Because the term impasto suggests, Liquin Impasto medium (formerly known as Oleopasto) from Winsor Newton is really a medium for thickening up oil paint to provide more texture and the body. Brush marks don't flatten or even out, but remain sharp and crisp.
Liquin is Winsor Newton's make of alkyd mediums, formulated to become quick drying. Liquin Impasto dries to some semi-gloss finish and, when dry, could be varnished while you would any oil painting.
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Quite how quick drying it's clearly depends upon how heavily you put it on. But dealing with it, you'll get an understanding of it.
Should you wanted to develop very thick layers, construct it up progressively, allowing each to dry otherwise the very best layer might dry prior to the cheapest, after which crack. For extreme texture, it'd be faster to get it done with acrylic texture paste, before you decide to began painting with oils.
The medium looks a bit "cloudy", like it features a color, if this's alone, but combined with a paint it might be "clear".
My sensitivity to paint, such because it is, didn't see any effect on the colour, or color shift. Within the photos here, I've mixed it with Rose Madder Genuine, a transparent color. (Take a look bigger photo and also you'll begin to see the medium alone, and combined with the paint, better.)
While you'd expect, the medium is extremely stiff when squeezed in the tube, being released just like a earthworm. But place a stiff-haired brush into it also it spreads readily, right lower to some thin glaze. Mixing it right into a paint color having a palette knife doesn't take lengthy whatsoever.
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Then your fun can begin: painting with strong brushmarks that are retained. Given his passion of paint texture, I bet Vincent van Gogh would've been thrilled by using it!
Pros:
• Stiffens oil paint, enabling you to paint with strong brushmarks remaining visible.
• Quick-drying.
Cons:
• There's an alert around the tube about allergy symptoms because it contains butanone-oxime and cobalt carbonxylate. Use within a properly-ventilated studio.
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