Oil Mediums & Varnishes

GAMSOL Pure Odorless Mineral Spirits is the safest and cleanest solvent that allows artists to work in traditional and contemporary techniques without compromise. 100% odorless and non-toxic, it is perfect for classrooms and studios. Use it for thinning...

Turpenoid is an odorless, thin and colorless turpentine substitute, It has the same painting properties and quick drying time as turpentine, yet is free from the strong characteristic turpentine odor. Use Turpenoid to thin oil colors, and to clean...

Dorland's Wax Medium is a cold wax painting medium that can be mixed with oil paints, powdered pigments, colored sands, dyes, and other compatible fine art materials. It can also act as an excellent protective coating for paints, sculptures, and other...

Gamblin Refined Linseed Oil is pressed from American flax seeds, producing an oil as light and pure as a linseed oil can be. Adding it to colors increases flow and slows dry times. Use sparingly or mix with an equal amount of Gamsol to create a...

Retouch Varnish is a clear varnish that leaves an oil painting workable and protected from dirt, moisture and scuffing. This product is ideal for a work that needs to be quickly sealed and protected but is not yet completed. The artist can return to the...

Oil Painting Ground is a non-absorbent ground that can create bright and firm surfaces for oil paintings. A safer alternative to traditional lead oil grounds, this product is formulated from alkyd resin instead of linseed oil to speed up the drying...

Winsor & Newton's Liquin Original is a reliable favorite oil painting medium. Liquin halves the drying time of oil color and reduces brush stroke retention (touch dry in 1-6 days depending on color & film thickness). It creates a smooth, gel-like...

Gamvar Gloss Picture Varnish is a protective semi-gloss varnish that is ready-to-apply on any painting, oil or acrylic. It gives greater depth to the colors in your painting and provides a unified finish. Gamvar is virtually odorless and can be...

Winsor & Newton’s Distilled Turpentine is derived from pine trees and is the most traditional solvent. It can be used to clean brushes and to create your own painting mediums. An efficient solvent, it removes even dried oil, alkyd and acrylic...

Cold Wax Medium consists of naturally white, pure beeswax. This versatile medium has three uses: Painting Medium - As an oil painting medium, Cold Wax Medium can be used to make oil colors thicker and more matte. Its soft paste consistency can be...

Galkyd Painting Medium is made from a strong alkyd resin and is Gamblin’s fastest-drying painting medium for oil colors. This medium can increase adhesion, thin colors, and increase transparency as well as gloss. Galkyd can be mixed with oil colors...

Gamblin’s Safflower Oil is a multi-purpose, highly pale oil that can be used for cleaning brushes while painting and as a painting medium to increase flow and slow drying of oil paints. Create a slow drying, low viscosity painting medium by mixing...

Winsor & Newton's Refined Linseed Oil is a low-viscosity alkali refined oil of pale color that is a slower drying variant of the linseed oils. Refined Linseed Oil makes oil color “fatter”, reduces the consistency of the paint and...

Galkyd Lite Painting Medium is made from alkyd resin and designed to thin oil colors and retain brushstrokes. This medium sets itself apart from Galkyd by containing a lower viscosity - similar to damar, refined linseed oil, or turpentine. Galkyd Lite...

Cobalt Drier is the most recommended additive for accelerating the drying time of a fine art oil painting. It will speed up the drying of both oil paints and painting mediums. Only small drops of this product are to be mixed into a painting medium to...

Damar Varnish works as a final protective coating on oil paintings. As a colorless final varnish it brings out the beauty of colors while protecting the painting from dirt, moisture and scuffing. It will not “bloom" or cloud with age. Preserve...

Slowdry Oil Medium improves flow while slowing an oil color's drying time. This medium will produce a high gloss finish and is a great match for wet-in-wet painting techniques. As with Matte Medium, simply add this medium to paints in small amounts to...

Galkyd Gel is a gelled alkyd resin painting medium, made for painters who crave transparency without decreasing viscosity. This fast drying medium contains a very small amount of silica so it remains transparent and light-weight. Multiple layers can be...

Gamblin Solvent-Free Fluid Medium is a painting medium that gives colors more flow and transparency. This medium increases gloss and has a moderately fast drying rate. The non-toxic fluid contains no Gamsol or petroleum distillates, and is made from...

Permalba White Artists Oil Color is an incredible opaque oil pant that provides extreme coverage. It is comprised of Titanium and other pigments, providing smooth buttery consistency that dries to an elastic-like film and will not yellow with age...

