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Originally Posted by Enzie Shahmiri
I am using Marvin Mattelson's oiling out method, which requires that the painting is completely dry before continuing work. I need to find out if it is ok to carefully oil out with a brush, rather than a rag?
I only want to do this in the grisaille underpainting stages, especially if the painting is almost dry to the touch for the exception of a few spots.
The medium applied with a rag in between drying stages:
4 parts English Distilled Turp
1 part Stand Oil
As always your comments would be appreciated.
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Enzie,
For the best results, wait until the paint is dry before you try to work over it. I oil out with plain old cold-pressed linseed oil, scrubbed on thinly with a hog-bristle brush over the area to be painted into, and then I blot or rub off as much as will come off with a soft rag or paper towel. Only the tiniest amount of oil is needed to serve the purpose. The solvent in your medium will act on the paint that's already there, and if you're wiping, some of it is liable to come off. Oil paints don't need to have solvents in them. Solvents weaken the adhesive strength of the binding oil in the paint.
Virgil Elliott