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SCHMINCKE VENETIAN TURPENTINE RESIN 90ML

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SC50073055

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Description

Genuine, highly transparent larch turpentine.
Used for tempera emulsions and as a painting medium component for oil paintings.

Venetian turpentine or Canada Balsam, can be thought of as a concentrate. It needs to be prepared with a strong turpentine. A standard ratio is three parts solvent to one part resin. Generally you only need to use a very small amount. It is Thixotropic, meaning that it is a substance that is thick at rest but loosens up when stirred or agitated. But at room temperature even when stirred this resin is almost solid like semi hard toffee and will not pour – it must be warmed gently to promote flow. The result of using venetian Turpentine is a tough, enamel-like surface, sometimes described as jewel-like. It eliminates all brush marks, leaving a smooth glass like finish.

ABOUT SCHMINCKE
Schmincke began at the end of the 19th Century, when the colour chemists Josef Horadam and Hermann Schmincke saw an opportunity to provide the artists of the day with a truly superior artists oil, and so set out to Italy where traditional studio painting was still taught, in search of the nearly forgotten resin oil formulations.
In 1881, at the Academy of Fine Art in Florence, they secured the precision formulations of the Professor Cesare Mussini, a guardian of the old masters techniques, and on these formulations, the two founded their manufacturing establishment under the name H.Schmincke and Co.

In subsequent years, artists’ colours to suit all techniques were introduced, such as Josef Horadam’s patent watercolours of 1892. Through the entire 20th century, every generation of owner has lead the company to its current position as one of the worlds leading manufacturers of finest artists’ colour.

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