{"id":8286,"date":"2019-02-18T21:07:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T02:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=8286"},"modified":"2019-02-18T21:10:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T02:10:09","slug":"wrong-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/wrong-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reader said he tried sun-thickened oil on my recommendation but it didn’t demonstrate the handling quality that I’d claimed for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sun-thickened oil has the happy quality of maintaining body even when thinned, or so I claimed<\/a>. My correspondent said his paint was rather more transparent than usual; he’d expected the opposite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>In the Studio Oct. 14 2012<\/span><\/a><\/div>

First, as with any art supplies, ensure that you actually have what you think you have. Manufacturers can claim anything they want about their products: ‘flake white hue’ without any flake white; ‘copal varnish’ without any copal. I can pile up the examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, if you actually have what you believe you have, make sure to use it appropriately. This statement is open ended, I know, but in this instance, my reader bought a medium that DID contain sun-thickened oil, but it was mixed with Venice turpentine. Venice turpentine–a thick balsam–imparts transparency to paint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>Smooth Move—Smooth Painting Surfaces<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Mixing these two ingredients together can cancel or diminish the good effect of both, which is most-likely what happened in this case. I use both ingredients– but not together. I sometimes add sun-thickened oil to the lights for extra body, and I sometimes add flavored turpentine (10:1 or 12:1 turpentine to balsam) to my darks. Lights need body<\/g>; transparency adds depth and charm to darks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A reader said he tried sun-thickened oil on my recommendation but it didn’t demonstrate the handling quality that I’d claimed for it. Sun-thickened oil has the happy quality of maintaining body even when thinned, or so I claimed. My correspondent said his paint was rather more transparent than usual; he’d expected the opposite. 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