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Notebook, 1993-

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

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Drying Oils - Poppyseed Oil
The oil is pressed from the seeds of the plant Papaver somniferum, the source of opium. When poppyseed oil dries, its film yellows initially less than that of linseed oil, an so it was used by some paint manufacturers in the grinding of the white pigments and light colors. However, it dries very slowly and forms films that are not as tough and flexible as those formed by linseed oil. [p. 34]

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















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