i've found that my Geneva paint tends to have the oil and pigment to separate. So, I started "massaging" the tube before squeezing it out. Sometimes it still comes out too thin.
how do other Geneva users prevent the pigment and oil from separating?
By the way, I LOVE the paint! If I need to, I'll just deal with this problem. The benefits of not having aluminum sterate or beeswax added is worth any inconvenience!
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After that I unscrew the white cap, because it contributes nothing, and just provides an additional location for a mess. Then I squeeze directly onto the palette, keeping the nozzle very close to the palette, because sometimes when there is air in the tube, it comes out explosively.
I try to keep air out of the tubes.
thanks for the info.
Love the colors and just the thickness I am not happy about. Been following methods above since this happened, but still to me it is to thin for certain applications.
Leaving the paint on the palette has no noticeable effect. Once when I finished a painting I still had some nice blobs of paint on the palette. I set it up on edge for some reason, came back 15 minutes later, and a couple of piles of paint had slid down the glass palette, leaving a thin film of oil.
This is disconcerting, because everyone seems to rave about the paint. I've watched Mark's videos endlessly, and he certainly doesn't have any problems. So I don't know. But I don't think I want to buy any more of it just yet.
Lately I've been "fortifying" the Geneva paint with paint from tubes to get a decent consistency. Rembrandt cadmium yellow light, W&N Alazarin Crimson, Titanium white, etc.