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Tag: wax painting

Au Naturel

5. July 2018 PiaPainting

A little aside to my previous posts. Handmade paper saturated with beeswax, now weighing in at 3x its original weight.
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Cold wax and oil

29. June 201827. September 2022 PiaPainting

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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