Oil Painting Mediums - Alkyd Mediums

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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