just a rave comment

suruchi1117

I LOVE the texture of the paint thinnned with the SDM! OMG! Absolutely addictive when you stroke it on the canvas. I mixed some small amounts of the 5 colors in some small jars. Then because I had some other colors already on my pallete that I love to use and that I did not want to waste, I scooped up each little puddle and using an eye dropper, thinned each one. Yum!!! Think I'll continue to do that with colors that I only use occasionally. I like to do paintings with bits of arbitrary color and not always the exact color I see on the skin or other items and also like to use tubed colors to save time in plein air, for instance. I also store my glass pallete in a sealed masterson case with a couple cotton balls of clove oil. Works great.

Anyway, thanks Mark!!!

paul_s

Oil paint is such a tactile medium, I know what you mean, it just flows so well. I also love Stand oil with its viscous-ness! Just feels so good to leave a mark on canvas.

Savannah

Thanks for the tip on the clove oil cotton balls...why didn't I think of that? :-/

hopperlover

I like the idea about the cotton balls.. I also use a masterson palette. Just having the
c. balls in there with clove oil will retard the drying of the paint ? I've gone the stand oil route too...love the effects...plus it's long term elasticity is supposed to be very good.