Oil Painting Mediums

Alkyd Mediums		Driers and Drying Mediums		Linseed Oil and Drying Oils		Oil Mediums by Brand
Oil Painting Blended Mediums		Resins		Solvents		Wax Mediums

This Week's Featured Products in Oil Painting Mediums

	Maimeri Drying Mediums Reduce the drying time of oil colors. Drying Gel Medium leaves viscosity unchanged.
	Drying Gel Medium Reduces the drying time of oil colors, while leaving their viscosity unchanged.It's housed in a glass bottle with a twist-off cap. Highly flammable.
	Oil Painting Medium Use Weber's Oil Painting Medium with oil paints when durability is desired. It imparts brilliance to colors and gives a pleasant consistency.Oil Painting Medium is prepared from refined linseed oil, damar varnish, and artist's pure gum turpentine.

Common Mediums Used with Oil Paints
Oil paints contain pigments that are suspended in oil for drying. Linseed oil is one of the most popular oils used by many professional artists. Many artists try different oils in attempt to gain different effects. Oil paints are very slow drying. They are thick and may take weeks to months before drying. This is especially factual if mineral spirits or turpentine is not used.

Mediums for painting can have different meanings. Medium often refers to materials that are used in creating a piece of artwork. It may also refer to only one material. This is evident in an artist use of oil medium to alter the paint viscosity from a tube. Paint from a tube is thick and will not spread or dry easily. Many artists prefer their oil paint this way and other want a smoother paint that is easily spread. Different effects can be gained by using a medium with the paint.

Linseed oil is one of the most common of all mediums. It is made from seeds of the flax plant that have been pressed. Different oils used for mediums have varying properties and paint interactions. Poppy and safflower oils can be used as mediums. Both of these will help artists in obtaining whites that are brighter. Beginning artists should try different mediums to gain the desired effect for their paintings.