Description
Natural drying oil used as a traditional binder for grinding oil colours.
Has increased wetting power and imparts flexibility to paint films.
Made by crushing the flax seed under great pressure. Low yield of oil from the seed using this extraction method.
Removes the pronounced stroke to the brushmark, so that strokes of different directions and application do not show a marked ‘suede’ effect.
Constituents
Linseed Oil. Extracted from Flax seed (Linum Usitatissimum) using cold pressing method.
Langridge Cold Pressed Linseed Oil is recommended for the grinding of oil colours. It may also be added to oil colours and oil mediums at the discretion of the artist.
Cold Pressed Linseed Oil has greater wetting power than refined linseed oils and is therefore recommended for hand milling of oil paints. In theory, a higher level of pigment can be mixed with cold pressed linseed oil than other oils. Cold pressed linseed oils create a flexible paint film longer than any other artists’ drying oil. For more information on the grinding of oil colours.
Cold Pressed Linseed Oil adds a loose, slippery quality when added to oil colours and mediums. It is recommended however, that the use of linseed oil, whether cold pressed or refined, should be used sparingly to extend oil colours as it is prone to yellowing more than other oils. If wishing to employ glazes or washes Langridge recommends the use of Stand Oil, a virtually non-yellowing oil as the basis for painting mediums.
The paint film will stay open and is easily moved or reworked for up to 24 hours.
Langridge Cold Pressed Linseed Oil should be considered a ‘fat’ medium. It should not be excessively used in underpainting if oil colours with no additional medium are to be applied on top.
Dries to a gloss finish.
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