W&N Liquin Impasto Medium retains crisp textures and brushmarks while speeding the drying time of oil colors. It dries to semi-gloss finish and becomes a tough yet flexible film that can then be varnished as desired. 200ml (6.76 oz.) tube.

Winsor & Newton's Professional Spray Varnishes are a final varnish for finished acrylic and oil paintings. They provide resistance to dirt and grease, balance out the surface sheen and include UV protection. Also removable for restoration. Quick...

A natural vegetable oil that effectively removes color from artists’ brushes without evaporating or removing essential oils from the brushes. The addition of walnut oil to color will slow drying, enhance flow and increase sheen. Designed to...

Solvent-Free Gel is the only solvent-free painting medium that supports a broad range of painting techniques with minimal compromise across color, dry time, texture, and mark making. This medium can give colors more flow and transparency, but should be...

Turpentine is a strong solvent designed for cleaning brushes and thinning oil paints and varnishes. As a traditional thinning medium, it increases paint flow, quickly dissolves wet paint and evaporates. Available in an 8 oz jar.

Michael Harding Matt Varnish creates a long-lasting protective coating for oil paintings, with a beautiful matte finish. It's made from real beeswax and dissolved in the finest Portuguese turpentine. To use, heat the container until the...

Winsor & Newton's Drying Linseed Oil promotes the fastest drying rate of all the oil mediums. It improves the flow and increases transparency & gloss of the oil paint. Available in a 75ml (2.54 oz.) bottle.

Winsor & Newton's Liquin Oleopasto Medium is a paste-like, semi-matte version of Liquin. Liquin Oleopasto halves the drying time of oil color, while creating a viscous paint that holds many marks from brushes or palette knives. It keeps the oily...

Cobra Painting Paste is a colorless medium that can be mixed with water mixable oil paints in any ratio to extend the tube color. It is thick and is ideal for increasing the amount of paint when large amounts of paint are desired such as impasto...

Poppyseed Oil is a slow-drying medium for oil paints that has excellent color retention. It improves flow but, unlike Linseed Oil, it has no yellow tint that risks being visible through certain thinned paints. This medium is ideal for the artist...

Stand Oil is a heavy-bodied purified linseed oil that is ideal for glazing and popular for its hard, enamel-like dried surface. This oil medium is slow-drying, smooth and when mixed with a solvent it is great for fine detail work.  It resists...

Michael Harding Beeswax Paste is a high oil content paste based on linseed stand oil and pure bleached beeswax. This paste increases the body of oil color giving it longer working time and a satin-matte finish, which is especially useful with...

Cobra Glazing Medium is formulated to aid in better paint flow. It increases the degree of gloss and the durability of the paint film, and is very fat, so may only be applied in the last few layers of a painting. The amount you choose to...

Cobra Painting Medium is formulated to make paint smoother, increase playful flow, and reduce visible brush strokes. It can also increase the degree of sheen, gloss and transparency, and the durability of the paint film without affecting the...

Gamblin Stand Oil increases flow and gloss and slows dry time of oil paints. Colors mixed with this medium will dry to a smooth, enamel-like finish. Use sparingly or mix with an equal amount of Gamsol to create a traditional,...

Japan Drier is a medium for oil paints that is speed drying, improves flow and increases a work's glossy finish. For its reliability, Japan Drier is favored by craftspeople and frequently used in sign painting where time and a striking visual is key...

Matte Varnish is the perfect varnish for protecting a finished work and achieving a uniformly matte surface. This varnish will dry clear and transparent making it ideal for artists wanting a sealed and shielded surface but without any glossy, visible...

Sun-Thickened Linseed Oil is designed for use in preparing and mixing oil painting mediums. Like other oil mediums it will improve flow and increase paint gloss, however, it is thicker than regular linseed oil and will not thin out paint as quickly. This...

Liquitex Ceramic Stucco Medium is an acrylic effect gel that builds flexible, cement-like, fine-grade texture. It is highly flexible and adhesive, will not chip or crack on canvas, and dries to a light gray matte stucco finish. It is excellent for...

Liquitex Natural Sand Gel Medium is a finely textured gel that dries to a glossy "beach sand" finish. Natural sand particles add structure to this 100% acrylic polymer. It is highly flexible and adhesive, will not chip or crack on canvas, and can be...