Need to refresh re oil painting. Re how you go about it mixing linseed oil and turpentine to begin a paintind

Also the proportions you use when mixing with the oil paints???Need to refresh re oil painting. Re how you go about it mixing linseed oil and turpentine to begin a paintind
Don't listen to the two answers in front of me. You can't glaze with linseed oil, it will cause the paint to wrinkle. And so what if it is the 21st century. An painter who has no clue how to mix mediums really isn't a painter at all. The craft of painting is important. Sure, you can go to the store and buy the crap they sell pre-mixed in bottles. Or, you can do it like the masters and do it YOURSELF.





When you begin an oil painting, start off by only mixing turpentine into your paint if you need to thin it. Then, for layer two or three, use a medium made of 4 parts turp, 1 part linseed oil. Each layer should have more linseed oil added to the medium, but never more than a 50-50 ratio. This method will help ensure that your painting will won't crack over time. It isn't sure-fire, but is good, sound painting practice.





Turpentine evaporates quickly. It is added only to make the paint more manageable. It will soon evaporate out and the paint will be as if it were never there in the first place. (Don't ever add too much, or you'll ';break'; your paint. The color won't stick to the canvas.)





Linseed oil doesn't evaporate. It hardens as a part of the paint film.Need to refresh re oil painting. Re how you go about it mixing linseed oil and turpentine to begin a paintind
Swab it down with Winsor%26amp;Newton ';Liquin'; and have at it!!! Forget mixing your own medium. It's the 21st friggin' century!
Personally, I don't like using linseed oil for the beginning background color. I use about 3 parts paint to 1 part turpentine. The linseed oil is meant be used as a glaze at the end.