THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU . . . this is a FANTASTIC quick tip. It is so easy to add too much oil to stiff paint, you are the only artist who has ever recommended using 'single drops' from the palette knife! Also, I have looked at so many 'how-to' tips and read books/article trying to find straight forward step(s) for re-working old (dried) paintings. YOU MADE IT SO SIMPLE!!!! Dianne, you are THE BEST EVER! Each of your tips/lessons is so explicit and easy to follow!! Take care in Georgia.
The spray bottle to wet the canvas is brilliant! I watch this video and went and tested this technique and it’s a game changer that I needed for my process. Thank you for doing these quick tips!
Thank you Dianne, one of the best videos I've seen giving tips on oil painting. I've struggled with paint consistency and all the conflicting advice around mediums. Your advice is very much appreciated.
you are the best of all the hundreds of art teachers I've watched. I wish I knew all this 50 years ago when I started painting. Having you for a teacher is awesome and I thank you
I just love watching and listening to your quick tips. You have so many great tips and you are so clear in your delivery that you make me want to paint more than I am right now. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thank you very much Dianne you are a wonderful inspiration ... I have struggled with this since I began oil painting and thought you just dipped the brush in the solvent and wax resin as you painted. The paint dragged on my canvas and I couldn't control any detail, never flowed as a creamy texture because I hadn't mixed it in properly ... plus the fumes even with low odour were strong ... your tips are so clear and easy to follow ... now painting will be as you say enjoyable and fun ... what would we do without you xxx
Dianne, it is 10/18/23 and I only now came across this video. My granddaughter is taking an oil painting class at the Junior College and she is not an artist, thus I am trying to find videos that are helpful to her. This one was something she really needed to know so thank you and I will check out your website for more videos.
So happy & grateful for these 2 tips ...I never got the right amount of linseed oil for my paints moreover , I love the idea of 50/50 gamsol & linseed to prime one’s canvas. Thank you Diane...👏👏👏
I’ve become you student. Grateful for find ing your series. I’m watching you every day now and ordered a couple of videos that are very reasonably priced. Too easy on Amazon. 🤓
Dianne, I just LOVE your videos. I also recently bought your book and am in the middle of reading it, and your generous, kind, free spirit shows through every page. I've learned so much from watching your channel and I really appreciate your thorough explanations of everything. You truly have a gift for teaching. Thank you! Also...bonus kitty footage! 🥰
This is exactly the Quick Tip I needed! My first attempt at oil painting was so frustrating because the paint just "globbed" on the canvas. I knew I had to be missing something. Your patient and calm explanations make learning so easy and enjoyable!
Every time u share your ways of painting, I take something away from it. A simple hint but so helpful. I was just getting ready to go into a canvas with clouds. I will take this hint with me. Thank you
Thank You very much! I gave up on oils because I wasn't happy how the paint was attaching itself to canvas - Now, thanks to your tips I am looking forward to try oils again ! :-)))))))))))))))))))
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction I used to have a spray bottle with little water and an extender to use for my acrylic painting but did not occur to me to use the same trick for oil painting! Thanks for reminding me!
I love Utrecht oil paints but do find certain colors have a tendency to be quite stiff especially their titanium white and burnt umber. Thank you so much for this tip. I can now use them with ease. One question, do you need to moisten the canvas if you tone it first?
I can't use oil because I'm allergic to EVERYTHING. BUT I just wanted to say thank you and that your quick tips have been SO helpful for me - even while learning to use acrylics. Hope to take one of your classes one day. Thanks so much!
Congratulations Mrs Dianne, I love your on line clases because I have too little money to have a real painting good course, I live in Mexico and in my sunday painting classes I have the impression I'm learning too little, almost anything! Because we are a big big group and there' s no chsnce to ask all our doubts. But I admure you not only as an excellent painter, I admire you as a so nice woman, do kind, so sweet, I would luke you to be my aunt! From México: thank you and God bless ypu!
I always thought that priming the canvas will allow a better flow of paint along with adding a medium to your paints but I never thought that providing my own spritz can help as well, as mention at 6:01 Thank you for that great advise!
