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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...