Art and Success

Their paints are simple: Pigment + binder – traditional oils Pigment + oil (alkyd) – fastmatte

Gamblin painting mediums- Galkyd Gel, Galkyd, Galkyd Lite are made by combining alkyd resin + Gamsol. Alkyd resin is a highly polymerized soy oil.  It i...

1:3, G-Gel:cwm is an ideal proportion for maintaining the cwm’s matte finish, texturability and thickness.  You can add as much 1:3 G-Gel/cwm as you want to...

Mixing G-gel with cwm is perhaps best mixed fresh, however, storing should be fine as long as you don’t allow the gamsol to evaporate.  I store the mixture ...

The simpler the painting structure, the more durable – so just stick with ONE cwm:G-gel mix (ie, 1:3 up to 1:9, etc.). Avoid extremes. The more each layer ...

When I have leftover paint, I have a couple of ways to handle this: 1) Sometimes, I get out a new gessoed board and use up all the paint, if possible 2...

Use a mixture of Gamsol and Galkyd, (or Galkyd Lite), 50:50 (1:1). Adding Gamsol to CWM isn’t quite the same, so for wash consistency ("drippy paint...

There is no oil component in Gamsol; it is 100% volatile, does not yellow over time and you can add quite a bit to cold wax/oils but because it’s a solvent, ...

Regarding CitraSolv or any other “natural” solvent –test it out by letting it sit out, ie, place a few drops in a metal tin (non-absorbant). If it evaporate...

I spoke with Dick Blick Customer Service when I discovered the Sennelier Pastels never dry. Here is their response: Sennelier Oil Pastels are made with ...