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Refined linseed oil is preferred, but can be pricey. Try to buy it from hardware stores, not art materials stores, You should add just a few drops of turpentine, of which Portuguese is best.
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What type of paints did 'the fauves' use?
They used oil paint like most other painters.
Did middle ages men use oils for manuscripts?
If you are asking about the paints used in illuminated manuscripts - no, oil-based paints were never used. Oil would have soaked through each of the pages, which were made of treated animal skins, and ruined not only one page but the pages on each side. All inks and paints used in books and documents were water-based.
How do you use poster colors?
Poster colors are also called Tempra paints. They are water based paints and are simple to use. The way to use them is to mix them with water until they are a thick consistency. Then take a brush and use a poster board or other surface to paint on and paint away.
Would a squire mix with sand to clean a knight's armor?
oil
What style of painting did Monet use?
Monet used a dabbing effect as well as rapid brushstrokes, mainly using oil paints in his artwork.
What do you have to mix with oil paints instead of water?
Oil is the answer K Oil is the answer K
Can you add mineral oil to acrylic craft paints?
No, it will not mix.
Why do artists mix linseed oil into their paints?
It is used to thin oil paints. This will change the way it moves across the canvas and it's texture.
Van eyck and his brother deicovered how to mix pigments with binders like linseed oil to perfect the use of?
oil paints
Van Eyck and his brother discovered how to mix pigments with binders like linseed oil to perfect the use of?
A. oil paints
Why isn't water used in gloss paint?
Because it does not mix well.
Can you mix oil paint with urethane paint?
Only if the urethane paint is not waterbased... Urethane Paint cannot be mixed with anything except other Urethane products. Urethane Paints do not work on the same principals as "oil based" paints. Oil Based Paints rely on evaporation to dry. Urethane cures. by chemical reaction.
Can I mix a latex flat apint with an acrylic semi gloss paint?
Of the two paints you are going to try mixing, a water based paint (latex), with a spirit based (possibly methalated) . Not a good idea as they will separate. DO NOT MIX! On the containers for these paints you will be told how to wash your brushes ie.. Water for Latex. Turpintine, or Varsol for the Oil based paints and stains. Again, Oil and Water do NOT MIX!!!
What is an oil in paint called?
Oil paints are slow drying paints made from suspending pigments in oil.
Can you mix oil based paint with nail polish?
Probably not. Nail polish is normally acetone based and that doesn't blend with the resin used in oil based paints.
Can i mix acrylic paints?
Yes
How do you obtain lead white in lab?
Mix PbCrO4 or PbCO3 with a drying oil (as linseed oil); note that in many countries lead paints are banned because lead is toxic.