Brilliant advice for beginners ... I use a lint free rag that has been slightly dampened with a 50% gamsol - 50% linseed oil mix with similar results, but your's is an excellent tip.
Dianne now a question for you ... how do you stop the paint drying hard on your palette, I see you have a lot mixed ready to use ... out of the tube there seems no protection apart from the lid going down on your box ... I have been covering a paper palette with cling film but even overnight it is solid.
I inherited many tubes of paint that have the caps dried on the tube and very difficult to remove. I've tried scraping off as much as I can with a knife and also applying paint thinner to the area around the threads of the cap and it works sometimes. I've tried soaking the top of the tube in paint thinner for weeks and running it under hot water with no success. Do you have any other suggestions? Also if the tube develops a tear and the paint starts to come out of the hole, what is the best way to save the paint? Thank you for the excellent videos.
Linda, when I purchase acrylic gessoed canvases, I always give it an extra coat of acrylic gesso. This helps seal the fibers of the canvas, preventing less oil from the paint to sink into those fibers. Canvases that are oil primed most often don't need an extra coat.
This was a great, so useful tip, Ms Dianne! For the spray bottle, do you think I could use a 50:50 mix of walnut oil/Gamsol instead of linseed oil/Gamsol ? If not, I'll buy some linseed oil. Thank you again.
In order to make the paint flow and dry faster, I am using WN Liquin Original. Should I spray the canvas with the 50/50 mixture of linseed oil and Gamsol, and continue to use the Liquin as usual? Does the lightly applied 50/50 spray mix on the surface affect how the Liquin works? Thank you for the tip!
Not for the purpose of initially dampening the canvas, Carmen. Galkyd is a rapid drying medium and will eventually clog the spraying mechanism. Also, being fast drying, it won't stay damp on the canvas long enough to serve this particular purpose. It's best in this case to use a slow drying oil rather than a fast drying medium.
Hi Dianne ! Thank you for your wonderful informative videos. I am a fresher to oil painting. And since the lockdown I have nothing to do but paint. What I need to ask is after we prime a fresh canvas with Gesso does it need to be wet with this mixture so it gets oil friendly ? Also can we mix linseed oil with distilled turpentine ? Gamsol is very costly in my country. Can you please reply ?
A dry primed canvas surface resists wet paint, so we need to very slightly dampen it to condition the surface to receive the paint easily, but we'd best be careful not to get it so wet that the paint slides around. A 50/50 mixture of a refined solvent--mineral spirits or turpentine--and an artist grade oil--linseed, poppy, or walnut--lightly applied to the surface, then wiped down until it is only slightly damp, will work.
Hi Dianne, Thankyou for all your absolutely wonderful lessons, they have helped me develop a better understandingof oil painting. I have just watched a tutorial where you mentioned the fat over lean principal, but I am now a bit confused after watching this one where you mention touching over an old painting using a mixture of 50 50 gamsol and linseed. Would that affect the fat over lean principal or is it okay to do as the painting has completely dried? Can you please clear this up for me?
Franciska, the fat of lean principle addresses the degree of drying of the paint layers. If a top layer dries before one underneath it, there is a risk of the paint cracking. This method of touching up an old painting adds a wet layer on top of those already dry.
I love your tips Diane. I bought 500ml of Archival Odourless Lean Medium, poured a little into a very small jar to use & kept screwing the lid back on, but within a couple of days what remained had all thickened. I have poured the remainder of the 500ml into smaller jars with no space at the top, but I am concerned that as I continue to use it I may lose it because of thickening. Does this happen to Linseed Oil as well? I am 84 years old, Diane, & just want to enjoy my days painting. Thank you for your tips. I'm very grateful.
Beryl, linseed oil does not behave like this. Neither does any stable painting medium that is not intended to speed up drying. Frankly, if you like your paint a bit thinner than it's consistency straight out of the tube, I'd stick to just refined linseed oil. For speeding up drying, I recommend a bit of Liquin.
