Refined Oil Medium for Thinning, Gloss, and Traditional Painting Techniques
This highly refined linseed oil, made from 100% American flax seeds, is known for its light color, purity, and versatility. It is alkali-refined to achieve a pale, low-acid oil ideal for modifying oil paint behavior without compromising archival quality. It enhances transparency, increases gloss, slows drying time, and plays a key role in traditional painting mediums.
When combined with a solvent such as odorless mineral spirits, it supports the “fat over lean” technique for building durable paint films. It’s also suitable for artists making their own mediums or mixing raw pigments into paint.
Key Features:
- Pressed from American flax seeds and alkali-refined for purity
- Light color and low acidity to reduce yellowing and cracking over time
- Thins oil colors for increased transparency and flow
- Slows drying time to support wet-in-wet and layered applications
- Adds gloss and brilliance to oil paints
- Compatible with traditional mediums and solvent blends
- Suitable for making custom paints from raw pigments
Perfect For:
- Artists thinning oil colors without sacrificing integrity
- Creating custom oil painting mediums with greater control
- Increasing transparency and gloss for luminous color effects
- Practicing the “fat over lean” layering technique
- Slowing drying time for detailed blending and transitions
- Painters focused on stability, archival quality, and traditional methods
