Refine Your Flow, Extend Your Time
Winsor & Newton Refined Linseed Oil is a studio essential for oil painters seeking more control over paint handling and finish. This pale, low-viscosity, alkali-refined oil modifies the behavior of oil colors by thinning their consistency, increasing flow, and enhancing gloss and transparency. Because it dries slowly, it extends the working time of your paint—making it ideal for blending and soft transitions. It also balances out faster-drying oils in complex mixtures, helping to maintain flexibility and prevent cracking.
Adding this medium makes your paint “fatter,” increasing its oil content to support the “fat over lean” rule for layering. Whether you’re working on detailed glazing, building luminous effects, or simply adjusting the body of your paint for smoother brushwork, Refined Linseed Oil offers a versatile, time-tested solution. It’s perfect for artists who want to fine-tune drying time, sheen, and consistency in one reliable step.
Key Features
- Pale, alkali-refined linseed oil with low viscosity
- Slows drying time for improved blending and layering
- Increases gloss and pigment transparency
- Reduces paint thickness for a more fluid application
- Ideal for adjusting the “fatness” of oil paints
Perfect For
- Fine detail and glazing techniques
- Enhancing flow, luminosity, and surface sheen
- Balancing fast-drying mediums or layers
- Following the fat-over-lean principle in oil painting
- Artists looking for greater flexibility and control in oil painting
