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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.

Drying Oils - Walnut Oil
Walnut oil is made by grinding and pressing walnuts that are from two to three months old. When cold-pressed, the oil is thin and clear, almost colorless. It dries more rapidly and thoroughly than does poppyseed oil and compares favorably, when fresh, with linseed oil. It yellows less upon drying than does linseed oil and is said to crack less. It may be "sun-thickened" by the same method used for linseed oil. Walnut oil was used by Da Vinci, Dürer, and Van Dyck for grinding colors but is not much used today, perhaps because it turns rancid on prolonged storage, which interferes with its profitable commercial distribution. [p. 35]

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













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