How to make oil painting medium and varnish from Damar crystals

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In this video you can learn how to make your own high quality painting medium whose origins date back to the 1800's.
Dammar resin takes its name from the remote Indonesian island of Damar, and is produced by tapping and bleeding coniferous trees. The resin oozes out and sets as it runs down the trunk of the tree, where it is then collected.
Dammar has been used as an artists painting medium and varnish since the 1800’s. It is still valued by today’s artists because of its relatively slow yellowing characteristics and versatile nature.

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@romulusbuta9318 Ай бұрын

I am also a painting mediums freak 😊 ! I made myself damar in turpentine Varnish......I also used Ketonic= sintetic resin insted damar......But also mastic...... I melted damar resin in linseed oil....to make a really old tipe of varnish ( esences,distilated spirits came letter in painting sectory ) ...This tipe of varnish slows the drying time of oil paint. . .. Maybe a sicatif was needed☝️... Good gloss, anyway... I also melted wax in oil..... Good leveling proprietes, subtile glazes, valvet look, also slow drying 😏.... .................................. I had bought a LOT of painting mediums......NEVER REALLY GOT ~ THE PERFECT ONE~ 😊..... "Venetian Medium" GEL from Lefranc Bourgeois was the closest one......Maybe is too much wax in it.....😏.... For me , THE PERFECT MEDIUM would be a gel that melts like cold butter brought in a worm room.....THAT INTERMEDIATE STATE....It melts when You work with brush and turpentine spirit over it..... ............................... There is on You Tube one REALLY precise italian youtuber....revealing old recipies and painting steps from Old Masters.....I guess he is working in painting RESTAURATION field ....ARTENET is the name of his chanel....☝️... ............................. Sometime, we should meet us = old tehnicks painting FREAKS,...to change recipies.....😊... Yeap.....old fashion stuff WORKS BETTER then modern alkyd, aldehide resins and so ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️.... Only VINIL resin & paint ( FLASHE - Lefranc Bourgeois) are GREAT 👏👏

@Ears2HearEyes2See-f6t 2 күн бұрын

IS THERE ANY SETBACKS TO USING A COFFE FILTER ? I WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD LEAVE BEHIND ANY PULP ?

@costamagis6539 2 ай бұрын

I would use rectified turpentine instead of white spirit. It mixes much better with oil colors.

@paunkovicart 2 ай бұрын

In my experience, the smell of turpentine is much stronger than the smell of white spirit. Since I've been using white spirit, I no longer have a headache when I leave the studio. Certainly, it is an individual matter, turpentine can also be used

@romulusbuta9318 Ай бұрын

Had somebody used.....CITRUS TURPENTINE.......? I am courious how it works, how it feels under brush or disolving oils......🤷

@paunkovicart Ай бұрын

@@romulusbuta9318 Good question, I have not used Citrus Turpentine. I hope someone who has had experience can share their thoughts with us 🍋

@Ears2HearEyes2See-f6t 2 күн бұрын

@@romulusbuta9318 when i make some i will let you know

@SerbianMapping. Жыл бұрын

Jeco kada će onaj novi video

@abcd-wg2iq 7 ай бұрын

Kako se ponaša medij za slikanje ?

@paunkovicart 2 ай бұрын

Veoma smo zadovoljni, ovaj midij koristimo veoma dugo.

@GnaReffotsirk Жыл бұрын

My dammar crystal didnt dissolve completely

@BBp211 6 ай бұрын

add more turpens

@paunkovicart 2 ай бұрын

Maybe the quality of White spirit is bad

@didgeridooblue 8 күн бұрын

I'd expect there to be a point where the damar crystals saturate the solution. If the solution is in a warm room, then it's done.

@davidc1878 8 күн бұрын

It has long been recommended to use pure Gum Spirit of Turpentine instead of white/mineral spirit as white/mineral spirit is not a strong enough solvent to fully dissolve dammar resin. Certain kinds of resins can only be dissolved in certain kinds of solvents as different kinds of solvents work differently with natural resins.