Hi Beryl, I've used the the Archival Oils Lean medium for some time (excellent medium- creates lovely, durable finish when dry). This medium is Alkyd (resin) based to allow for faster drying times when working with your oils. Even though the label suggested storing them in smaller jars with no air gap, the nature of the medium will make it thicken after roughly 1 day, (unlike non alkyd based mediums like the refined linseed as Diane suggested). If you like the fast drying aspect of this brand of medium, then I would suggest only pouring from the main bottle, what you will need for each particular painting session that your working at the canvas.
I could not hear what the two liquids are in the spray bottle. Also, can I add liquin to the dry oil paint and the one drop of linseed oil. .? Thanks for all 😊
Extremely helpful for me, getting myself a spray bottle ASAP. Now , I have several acrylic paintings which I want to discard . Would I be able to use traditional oil paints if I’d spray the 50/50 ratio of gamsol + linseed oil on my canvas? Thank you Diane
I really don't know the answer to this. Theoretically, oil can be painted over a dried acrylic surface, but I don't know whether in time, it will continue to adhere.
Hi Diane. Of all the UA-cam channels offering art advice, yours are the best. I wonder if you could talk a bit about the different surfaces and their qualities. How does linen compare to canvas or raw canvas vs pre-finished, canvas board, canvas paper. There’s so much out there it gets difficult to know what each is best for what your need may be.
I have put your suggestion on our schedule. One thing I might advise here is to avoid using oil paint directly on raw canvas of cotton or linen because the linseed oil will cause the fibers to rot. One more thing, when in doubt about materials suggested on UA-cam or other places, go to the conservation experts to get the scoop. A lot of people are giving half-cocked advise.
This was most helpful. I have two fairly new tubes of oil paint that exude the oil whenever I remove the cap resulting in paint that is too runny. I thought this might be temporary and would cease once I had used them awhile. (They are both Gamblin tubes so I was surprised) . What can I do to remedy the problem?
Mimi, the only remedy is to squirt the paint out on paper towel, allow the excess oil to absorb, then transfer the paint to your palette. These were probably old tubes that have been sitting idle for some time since they were made. That does happen, but when you buy a tube of paint, there's no way of know how fresh it is until you open it.
You really amazing. I have watched most of your videos. I have a question . How do you keep oil paintings on the palette after work in order not to dry. I usually left them to dry on the palette remain paintings. Thank you very much in advance.
Very helpful, but I do have one question. After you add some linseed oil to the stiff oil paint, is that now considered a "fatter" oil paint than a tube oil paint that was soft enough out of the tube and did not have extra linseed oil added. Or are they considered to be the same "fatness" since they are the same consistency. LOL, I am just starting oil painting, so I am very paranoid about the fat over lean idea. Thank you so much for your wonderful videos.
The stiffness in paint most likely is caused by the oil seeping away from the pigment, so adding back just enough oil to get it to the same consistency as fresh paint coming out of the tube will likely be about the same fatness. It gets fatter as more oil beyond that is added.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Thank you. That makes sense. I want to thank you again for taking the time to do these videos and respond to our questions. So very appreciated!!!
You may have put this out 5 years ago, but it still is "omg!" worthy! Great specific tips. Extra-specially helpful! Thanks :)
You are so welcome!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU . . . this is a FANTASTIC quick tip. It is so easy to add too much oil to stiff paint, you are the only artist who has ever recommended using 'single drops' from the palette knife! Also, I have looked at so many 'how-to' tips and read books/article trying to find straight forward step(s) for re-working old (dried) paintings. YOU MADE IT SO SIMPLE!!!! Dianne, you are THE BEST EVER! Each of your tips/lessons is so explicit and easy to follow!! Take care in Georgia.
Thanks, Joan.
Wish she was my Gandma😊
The spray bottle to wet the canvas is brilliant! I watch this video and went and tested this technique and it’s a game changer that I needed for my process. Thank you for doing these quick tips!
Fantastic!
She is indeed the best instructors in here .
Thanks, Sima!
OMG, i have been wondering about this for years and years, this is changing everything.
Great!
Thank you Dianne, one of the best videos I've seen giving tips on oil painting. I've struggled with paint consistency and all the conflicting advice around mediums. Your advice is very much appreciated.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
You are a wonderful teacher. So many of my beginner questions, you have answers for me.
