Cold wax medium is a soft paste made from beeswax and solvent which can be used to mix with oil paint instead of oil and turpentine, making it virtually odor free (if you use an odorless solvent like Gamblin Gamsol) and aids in drying the oil paint faster. Both are reasons why I haven’t been using oil paints for 25 years, smell and storage issues.
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Tag: mark making
Recycling
I wanted some simple stencils for my latest WIP, and decided to cut them from botched “works on paper turned into test objects”.
WIP Wednesday 1
A few detail shots of a large painting in progress, from various stages, Continue reading “WIP Wednesday 1”
Masking fluid and acrylics
I’ve been wanting to try masking out backgrounds rather than painstakingly painting around areas I want to keep from previous layers, as well as creating multicolour outlines Continue reading “Masking fluid and acrylics”
Markers on canvas
While I don’t draw all that well, for the usual reason that I haven’t practiced enough, I do sometimes want the option of making lasting outlines to a painted object or just make squiggles and doodles without resorting to stamps or trying to painstakingly get a smooth, uninterupted but still swishy and loose line with a thin brush which has to be dipped every stroke.
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