What Is Pébéo Colourless Paint Medium?

Oil painting is all about controlling the relationship between pigment, oil and surface. The right medium can change how your paint flows, spreads and behaves on the canvas.

Pébéo Auxiliaries Colourless Paint Medium is formulated with linseed oil and is designed to be mixed with oil colours to modify their consistency and handling.

The medium is colourless, allowing you to work with your existing oil colours without adding another pigment.

Whether you’re working on a portrait, landscape, still life or abstract painting, it gives you another way to control your oil paint and explore different techniques.

Why Use a Linseed Oil Painting Medium?

Adding a suitable medium to oil paint can help artists achieve effects that are difficult to obtain using paint straight from the tube.

Pébéo Colourless Paint Medium can be incorporated into oil colours when you want to explore:

• Smoother paint application
• Improved paint flow
• Glazing
• Layering
• Blending
• Transparent colour effects
• More fluid brushwork
• Traditional oil-painting techniques

It is particularly useful for artists who want greater control over the consistency and handling of their oil colours.

Ideal for Oil Painting Techniques

Glazing

Create transparent layers of colour over dried paint to build depth and subtle colour variations.

Layering

Develop an oil painting gradually by applying successive layers of colour and medium.

Blending

Use appropriately modified oil colour to create smoother transitions and softer edges.

Fluid Brushwork

Add medium when you want your oil paint to move more easily across the painting surface.

Traditional Oil Painting

Linseed oil has been used as an important component of traditional oil painting for centuries, making linseed-oil-based mediums a familiar choice for artists working in oils.

75 ml or 245 ml?

75 ml

A practical size for:

• Beginners
• Art students
• Artists trying an oil medium for the first time
• Small painting projects
• Portable painting kits

245 ml

The larger 245 ml size is better suited to:

• Professional artists
• Regular oil painters
• Art studios
• Large paintings
• Multiple projects
• Art classes and workshops

If oil painting is a regular part of your studio practice, the 245 ml bottle offers better convenience for frequent use.

How to Use Pébéo Colourless Paint Medium

Add a small amount of the medium to your oil paint and mix thoroughly until you achieve the consistency and handling you want.

Start with a small quantity and add more gradually rather than saturating the paint with medium from the beginning.

For layered oil painting, follow good oil-painting practice and consider the fat-over-lean principle when planning successive layers.

Always follow the manufacturer’s instructions for the specific product.

Who Is It For?

Pébéo Colourless Paint Medium is ideal for:

• Oil painters
• Professional artists
• Art students
• Beginner oil painters
• Portrait artists
• Landscape painters
• Still-life artists
• Contemporary painters
• Fine-art artists
• Art teachers
• Art workshops
• Home studios

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