Cobra Water-Mixable Safflower Oil and Linseed Oil Create your own medium or make your paint fatter with Cobra water-mixable safflower and linseed oil. These oils increase the flow and transparency of the paint. The difference between them is that linseed oil dries more quickly compared to safflower oil. Due to the drying time, we recommend using linseed oil for the lower layers of your painting. Though linseed oil does yellow slightly over time, it also provides you with a more stable paint film. Safflower oil does not yellow, which makes it best suited for the final layers of your painting.
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Properties: Water mixable Makes the paint fatter Makes the brush stroke run slightly Increases the flow, gloss and transparency Lengthens the drying time of the paint Increases the durability of the paint film (linseed oil only) Yellows slightly (linseed oil only)
Water-mixable linseed oil 75 ml article number 24281102 Water-mixable safflower oil 75 ml article number 24281101
Cobra Painting Paste
When working with oil paint, solvents like white spirit are often used to mix and thin the paint. Our mission is to minimise the use of these solvents since they are harmful for your health and the environment. To help artists make the switch from traditional oil paints to water-mixable oil paints, we developed this Medium Mix. Add this medium to your left-over traditional oil paints to make them water mixable, so you can mix and thin your paint using just water!
Cobra Painting Paste is a colourless medium that can be mixed with Cobra oil paint in any ratio. The paste is as thick as the paint and can therefore be described as a water-mixable oil paint without any pigment. This paste is composed of vegetable oils and thickening agents and has various uses:
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Properties: Makes non-water-mixable oil paints water-mixable Can be thinned with water Makes the brush stroke run slightly Makes the paint fatter, thinner Increases the gloss and transparency Yellows slightly
75 ml | article number 24281100
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Increasing the amount of paint: Painting paste can be used for impasto techniques (applying pure paint in thick strokes with a painting knife) using more expensive colours, so you can increase the amount of paint without there being difference in colour. The more paste you add, the more transparent the paint becomes. The painting paste also allows thick paint to dry completely to the core, preventing wrinkling or rippling during and after drying. Decreasing the colour intensity: The colour intensity of the paint will decrease as more painting paste is added. This may be particularly important with the alla prima (wet-on-wet) technique when mixing colours with a highly divergent colour intensity with one another in your painting. By adding more painting paste to a stronger colour, this becomes less prominent.
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Properties: Increases the transparency and thickness of the paint Prevents wrinkling of thick layers of paint Retains the degree of gloss Can be thinned with water Does not influence the drying time of the paint Increases the durability of the paint film Yellows slightly
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60 ml | article number 24061087 200 ml | article number 24081087
Cobra Solvent-Free Brush Cleaner This brush cleaner is suitable for use with Cobra watermixable oil paint as well as traditional oil paints. The cleaner helps you thoroughly clean your brushes, without having to use harmful solvents like white spirit or turpentine, which makes it better for your health and your environment.
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Properties: Solvent free Makes brushes easier to clean Also cleans brushes with oil colours that are not mixable with water
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How to use: Pour the brush cleaner into a jar and clean your brushes in the solution After some time, the pigments will separate and sink to the bottom Afterwards, clean your brushes with soap and water Re-use the brush cleaner after separating the pigments 75 ml | article number 24281104
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Cobra Medium Mix
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