Oil Mediums and Varnishes

When working with oil paint, solvents like white spirit are often used to mix and thin the paint. Our mission is to minimise the use of these solvents since they are harmful for your health and the environment. To help artists make the switch from traditional oil paints to water-mixable oil paints, we developed this medium mix. Add this medium to your left-over traditional oil paints to make them…

Georgian Water Mixable Fast Drying Medium speeds the drying of water mixable oil colours. This medium is especially useful in the preparation of under paintings.

Georgian Water Mixable Linseed Oil reduces the consistency of oil colours and slows down their drying time. Used straight from the bottle, this oil will give the paint a high gloss finish.

Georgian Water Mixable Stand Oil reduces the consistency of oil colours and enhances flow. This medium is viscous and dries slowly to a tough elastic film. It is faster drying than pure Linseed Oil. It also reduces brush marks in your paint film.

Concentrated Walnut/Alkyd Medium thins the colour, accelerates drying, enhances adhesion between layers and increases surface sheen and flexibility while remaining essentially non-yellowing. Ideally suited for alla-prima and glaze applications. Walnut/Alkyd Medium is certified nontoxic. M. Graham walnut/alkyd medium is designed to augment the special nature of M. Graham oil colour but is also comp…

Walnut oil effectively removes colour from artists’ brushes and is a natural vegetable oil that does not evaporate or remove essential oils from the artists’ brushes. The addition of walnut oil to colour will slow drying, enhance flow and increase sheen. M. Graham walnut oil medium is designed to augment the special nature of M. Graham oil colour but is also completely compatible with other artist…

- Drying oil - Good drying time - Used as medium, increases the brightness and glossiness of the colours - Softens the brush stroke, so reducing its marks - Has tendency to yellow

- Semi-drying oil recently introduced, with similar features to poppy seed oil - Does not yellow - Dries slowly. It helps to soften and make more fluid oil colours - Particularly suitable for white and very light colours

Refined walnut kernel extract. - Similar properties to Poppy oil - Does not yellow - Good drying power - Increases the brightness of colours

This fast drying medium smoothes brushwork & increases the transparency of Artisan Colour. It is excellent for glazing and producing fine detail. Use with Artisan Thinner when painting in layers to maintain the ‘fat over lean’ rule.

This UV resistant gloss varnish provides protection for paintings achieved with Artisan Colour and is removable with Artisan Varnish Remover. - Non-yellowing. - Painting must be completely dry (6-12 months). - Use only as a final varnish. - Shake well before use.

This stiff, quick-drying medium retains brush marks when mixed with Artisan Colour. - Resists yellowing. - Can be cleaned up with water. - For thick impasto, build the texture in several layers allowing each layer to dry first.

This oil reduces the consistency and improves flow of Artisan oil colours. It also increases gloss and transparency. - Slows drying. - Can be cleaned up with water. - Use when painting in layers to maintain the ‘fat over lean’ rule.

This UV resistant matt varnish provides protection for paintings achieved with Artisan Colour and is removable with Artisan Varnish Remover. - Non-yellowing. - Painting must be completely dry (6-12 months). - Use only as a final varnish. - Shake well before use.

This slow drying medium reduces consistency, increases luminosity & flexibility of Artisan Oil Colour. It is ideal for oiling out & enriching dull patches. - Resists yellowing. - Can be cleaned up with water. - Can be thinned with Artisan thinner.

This UV resistant satin varnish provides protection for paintings achieved with Artisan Colour and is removable with Artisan Varnish Remover. - Non-yellowing. - Painting must be completely dry (6-12 months). - Use only as a final varnish. - Shake well before use.

This oil is ideal for glazing & fine details as it gives a smooth enamel effect finish with no brush marks. It also increases film durability. - Slows drying - Can be cleaned up with water.

This thinner has been specially developed to maintain the oily feel & keeps Artisan colour open longer than water.Although water is suitable as a diluent for the colour, its speedy evaporation can make the colour thicken upon the palette much quicker than conventional oil colour would when used with turpentine. As Artisan thinner does not form an emulsion with the colour, there is less colour chan…

A slow drying, gloss medium which is ideal for fine detail work, glazing and smoothly blended areas with no brush marks. - Reduces consistency & improves flow. - Suitable for oiling out & enriching dull patches. - Resistant to yellowing.

Darker than refined Linseed Oil, this oil promotes the fastest drying rate of all the oils, whilst increasing gloss. - Improves flow. - Increases gloss & transparency. - Add to other oils to speed drying.

A fast-drying, pale oil made from poppy seeds which is well suited for whites and pale colours. - Reduces consistency. - Increases gloss & transparency. - Resists yellowing.

A pale viscous oil that slows drying while imparting a tough, smooth enamel finish with no brush marks. - Increases film durability. - Ideal for glazing & fine detail if mixed with solvent.

The most fluid of the Liquin family of products, this quick drying, gloss medium is ideal for fine details, glazing & blending or to produce a smooth surface picture. - Speeds drying (touch dry in 1-6 days depending on colour & film thickness). - Resists yellowing. - Not suitable as a varnish or final coat.

A quick drying, semi-gloss medium which thickens slowly & extends tube colour retaining crisp textures & brush marks without any visible leveling. - Speeds drying (touch dry in 1-6 days depending on colour & film thickness). - Resists yellowing. - Not suitable as a varnish or final coat.