MÉDIUMS

Mediums are produced from natural resins (Dammar gum, Mastic gum)
or synthetic resins (acrylic), oils and solvents. They allow the work to be cohesive and favor its longevity. Mediums can change the consistency
and the appearance of the finish by giving it a transparent, matte, satin
or gloss appearance and also increase the tack of the painted surface allowing additional layers while painting Plein Air.

Used for glazing and the finish. Completely clear vegetable oil based medium, gives transparency and lightness to the finish. It does not have a noticeable impact on drying time and retains the color’s form and satin finish. Thinner: Rectified Turpentine spirit.

Gel ’n Dry (Gel Alkyd Medium)

Gel ’n Dry is a medium which makes impastos easy, very useful for those who wish to work thickly. Clear, it does not alter the color.

Gel version (in a tube) of the alkyd medium Flow ’n Dry. It becomes flexible when mixed with the color, which allows for thick work. Accelerates drying, improves fluidity as well as the gloss. Suitable for impasto techniques it can be mixed in any proportion with oil colors.

Van Eyck Medium

Use when you wish to work transparently using the glazing method.
Use preferably with transparent or semi-transparent colors.

Medium with a gel-like consistency, based on mastic resin and oil thickened in the presence of metal oxides. Thixotropic. It has an easy application, fixes brushstrokes and increases gloss, transparency and depth of color. Allows oil colors to be superimposed rapidly, even when paint is fresh, without diluting the underlying coats. For rough sketches, thin the medium with turpentine or petroleum spirits. Enrich as the work proceeds. Provides rapid setting followed by progressive drying. Van Eyck medium gives the brushstrokes (even when using impasto techniques) a varnished, enamel finish. Also suitable for glazing and modeling.

Veronese Medium

This medium allows you to work finish by finish quickly by avoiding mixing with colors on lower layers.

Paste medium, based on beeswax, which provides a uniform matte finish. Ideal for «alla prima» studies, large pieces and exterior work due to the rapid setting of impastos, the ease of carrying out superimpositions, its flexibility of use and its rapid drying characteristics. Veronese medium covers quickly and the pastes are richer. At times, it must be thinned. Vary fluidity and setting time with liquids such as essential petroleum/mineral oil or Aspic oil (adding several drops per knob of color). This medium melds adjacent brushstrokes.

Impasto Medium

With oils, it is impossible to obtain similar impastos to acrylics unless you first work with a pure impasto medium. Wait for it to dry and then apply the color. This is an economic solution for thick work. It is possible to use an acrylic type base impasto medium which will dry much more quickly.

A vegetable oil and natural resin based medium, which allows for different thicknesses and reliefs. It is a paste which is firm, yet light to use on the brush. For layers a few millimetres or more thick, it is essential to mix some Van Eyck medium or oil color into the impasto medium, in order to make the paste more flexible and therefore to reduce the danger of cracks appearing. It becomes more matte by adding Turpentine spirits. Do not add drier.

Turner Painting Medium

Based on Dammar gum (natural resin). May be mixed with oil colors in all proportions, particularly suited for work with fresh paints. Reinforces the cohesion
of the brushstroke and accentuates gloss. Useful for glazing and transparent washes. Thinners: mineral spirits and turpentine. It is a ready-to-use medium that can be used throughout the production of a painting.

Flow ’n Dry (Alkyd Medium)

This medium strongly accelerates «drying» and is very useful for those who like to work quickly.

Modified alkyd oil medium gives a slightly gel consistency, improves the thickness of the finish, accelerates drying, liquefies the paste when working thanks to its thixotropic qualities. Gives a gloss finish, resists yellowing, very suitable for glazing and mixes in any proportion with oil colors. Good for general use and Plein Air studies.

Fluid ’n Dry (Fluid Alkyd Medium)

Alkyd resin medium that shortens drying time, improves fluidity, and increases gloss and transparency.

Liquid version of the alkyd medium Flow ‘n Dry and shares
the same qualities.

Universal medium

This medium has the same properties as the Turner paint medium, but it is produced using a synthetic base.

Clear, gloss ketone resin based liquid medium, gives a highbuild finish and allows glazing and « àlla prima » paint by accelerating drying. Universal medium improves the tones by adding bright and glossy appearance. Reinforces the mechanical properties of the finish and can be mixed with colors in any proportion. It can be diluted in petroleum spirit, turpentine and odor free spirits.