cracks 273 by Chris terryn on 01/27/01 at 12:27 PM
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In Reply to: Re: Turpentine vs. Linseed oil? posted by Nick Herrera on 01/26/01 at 4:04 PM:

: Thanks for the help. But, why add turpentine to the paint at all? Why not just begin by using paint straight out of the tube, and then, as you continue, add just linseed oil to the paint? Thanks.

: Nick

Dear Nick,

You are right. Indeed you can just use your tube oilpaint and paint straight to your canvas our what so ever. Next you would indeed put some extra oil on to it. I say: just do it and try it out to see if this result will be satisfactory. There is of cource a reason why we do not use it this way, although it is possible, first of all, if you use your paint straight from the tube, you use already a quitte fat paint, that takes some considerable time to dry out. Next you would put some extra oil in it and paint your second layer. It would take more time to dry than the first one. At a certain point your painting will be so fat that it doesn't take anylonger paint. The paint would give no smooth film, but tears of paint. This could be a kind of nice technique but not more than a fancy thing.
So , we use turpentine to dilluted our medium, so that we can paint as much layers as we want.If you would like to paint ala prima, then you just use the paint straight out of the tube. If you use it your way , and this with several layers you should wait for six months between every layer before you could work further, this to prevent the major oilpaint defect,CRACKS.
Chris


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Post a Followup 224,269,270,273"> Chris terryn"> chris_antwerpen.becracks_01/27/01 at 12:27 PM"> "Re: cracks"
Thanks for the help. But, why add turpentine to the paint at all? Why not just begin by using paint straight out of the tube, and then, as you continue, add just linseed oil to the paint? Thanks. Nick : Dear Nick, : You are right. Indeed you can just use your tube oilpaint and paint straight to your canvas our what so ever. Next you would indeed put some extra oil on to it. I say: just do it and try it out to see if this result will be satisfactory. There is of cource a reason why we do not use it this way, although it is possible, first of all, if you use your paint straight from the tube, you use already a quitte fat paint, that takes some considerable time to dry out. Next you would put some extra oil in it and paint your second layer. It would take more time to dry than the first one. At a certain point your painting will be so fat that it doesn't take anylonger paint. The paint would give no smooth film, but tears of paint. This could be a kind of nice technique but not more than a fancy thing. : So , we use turpentine to dilluted our medium, so that we can paint as much layers as we want.If you would like to paint ala prima, then you just use the paint straight out of the tube. If you use it your way , and this with several layers you should wait for six months between every layer before you could work further, this to prevent the major oilpaint defect,CRACKS. : Chris

 
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