Thanks so much. Keep enjoying the journey.
you are the best of all the hundreds of art teachers I've watched. I wish I knew all this 50 years ago when I started painting. Having you for a teacher is awesome and I thank you
Thanks so much 😊 It's a pleasure to do these.
Thank you! I watch many of your quick tips!
I just love watching and listening to your quick tips. You have so many great tips and you are so clear in your delivery that you make me want to paint more than I am right now. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thanks Lisa. Happy painting - more than you are now :)
Thank you very much. New to painting and this made a huge difference! Appreciate all you do.
Thanks. Enjoy the painting journey.
Thank you very much Dianne you are a wonderful inspiration ... I have struggled with this since I began oil painting and thought you just dipped the brush in the solvent and wax resin as you painted. The paint dragged on my canvas and I couldn't control any detail, never flowed as a creamy texture because I hadn't mixed it in properly ... plus the fumes even with low odour were strong ... your tips are so clear and easy to follow ... now painting will be as you say enjoyable and fun ... what would we do without you xxx
Dianne, it is 10/18/23 and I only now came across this video. My granddaughter is taking an oil painting class at the Junior College and she is not an artist, thus I am trying to find videos that are helpful to her. This one was something she really needed to know so thank you and I will check out your website for more videos.
Wonderful! I am delighted.
So happy & grateful for these 2 tips ...I never got the right amount of linseed oil for my paints moreover , I love the idea of 50/50 gamsol & linseed to prime one’s canvas. Thank you Diane...👏👏👏
You are so welcome!
Another brilliant tip. Thank you Dianne.
You bet! Thanks for watching.
Dear Diane. You are such a wonderful person. So sensitive to details. A true artist and teacher. I thank you so much.
Wow, thank you!
I learn so much from your videos, and love the way you teach.. Thank you.....
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Best teacher I've found. Brilliant. Learning lots from you and am so grateful that you share these.
Thanks.
I’ve become you student. Grateful for find ing your series.
I’m watching you every day now and ordered a couple of videos that are very reasonably priced. Too easy on Amazon. 🤓
As someone else said, this is a game changer. I've struggled with this issue for a long time and didn't know what to do. You are so appreciated!!!!!
Great. Thanks.
What a great tip . Thank you Dianne 🙏
You are so welcome!
THIS IS AMAZING I've looked everywhere. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
❤❤the answer to all my problems! Thank you !!
You are so welcome!
Dianne, I just LOVE your videos. I also recently bought your book and am in the middle of reading it, and your generous, kind, free spirit shows through every page. I've learned so much from watching your channel and I really appreciate your thorough explanations of everything. You truly have a gift for teaching. Thank you! Also...bonus kitty footage! 🥰
Thanks so much, Meghan! My kitties than you, too. :)
That was a brilliant tip! Tank you so much!
My pleasure!
Thanks for this tip. I needed this same question answered. Grateful for your response.
Great!
Excellent video, thank you so much for all your help!
It's a pleasure.
Thank you. I am so enjoying your tutorials.
I'm so glad!
This is perfect, thank you so much for these tips!!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Thanks, Dianne. I appreciate the tips.
My pleasure.
You are the best! This is exactly what I needed to see for my students
I'm delighted to share.
God bless ya, Dianne, thank you!
Thank YOU!
Keep watching your great videos. Like the idea of spray the canvas , I never see anybody mention that . Thank you so much ☺️
So glad to be helpful.
Don't spray gamsol and linseed. Gamsol is a solvent and shouldn't be aerosolized.
Favorite so far! Thanks!
Thanks! It's a pleasure to do these. Go to ua-cam.com/users/IntheStudioArtInstructionvideos to find all our Quick Tips.
Thank you so much for this. I’m coming to oils from watercolors and was struggling with how to get the paint to flow. This makes total sense now.
Great! Have fun with it.
Thank you so much!! That’s what I was looking for 👍🙏🙏
Great!
This is exactly the Quick Tip I needed! My first attempt at oil painting was so frustrating because the paint just "globbed" on the canvas. I knew I had to be missing something. Your patient and calm explanations make learning so easy and enjoyable!
Wonderful. And thanks for being a member.
