All painting mediums affect oil colors from the tube in the following ways: they modify the working properties of the paint, influence drying rates, increase transparency and alter the surface quality (gloss to matte). The difference from one painting medium to the next is how they do these things.
Cold Wax Medium with Transparent Orange
Solvent-Free Gel with Ultramarine Blue
Galkyd Lite with Alizarin Crimson Permanent
What is the best painting medium to use?
Below are two videos that outline our fluid and gel mediums, they serve as a quick tour through our oil painting mediums to help you find the painting medium that is right for you.
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