Comments about M. Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium:

I love its fast-drying feature and non-toxic quality. It also leaves a lovely semi-gloss on the painting surface. I cannot find anything I don't like about it.

Comments about M. Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium:

I like this medium and have used it for a few months now. It seems to dry the paint in a day or so, though like one reviewer said, it can leave some colors slightly tacky for a few weeks or months. They are pretty much dry, just don't go running your fingers over them heavily.

As for Judy who complained about not having the dripper top on the bottle, Dick Blick sells some empty squeeze bottles with snap on caps. I buy the larger bottles of my mediums and just put a couple of ounces in the squeeze bottles and I am able to squeeze out just a couple drops in mixed paint spots. This also has the advantage of keeping your medium clean because you're not dipping dirty brushes into it.

My only complaint is that the Blick story here in Vegas didn't have any of this medium when I went in a couple of days ago. Grrrr.....

Comments about M. Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium:

The product has a nice consistency and is odorless. I use it to thin the paint (Walnut oil) as necessary as I paint. It is too expensive for general clean up. My teacher leaves out a cheaper oil mixture for the last step to clean brushes before using soap and water.

The down side to this size is that there is no squeeze nozzle as in the smaller size I used to have, and the oil pours out too quickly, wasting it.

Comments about M. Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium:

Transparent oil underpainting.

Comments about M. Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium:

Most (fast drying) alkyd media contain a lot of evaporating solvents. This doesn't smell nice, but it also makes the paint darken a bit as it dries. This is especially a problem when re-touching lighter areas in a dry painting. The Graham alkyd medium contains no (or almost no) solvents, so the paint dries up almost the same value as it is in it's wet state. I tested a number of mediums for this quality, and Graham alkyd came out best. So now this has become my alkyd of choice..

Comments about M. Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium:

Excellent for layers of oil glazing, but be careful to not use too much, or it leaves a sticky layer even after a month's drying time.