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Do any others use WN WMO’s?
My little studio is in my home so to help our lungs I have been painting with WN WMO’s and I do enjoy using them along with some Cobra colors. On recently retireing I have found DMP & Mark’s video’s and would like to work through his classes. On searching this forum I found that a few years back there was some discussions on these paints but I’m still in a quandary if the SDM recipe will work with them ( thinking that solvents could be replaced?? I do use Linseed oil now and clove oil to keep my closed pallet paint “open” ). Has anyone tried that?
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Yes. WN WMOs work well with SDM.
Solvent in the SDM can be substituted with a citrus based product.
Here is some detail I posted in 2017
An oil immersion bath can be seen here
Make a safflower [I now use walnut and 2% clove] oil immersion container for long term brush use without cleaning. http://forum.drawmixpaint.com/discussion/1453/brush-holder-idea/p1
Soap, water and solvents will kill your brushes. I have not had to throw away any brush in eight years and they all look as good as the day I bought them.
I am using W&N Artisan with Mark's slow dry medium, until Geneva paint is available here in Australia.
My paint lasts for years as stock color, or months as mixed values using small airtight snap cap containers. Paint directly from the value cups or mix 'tween values on the pallette. Here is a photo.
Here is a pic of the Snap Cap range I use. Packs of new and examples in use.
SDM is a small sample of slow dry medium I keep on hand to thin, oil out, or pre-treat a dry surface.
GG is Grafitti Go, a non toxic, Eco friendly paint dissolver -excellent for brush cleaning.
OO is olive oil, but could be linseed or safflower for cleaning up smudges and drips. Wet Wipes handy.
The 75ml and 35ml are the stock color mixed with SDM. These were mixed eight months ago and I can expect another eight or ten if they are not used in the interim. I'm using glass marbles in the dark colors to displace some air.
The numbered 10ml snap caps hold a range of premixed skin tones for a current project.
I can expect about a month or two as useable paint. The two unnumbered units are a black and white.
2 to 10 is light to dark and 14 is a greying color for Temperature shift or shade transitions.
I can paint directly from these or mix tween values of the palette.
This set will go towards toning my next canvas when my painting is finished. The snap caps will be cleaned out and go round again.
Denis
So now I’ll re-read your info and continue to set things up.
I did this morning re-visit of a plein air painting I had already started and boy I am seeing through the start of different eyes after all the videos and articles of Marks! Fortunately I had photos and video of area I had painted at so this morning I tried some pre-color mixing and matching … just to get my feet wet, what fun!
Thanks again and have a great week🎨
Temperature and humidity greatly influence the drying time .
I think you might make some use out of this inexpensive (c$10) piece of kit I found in the kitchen ware store.
The basting syringe is useful for the delivery of a measured quantity of fluid or paint in a specific place or small tube / container. 30 mls is a useful measured quantity for mixing SDM.
Some brands of titanium white (TW) reacts strangely to SDM by solidifying to a rubbery mass overnight.
If this happens mix small batches as needed for the session. Not a problem with Geneva TW.
For measurement of larger fluid quantities I use a graduated beaker, but a kitchen measuring container is fine.
Happy Painting….
They are used to draw the insulin from a glass vial and put it into a cannister in the pump. They are then thrown out and 3 days later another one is used. Therefore, an endless supply, which is otherwise just thrown away.
first, class still life
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first class, still life?
Whichever it is, enjoy.