Oil paint mediums

Paint mediums can enhance your artwork in many ways. This beginner's guide explains what they are and how to use them effectively.

What are the different oil painting mediums and what are they used for? Find out how to use oil paint mediums in this guide.

A painting medium modifies the working properties of paint, influences drying rates, increases transparency, and alters the surface quality. Here how...

What is the fat over lean rule in oil painting mean? How important is it and can you still use a medium in your oil painting? Find out more in this blog post.

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Understanding what oil painting mediums are, what they do, and how they can improve your painting.

While paint will give an oil painting its shape and color, a glaze will make it shine. You can buy a glaze from a store, but if you're a DIY sort, you can make some of your own. By making your own glaze, you'll have that much more...

In this article, we go over our ultimate guide to oil painting mediums to try and help our readers realise how they are able to get the most out of their medium of choice. We cover all of the popular oil paint mediums as well as some of the less popular options offering the advantages and disadvantages of each!

While paint will give an oil painting its shape and color, a glaze will make it shine. You can buy a glaze from a store, but if you're a DIY sort, you can make some of your own. By making your own glaze, you'll have that much more...

By Nicole Tinkham Image taken from Matteo X on Flickr Creative Commons I’m going to be very honest with you. As a blog writer for Keetons, I know very little about oil painting supplies and the med…