CAS AlkydPro Gel Medium FastDry

Great for plein air painting, this transparent medium is made with a fast-drying resin to speed the drying of both alkyds and traditional oils. Used for extending colors and creating transparent glazes, Gel Medium FastDry can be diluted with solvent to achieve a thinner consistency if desired.

Chroma Archival Oils Gel Mediums

Use these gel mediums from Chroma with a variety of oil painting techniques.

Da Vinci Alkyd Gel Quick Dry

Mix Da Vinci Alkyd Gel Quick Dry one to one with oil colors to accelerate drying time and increase color transparency. Colors will maintain a soft and creamy consistency.

Gamblin Galkyd Gel Medium

This gelled alkyd resin painting medium creates transparent impasto of approximately a quarter inch thick. Holds marks and brush strokes. It does not dry as fast as most gel mediums, and it can be applied in multiple layers.

NEW! Grumbacher Alkyd Oil Painting Medium

Grumbacher Alkyd Painting Medium lubricates oil color for easier surface glide, allowing for up to eight hours of painting with little, if any, brush drag.

Sennelier Gel ’N Dry

This is the gel version of Flow 'N Dry alkyd medium. Use it to speed drying and improve fluidity and gloss by adding 15-20% to paint. Suitable for impasto techniques, it comes in a 40 ml tube that travels well into the field for plein air painting.

Weber Res-N-Gel Quick Drying Extender Gel

This full-strength, ready-to-use, synthetic resin gel produces transparent, full-bodied colors. Extends expensive oil colors, prevents color running, retains brush strokes, holds sharply defined detail, adds luminosity and brilliance, accelerates drying.

Chroma Archival Oils Fat Medium

Recommended for experienced painters who work all day on the same painting, this syrupy, heavy-bodied liquid medium contains high solids to promote faster, more thorough drying of oils, and increase gloss and flow for enamel-like effects.

Da Vinci Liquid Alkyd Medium

Mix one to one with oil colors to accelerate drying time and reduce viscosity.

Gamblin Galkyd Mediums

Gamblin offers a great range of contemporary mediums. Using today's safer materials, they recreate the properties of traditional mediums.

Gamblin Neo-Megilp

Soft, silky gel that gives body to paint, decreases viscosity, and can produce a luminous atmosphere. Base of alkyd resin, without toxic lead or other materials. Will not turn yellow or darken.

Kinstler Alkyd Oil Painting Medium

More than just a paint thinner, Kinstler Alkyd Painting Medium is a semi-synthetic polymer that significantly accelerates the drying time of oil colors. It can be mixed in any ratio to extend colors and is the ideal medium for creating transparent glazes.

M. Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium

This special medium was developed to provide a non-toxic, environmentally responsible alternative to solvent based, rapid drying alkyd mediums. It closely resembles combinations of sun-thickened oil and natural resins.

Williamsburg Artist Alkyd Resin

Similar in consistency to a thick stand oil, Williamsburg Alkyd Resin is a slow-drying medium made from pure alkyd resin that dries to a glossy, flexible, enamel-like film. Add it directly into oil paints to modify their transparency and flow. It is also a useful ingredient for making other mediums.

Winsor & Newton Liquin Mediums

Durable, non-yellowing medium for thinning oil and alkyd colors, and for speeding drying time. Excellent for glazing and producing fine detail.