Gamblin Oil Painting Must Haves

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Last updated 14 Jul 2024

Gamblin Oil Painting Must Haves is an oil painting medium tester set. Everything you need to start painting, clean up and varnish.
Gamblin Oil Painting Must Haves What is the best painting medium to use? The “best” painting medium is the one that is best for your process and your work. Gamblin Oil mediums are true to historic working properties. Safer. More Permanent. This new Oil Painting Must Haves medium tester set has everything you need to start painting, clean-up, and varnish your finished work. Includes 6 Gamblin oil mediums so you can give them a try and find your perfect match. 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 (glossy to matte). The difference from one painting medium to the next is how they do these things. Keep in mind that all Gamblin mediums are compatible with each other. You might find that a mixture of a couple different mediums will give you the perfect working properties and drying rates for your work. This set includes the following: Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits 2oz Gamsol is the safest solvent that allows oil painters to utilize all traditional painting techniques without compromise. Linseed Oil – Refined (low acid) 2oz Pressed from American flax seeds. This is as light and pure as industrially produced linseed oil can be made. Use in moderation to thin oil colors or as an ingredient in traditional painting mediums. Solvent Free Gel 37ml Solvent-Free Gel is made from safflower oil and alkyd resin with no solvent, and has a moderately fast drying rate. Of Gamblin's oil mediums, Solvent-Free Gel is the densest, closely resembling the paint from the tube Cold Wax 2oz Gamblin Cold Wax Medium a mixture of natural beeswax (wax pastilles), Gamsol and a small amount of alkyd resin. Cold Wax Medium makes oil colors thicker and more matte. Galkyd Lite Medium 2oz Galkyd Lite thins oil colors and increases transparency and gloss. When used in moderation with oil colors, Galkyd Lite will retain brushstrokes. Gamvar Gloss Varnish 2oz - The easiest way to make your painting look better.™ Gamvar Varnish saturates colors in your painting and gives your work a unified and protective surface. It can be easily and safely removed with Gamsol. Gamvar is virtually odorless and ready to apply. Check out Gamblin's helpful Mediums Guide for more help choosing the medium that is right for your project.

Bright white non-absorbent ground like a traditional oil ground creates a solid foundation for oil painting. Paintings made on non-absorbent grounds are brighter because the oil is retained in the paint layers rather than absorbed into the ground. Grounds make canvas and linen stiffer than acrylic gesso and more flexible than oil primers. Surface is ready for paint application as soon as the surface is lightly sanded.