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    Get the lead out
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    Get the lead out

    Tom Hudson July 27, 2021

    OK, the title of this post is a bit of misdirection. I mean to say 'get the lead in.'  Quick-drying oil is very important for oil painting. Not only do quick-drying oils enable artists to…

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    Homemade drying oil
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    Homemade drying oil

    Tom Hudson July 22, 2018

    The crude container that I made with a lead sheet contains 16 oz. of cold-pressed walnut oil. I'll leave the oil in the container for several months before straining it into a jar, like the…

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    Oil Paint Brand Ratings

    Tom Hudson December 18, 2012February 8, 202524 Comments

    Latest update: 2/7/25 I've used oils paints from almost every producer known to man, or at least those known in the US.  This photo shows my two paint cabinets.  The one on the left has…

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