Cold wax painting technique

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Painting Demonstration by Kim Sobat using oil paint and cold wax from beginning to end. Subscribe to Kim's channel to receive notifications of her newest vi...

I was thrilled when Elizabeth got in touch and asked if I would review a selection of her CWM tools. For those readers new to CWM it’s worth stating that most artists lay down paint with a spreader, brayer or palette knife before working into the paint with tools that create textures, or scraping to reveal under-layers of paint. It is possible to use brushes to apply the paint but they need to be very stiff to push the paint around, and in my experience, they clog too easily

This is what you need to make cold wax medium yourself (DIY Cold wax medium!) Filtered beeswax, Damar resin (not Damar varnish!), Odorless Mineral Spirit (I use Odorless Miniral Spirits Gamsol from Gamblin). Here is the recipe!

Today's video is for all you beginners who want to give cold wax + oil painting a try. I wanted to show you all the tools and methods for using this fun cold...

#coldwaxcollage #coldwax #artcollageWelcome! Today’s project is a total experiment using Gamblin Cold Wax medium WITHOUT OIL PAINT. I have never used co...

What is cold wax? How do you use cold wax? Why are so many artists using it with oil paints? In this video I hope to answer these questions and give you some...

I generally talk about using cold wax as a process of adding and taking away. The taking away is all about applying reduction techniques which is basically removing oil and cold wax with the intention of creating interesting effects and textures and to also reveal earlier layers of colour and texture. Here I will illustrate how you can use tissue paper to create some interesting effects.

In this blogpost you’ll find the basic materials you need to paint with CWM. I have added a link with a printable PDF with these materials and more ‘not really indispensable’ materials (like yummy Marabu Art Crayons, gilding wax, R&F oil sticks and more) at the bottom of this blog post.

Cold Wax Painting is any type of painting that heavily utilizes Cold Wax Medium into oil colors. Cold Wax is excellent for creating a variety of textures