Awesome advice and demonstration!
Thanks.
You just solved a huge issue I have been having!! Thanks so much!!
Great! My pleasure.
Thank you for all you do
It's my pleasure.
Truly the best!
Thanks.
Every time u share your ways of painting, I take something away from it. A simple hint but so helpful. I was just getting ready to go into a canvas with clouds. I will take this hint with me. Thank you
My pleasure.
Wonderful tip...thank you!
My pleasure.
I love her!
Thanks.
Great tips - thank you so much!
Thanks for watching.
This is really helpful information. Thank you Dianne!
Thanks for watching.
In the Studio Art struction
Wow, so helpful once again!!
😊
This is an awesome tip. Thanks
My pleasure.
You are the best!
Thanks.
Ahh....thank you! There are times I don’t want to use a Galkyd type gel. This is a perfect solution! Thank you!
My pleasure.
So incredibly helpful. I was having both issues. Thank you so much!!!!
You're welcome!
I am a watercolourist but would like to paint in oils. This info was terrific because it answered so many basic questions I had. Thanks Dianne
My pleasure.
SO helpful! Thankyou
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You very much! I gave up on oils because I wasn't happy how the paint was attaching itself to canvas - Now, thanks to your tips I am looking forward to try oils again ! :-)))))))))))))))))))
Wonderful!
Excellent tip!
Thanks.
My new Best Friend Forever, apart from you Dianne, is your 50/50 "magic spray". I can't leave home without it. Many, many thanks.
Thanks for that plug, Anne.
Love all your quick tips. This one also featured Studio Supervisor Cat on duty.
Yep.
So helpful Diane, thanks :)
My pleasure.
Thank you for the spraying tip, I have always struggled with my paint not flowing in the canvas
My pleasure. Always be sure that you've wiped it down so that the surface is not too wet, else the paint will just slide around.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction I used to have a spray bottle with little water and an extender to use for my acrylic painting but did not occur to me to use the same trick for oil painting! Thanks for reminding me!
Very helpful tip. Thanks.
You bet.
1000th like. Really useful advice. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tutorial.
Many thanks!
Wetting the canvas was exactly what I needed to learn. Thanks so much. I was wondering if I had to go buy liquid clear or something
Great!
Thank you so much Soooo helpful and easy to understand
My pleasure.
Thank you very much, Ma'am.
You are most welcome
I love Utrecht oil paints but do find certain colors have a tendency to be quite stiff especially their titanium white and burnt umber. Thank you so much for this tip. I can now use them with ease. One question, do you need to moisten the canvas if you tone it first?
Thank you very much, your tips are very useful for a greenhorn like me :)
Thanks for watching.
Excellent thank you
You are very welcome
I can't use oil because I'm allergic to EVERYTHING. BUT I just wanted to say thank you and that your quick tips have been SO helpful for me - even while learning to use acrylics. Hope to take one of your classes one day. Thanks so much!
Happy painting!
Congratulations Mrs Dianne, I love your on line clases because I have too little money to have a real painting good course, I live in Mexico and in my sunday painting classes I have the impression I'm learning too little, almost anything! Because we are a big big group and there' s no chsnce to ask all our doubts.
But I admure you not only as an excellent painter, I admire you as a so nice woman, do kind, so sweet, I would luke you to be my aunt!
From México: thank you and God bless ypu!
Thanks, Carolina. I'm delighted my teaching is of help to you. Happy painting!
'just the tip' lol I love the way dianne explains things. so much easier to understand. everyone understands 'just the tip'. lol
I smile. Thanks.
Great tip...
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
My pleasure.
What brand of oil paint do you find that is the most dry and firm combination!
Thank You
Thank you a lot!
My pleasure.
I always thought that priming the canvas will allow a better flow of paint along with adding a medium to your paints but I never thought that providing my own spritz can help as well, as mention at 6:01
Thank you for that great advise!
Great! Enjoy!
These are fantastic tips, Dianne! Wonder what you think about staining the canvas in a neutral gray or brown before painting?
Staining with color before beginning is a personal choice. As long as it works, I'm for it.
