I used fluid and regular acrylics. In the other video about water based cold wax I used Open acrylics , they don’t dry that fast
Bonjour Marina je viens de commander la cire froide powertex à tester elle semble sur la vidéo plus liquide que cod wax ....
Peux tu me dire...on peut travailler du cold wax par dessus ? Merci
Oui, elle est beaucoup plus fluide que la cire froide l’huile, j’etais un peu decu par la consistence, je me demande si elle n’est pas pareil que le ‘heavy texture’ gel de Golden p.e. Je vais tester un peu plus! Je pense qu’on peut travailler par dessus avec l’huile/cold wax. J’ai passé une couche de cold wax comme couche finale est ca rend bien.
I see a lot of artists using the cold wax medium. I’m wondering why. Why does the artist use it? What effects do you get with it that you wouldn’t otherwise achieve. Thx.
Hi Sherry, cold wax medium is used with oils to create transparency and depth that you can’t get with only oil paint. It makes it almost a mixed media technique because you can add soft pastels, collage, pigments and more. This video is about water based cold wax which is different and can be mixed with acrylics. I am still experimenting with the water based cold wax, you can create beautiful textures and transparent layers but I still have to find out how it is different from other acrylic mediums.
Maybe it would work better with a Heavy Body paint😊
Yes, I think that might be a solution. Haven’t tried it yet but I will!
When I use collage I don’t use paper or canvas but wood who is water resistant
I often paint on wooden panels, love that too!