Refined Walnut Oil
£11.20 – £54.01 tax incl.
The use of walnut oil in paint can be traced back even further than that of linseed. When 15th century artists began to add oil to their tempera colours it was walnut oil that seemed the obvious choice. Jan van Eyck in Flanders and Antonello da Messina in Italy both knew of its handling properties; from that time on it was widely used by just about all the great artists, being more a question of who did not use it rather than who did.
- – Walnut oil dries at the same rate as linseed oil, but it does not yellow as much.
- – I use it as the binder for some of our whites.
- – Use it to thin whites and to bring out the brightness in other colours.