Brilliant advice for beginners ... I use a lint free rag that has been slightly dampened with a 50% gamsol - 50% linseed oil mix with similar results, but your's is an excellent tip.
Thanks
Thank you!
My pleasure.
Thanks from a newby!
My pleasure.
Thank You
You bet.
Dianne now a question for you ... how do you stop the paint drying hard on your palette, I see you have a lot mixed ready to use ... out of the tube there seems no protection apart from the lid going down on your box ... I have been covering a paper palette with cling film but even overnight it is solid.
Do you prime your canvas before you paint and then add the mist of oil or do you only add the mist of oil on a fresh canvas?
I always begin a oil painting on a primed canvas. I then mist it with the oil, then wipe that down just prior to beginning painting.
I inherited many tubes of paint that have the caps dried on the tube and very difficult to remove. I've tried scraping off as much as I can with a knife and also applying paint thinner to the area around the threads of the cap and it works sometimes. I've tried soaking the top of the tube in paint thinner for weeks and running it under hot water with no success. Do you have any other suggestions? Also if the tube develops a tear and the paint starts to come out of the hole, what is the best way to save the paint? Thank you for the excellent videos.
See Quick Tip 305
Very helpful 😊
I am delighted.
Just curious. Do you gesso your canvas before you begin a painting? And does a gessoed surface help to make the paint flow better?
Linda, when I purchase acrylic gessoed canvases, I always give it an extra coat of acrylic gesso. This helps seal the fibers of the canvas, preventing less oil from the paint to sink into those fibers. Canvases that are oil primed most often don't need an extra coat.
This was a great, so useful tip, Ms Dianne! For the spray bottle, do you think I could use a 50:50 mix of walnut oil/Gamsol instead of linseed oil/Gamsol ? If not, I'll buy some linseed oil. Thank you again.
Yes, Laura. Walnut oil should work just fine.
In order to make the paint flow and dry faster, I am using WN Liquin Original. Should I spray the canvas with the 50/50 mixture of linseed oil and Gamsol, and continue to use the Liquin as usual? Does the lightly applied 50/50 spray mix on the surface affect how the Liquin works? Thank you for the tip!
Liquin is compatible with Linseed oil so I see no problem there.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Perfect! Thank you!
Thx so much so this means I can also use a 50/50 of galkid and gamsol ?? Right ??
Not for the purpose of initially dampening the canvas, Carmen. Galkyd is a rapid drying medium and will eventually clog the spraying mechanism. Also, being fast drying, it won't stay damp on the canvas long enough to serve this particular purpose. It's best in this case to use a slow drying oil rather than a fast drying medium.
Great video! Can I ask is it ok to dampen the canvas using your spray mixture if using alkyd medium in the oil paints?
Yes, oil and alkyds are totally compatible.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction thank you 💕💖
Hi Dianne ! Thank you for your wonderful informative videos. I am a fresher to oil painting. And since the lockdown I have nothing to do but paint.
What I need to ask is after we prime a fresh canvas with Gesso does it need to be wet with this mixture so it gets oil friendly ? Also can we mix linseed oil with distilled turpentine ? Gamsol is very costly in my country. Can you please reply ?
A dry primed canvas surface resists wet paint, so we need to very slightly dampen it to condition the surface to receive the paint easily, but we'd best be careful not to get it so wet that the paint slides around. A 50/50 mixture of a refined solvent--mineral spirits or turpentine--and an artist grade oil--linseed, poppy, or walnut--lightly applied to the surface, then wiped down until it is only slightly damp, will work.
Hi Dianne, Thankyou for all your absolutely wonderful lessons, they have helped me develop a better understandingof oil painting.
I have just watched a tutorial where you mentioned the fat over lean principal, but I am now a bit confused after watching this one where you mention touching over an old painting using a mixture of 50 50 gamsol and linseed. Would that affect the fat over lean principal or is it okay to do as the painting has completely dried? Can you please clear this up for me?
Franciska, the fat of lean principle addresses the degree of drying of the paint layers. If a top layer dries before one underneath it, there is a risk of the paint cracking. This method of touching up an old painting adds a wet layer on top of those already dry.
