{"id":5889,"date":"2016-03-16T17:06:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T21:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=5889"},"modified":"2016-03-16T17:06:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T21:06:16","slug":"flavored-turpentine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/flavored-turpentine\/","title":{"rendered":"Flavored turpentine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not so much flavored as customized.<\/p>\n

My medium is very drying<\/a>, 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 Venice turpentine or Canadian balsam, to my regular distilled turpentine.<\/p>\n

\"Turp<\/a>
Turp + balsam on the left; distilled turp on the right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the photo, distilled turpentine from Winsor Newton is on the right. \u00a0The same turpentine flavored with Venice turpentine is on the left. \u00a0The untreated turpentine, while not water-clear or as clear as mineral spirits, is pretty clear. \u00a0The jar on the left was made with 12 ounces of turpentine and a teaspoon of Venice turp. \u00a0Venice turpentine is very thick and sticky. \u00a0I hate sticky, gloppy mediums. \u00a0But in small amounts as used here, it slightly retards drying time without fundamentally transforming the turpentine. \u00a0The treated turpentine is still a solvent–not a medium.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I substitute the flavored turp for regular turp when I mix my medium for the day. \u00a0Other times, I use regular turpentine to make the medium and\u00a0use the flavored turp in my\u00a0solvent cup, which I dip my brush into as needed.<\/p>\n

My medium is matte–which I like. \u00a0I know amateurs and students often like glossy mediums.\u00a0\u00a0 I think that when they see paintings in museums they attribute\u00a0the effect of the final varnish to the medium. \u00a0 Anyway, if you use balsams to customize your turpentine as I’ve described, it will impart a slight glossiness to the paint. \u00a0I do not like that, so I use the customized turp infrequently. \u00a0But sometimes, it’s perfect for the job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 Venice turpentine or Canadian balsam, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":5888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[208,24,113],"tags":[309,308,310],"class_list":["post-5889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-materials","category-shop_talk","category-tips_tricks","tag-painting-mediums","tag-turpentine","tag-venice-turpentine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/turp-flavor.jpg?fit=666%2C478&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7573,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/painting-nuts-and-bolts\/","url_meta":{"origin":5889,"position":0},"title":"Painting nuts and bolts","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"My homemade palette has provided good service for several years. 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