Can this be used with any type of paint to protect the painting?? (on canvas) Also the description says it is yellowish...can you purchase it in a clear?
2006-12-05 06:06:24 · 7 answers · asked by Lisa Z 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
no. you do not want to add linseed oil to any paint except oil paint, of which linseed oil is the vehicle. linseed oil comes from the seeds of the flax plant and has a natural yellow tone, which gets darker over time. if you are working with oil paint and want to use an oil that doesn't yellow try poppy seed oil. if you are looking to protect a painting use a varnish. don't varnish an oil painting until it has dried for at least six months. oil paint use damar varnish. acrylic paint use an acrylic varnish, called gloss medium varnish. there is also a matte finish available.
2006-12-06 13:27:32 · answer #1 · answered by NM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can't buy linseed oil at a supermarket or a hardware astore. You need pure linseed oil and you buy it at an art supply store.Just buy a small bottle for now or go in with a few of your fellow students and split the price of a large one and put it in small dollar store bottles with tight fitting lids. You do not need to mix it with the paint even student grade oil paints usually have enough oil. The only time I have mixed it with my paints is when some oil has leaked out of the tube because it is broken. Then I put it in a small bottle and mix in some oil. To thin my paint when I want to glaze or use a thin paint for rough sketching on my painting I mix in a small bottle 3 parts thinner to 1 part linseed oil
2016-05-22 21:39:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Instead of Linseed oil you may want to use a clear varnish specifically made as a protective coating for paintings. It comes as either a solvent based varnish for oil paintings or as a clear acrylic based varnish for acrylic paintings. Either should be available at your local art supply store or any online art supply merchant. Linseed oil DOES yellow considerably with age!
2006-12-05 06:10:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unlike turpentine, which acts as a drying agent (being volatile by nature), linseed oil acts like a moisturizer, pretty much like women use on their skin, to retain the elasticity of a variety of material, i.e. oil, or wax based paint on canvass, or (especially) on unvarnished wood. In the woodwork industry it is commonly used to retain "life" in wood (by retaining "living: moisture). Dilute it with turpentine to "lighten" the amber coloration slightly. The oily residue would still maintain the substance of the oil, yet the dilution does "soften" the yelowish color!
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2006-12-05 09:25:24 · answer #5 · answered by Artisti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We use to rub it on the cricket bats to protect them,I forget if it was clear, sorry.
2006-12-05 06:12:01 · answer #6 · answered by siaosi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can use gel medium, those are clear and help acrylic not dry up so fast.
2006-12-05 19:51:56 · answer #7 · answered by supraman126 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