I love your tips Diane. I bought 500ml of Archival Odourless Lean Medium, poured a little into a very small jar to use & kept screwing the lid back on, but within a couple of days what remained had all thickened. I have poured the remainder of the 500ml into smaller jars with no space at the top, but I am concerned that as I continue to use it I may lose it because of thickening. Does this happen to Linseed Oil as well? I am 84 years old, Diane, & just want to enjoy my days painting. Thank you for your tips. I'm very grateful.
Beryl, linseed oil does not behave like this. Neither does any stable painting medium that is not intended to speed up drying. Frankly, if you like your paint a bit thinner than it's consistency straight out of the tube, I'd stick to just refined linseed oil. For speeding up drying, I recommend a bit of Liquin.
Hi Beryl, I've used the the Archival Oils Lean medium for some time (excellent medium- creates lovely, durable finish when dry).
This medium is Alkyd (resin) based to allow for faster drying times when working with your oils. Even though the label suggested storing them in smaller jars with no air gap, the nature of the medium will make it thicken after roughly 1 day, (unlike non alkyd based mediums like the refined linseed as Diane suggested).
If you like the fast drying aspect of this brand of medium, then I would suggest only pouring from the main bottle, what you will need for each particular painting session that your working at the canvas.
I could not hear what the two liquids are in the spray bottle. Also, can I add liquin to the dry oil paint and the one drop of linseed oil. .?
Thanks for all 😊
See my reply to your first comment. Thanks.
Thank you
My pleasure.
Extremely helpful for me, getting myself a spray bottle ASAP. Now , I have several acrylic paintings which I want to discard . Would I be able to use traditional oil paints if I’d spray the 50/50 ratio of gamsol + linseed oil on my canvas? Thank you Diane
I really don't know the answer to this. Theoretically, oil can be painted over a dried acrylic surface, but I don't know whether in time, it will continue to adhere.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction thank you, I will try it out .
Hi Diane. Of all the UA-cam channels offering art advice, yours are the best. I wonder if you could talk a bit about the different surfaces and their qualities. How does linen compare to canvas or raw canvas vs pre-finished, canvas board, canvas paper. There’s so much out there it gets difficult to know what each is best for what your need may be.
I have put your suggestion on our schedule. One thing I might advise here is to avoid using oil paint directly on raw canvas of cotton or linen because the linseed oil will cause the fibers to rot. One more thing, when in doubt about materials suggested on UA-cam or other places, go to the conservation experts to get the scoop. A lot of people are giving half-cocked advise.
This was most helpful. I have two fairly new tubes of oil paint that exude the oil whenever I remove the cap resulting in paint that is too runny. I thought this might be temporary and would cease once I had used them awhile. (They are both Gamblin tubes so I was surprised) . What can I do to remedy the problem?
Mimi, the only remedy is to squirt the paint out on paper towel, allow the excess oil to absorb, then transfer the paint to your palette. These were probably old tubes that have been sitting idle for some time since they were made. That does happen, but when you buy a tube of paint, there's no way of know how fresh it is until you open it.
Store your paint tubes upside down
Good advice. Thank you. I tried it and it worked!
Art Smart Lady !
I like it!
You really amazing. I have watched most of your videos. I have a question . How do you keep oil paintings on the palette after work in order not to dry. I usually left them to dry on the palette remain paintings. Thank you very much in advance.
Aykut, check out Quick Tip 115 for that answer. Thanks for watching.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction thank you for your answer .
Very helpful, but I do have one question. After you add some linseed oil to the stiff oil paint, is that now considered a "fatter" oil paint than a tube oil paint that was soft enough out of the tube and did not have extra linseed oil added. Or are they considered to be the same "fatness" since they are the same consistency. LOL, I am just starting oil painting, so I am very paranoid about the fat over lean idea. Thank you so much for your wonderful videos.
The stiffness in paint most likely is caused by the oil seeping away from the pigment, so adding back just enough oil to get it to the same consistency as fresh paint coming out of the tube will likely be about the same fatness. It gets fatter as more oil beyond that is added.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Thank you. That makes sense. I want to thank you again for taking the time to do these videos and respond to our questions. So very appreciated!!!