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Notebook, 1993-

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

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 - Retarders
Retarders are materials that slow down the rate of drying of oil paint. They are very little used today but were extremely popular during the nineteenth century with painters who wished to work "wet-in-wet" over long periods of time. It is generally felt that they do the paint films no good.

Oil of Cloves and Oil of Spike, essential oils expressed from plants, have been used as retarding agents. When employed, they should be added to the painting medium in very small amounts. Poppyseed oil might preferably be substituted for the essential oils when a slow-drying oil color is desired. [p. 53]

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












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