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Why you should Stop Using Linseed Oil for Painting and Transition to Walnut Oil | David Molesky
David Molesky is a figurative painter who stopped using linseed oil to avoid the toxicity of solvents. He lays the case for walnut oil as a viable — and perhaps even better — alternative.
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Topics discussed in this episode:
• The advantages of painting with Walnut oil
• How to paint "fat over lean" without turpentine
• Using chalk in the different layers of paint
• Using a palette (range of colors) that is more lean in itself
• Painting wet-in-wet without turpentine
• The problems of different varnishes and how people varnish
• How to varnish properly
• Defatting your canvas if it has been standing for a while
• How to size your canvas properly
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This episode was filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum.
The centerpiece was a "Man in the Forrest" (2007) by David Molesky.
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