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Hi there, what you describe here is oil paint. A medium is something you add to that paint, to make the paint fatter, more shiny, better drying etc.

An average oil painting medium: half dammar varnish, half stand oil (stand oil is linseed oil)

For extra fast drying, you can add alkyd resin ( fluid)

In the old days people used siccatives for drying, in very very small amouns.

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