Oil paint wash
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kagemusha
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When you create a 'wash' with oils, the chosen spirit will give it a flat finish.
Easiest way is to put some of your chosen colour onto a piece of card for about ten minutes to soak out the oil, then thin it with white spirit to a wash and apply.
Just make sure the underlying paint is totally dry.
Cheers
Ron
Easiest way is to put some of your chosen colour onto a piece of card for about ten minutes to soak out the oil, then thin it with white spirit to a wash and apply.
Just make sure the underlying paint is totally dry.
Cheers
Ron
billyturnip
A Fixture
Thanks for posting that Ron, I'm still getting to grips with oil so all hints and tips are gratefully received.
Roger.
Roger.
kagemusha
A Fixture
Glad it helps mate.
Ron
Ron
Einion
A Fixture
Soaking out some excess oil before you make up the wash will certainly help, but some pigments tend to promote a gloss finish far more than others (compare one of the phthalo blues with French Ultramarine for example). Thinning heavily will also tend to make for a wash that dries matt, because you're spreading the oil binder out very thinly. The surface you apply the oil to also has quite a marked effect, if it's quite matt to begin with you'll have a much easier time of it compared to working on something much smoother.
Forcing drying using heat (under a lamp, in a hot box etc.) for a few hours also helps ensure matt drying with oils, even if not diluted.
Einion
Forcing drying using heat (under a lamp, in a hot box etc.) for a few hours also helps ensure matt drying with oils, even if not diluted.
Einion
