{"id":1223,"date":"2013-02-20T17:13:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T22:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2013-07-28T07:56:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T11:56:48","slug":"turpentine-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/turpentine-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine Tip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Put some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/venice%20turpentine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venice turpentine<\/a>&nbsp; into your everyday turpentine (10:1 turpentine to Venice turpentine). You could substitute<a href=\"http:\/\/kremerpigments.com\/shopus\/index.php?cat=0211&amp;lang=ENG&amp;product=62000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> larch turpentine<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada_balsam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada balsam<\/a> for Venice turpentine, both of which are easy to obtain.<\/p>\n<p>The admixture of Venice turpentine firms the turpentine without overpowering it. I sometimes use the mix to thin paints, and as an additive in my medium.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/smooth-move-smooth-painting-surfaces\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Smooth Move&mdash;Smooth Painting Surfaces<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Why? I want my painting medium to be as flowing as possible. Turpentine-thinned oils are flowing, of course, but can lack firmness and precision.&nbsp; The Venice turpentine acts as a corrective and slows drying times for mediums that are otherwise too fast-drying. &nbsp; I use driers as well, but that&rsquo;s a discussion for another time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/oil-paint-brands\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Oil Paint Brand Ratings<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put some Venice turpentine&nbsp; into your everyday turpentine (10:1 turpentine to Venice turpentine). You could substitute larch turpentine or Canada balsam for Venice turpentine, both of which are easy to obtain. The admixture of Venice turpentine firms the turpentine without overpowering it. I sometimes use the mix to thin paints, and as an additive in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shop_talk","category-tips_tricks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5889,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/flavored-turpentine\/","url_meta":{"origin":1223,"position":0},"title":"Flavored turpentine","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Not so much flavored as customized. My medium is very drying, which I like immensely. \u00a0I use it everyday but it has one minor flaw. \u00a0When I'm painting a large area, my medium is sometimes too drying. \u00a0One method I use to address this is to add some balsam, like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;materials&quot;","block_context":{"text":"materials","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/materials\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/turp-flavor.jpg?fit=666%2C478&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/turp-flavor.jpg?fit=666%2C478&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/turp-flavor.jpg?fit=666%2C478&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6495,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/in-the-studio-112216\/","url_meta":{"origin":1223,"position":1},"title":"In the studio 11\/22\/16","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"November 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I worked on these three small paintings yesterday. \u00a0I am trying to keep all three simple. \u00a0Millie Talking, the painting sitting on the floor, is almost done. 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