Re: Turpentine vs. Linseed oil? 729 by James Morton on 08/01/01 at 9:42 AM
Re: Turpentine vs. Linseed oil?

In Reply to: Re: Turpentine vs. Linseed oil? posted by Steve Sauer on 05/21/01 at 8:16 PM:

I have found it useful to use paint straight from the tube for the underpainting stages and merely to lightly dip the brush in mineral spirit if a thinner paint should be required. Since the more expensive brands such as Old Holland are underbound with oil, I prefer the cheap student grade colors such as Winton, Brera, or Utrecht for the underpainting since they seem to have a more proper balance of oil to pigment i.e. a higher oil content. One needs to add oil to the more expensive underbound brands and that is an unnecessary step with cheaper colors. Any glossiness in the underpaint can be abraided away when the underpaint is thoroughly dry with a 3M finishing pad. Oil or medium can be added in the final stages of the painting; I prefer to do this by lightly oiling out the area to be painted with linseed oil or copal medium.




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: I have found it useful to use paint straight from the tube for the underpainting stages and merely to lightly dip the brush in mineral spirit if a thinner paint should be required. Since the more expensive brands such as Old Holland are underbound with oil, I prefer the cheap student grade colors such as Winton, Brera, or Utrecht for the underpainting since they seem to have a more proper balance of oil to pigment i.e. a higher oil content. One needs to add oil to the more expensive underbound brands and that is an unnecessary step with cheaper colors. Any glossiness in the underpaint can be abraided away when the underpaint is thoroughly dry with a 3M finishing pad. Oil or medium can be added in the final stages of the painting; I prefer to do this by lightly oiling out the area to be painted with linseed oil or copal medium.

 
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