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Notebook, 1993-

MATERIALS & METHODS - Painting - Oil Painting - Binders and Diluents - Drying Oils

Characteristics - Painting Methods & Techniques - Materials and Equipment - Work Space & Storage - Manufacture of Pigments - Protection of the Picture

From: Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.

Binders and Diluents - Drying Oils
Oil paints are made by combining a dry pigment with a binding medium of vegetable oil. The only usable oils are those that solidify on exposure to air and light to form tough adhesive films, which bind the pigments firmly to the support. Oils that do not harden, such as olive oil or lubricating oils, are useless as paint binders, since paint made with them would never dry. The oils commonly used as binders in artists' paints are linseed oils, poppyseed oil, safflower oil, and walnut oil. [p. 33]

I N D E X :
Drying Process

Linseed Oils

Other Oils

Waxes



[Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.]



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