Description
Rublev Colours Balsam Essential Oil Medium is composed of Canada balsam, pale bodied linseed oil and spike oil. Add to oil paint for enamel-like effects (gloss and greater color saturation), to achieve glow in glazes and to facilitate fusion of the colors and brushstrokes.
How To Use
Add a small amount of Balsam Essential Oil Medium to your paint to make it brush out more easily, adhere better to previous layers, and dry more quickly. Balsam Essential Oil Medium can be thinned with spike oil or turpentine. Mixed directly into paint on the palette, it gives colors a flowing consistency yet dries to a satin to gloss finish, depending upon the amount used. Balsam Essential Oil Medium smells wonderful.
Rublev Colours Balsam Essential Oil Medium is an excellent substitute for Ralph Mayers glazing medium described in his handbook, The Artist’s Handbook of Materials and Techniques, which is a medium composed of stand oil, damar varnish, and turpentine.