Why you should Stop Using Linseed Oil for Painting and Transition to Walnut Oil | David Molesky

David Molesky is a figurative painter who stopped using linseed oil to avoid the toxicity of solvents. He lays the case for walnut oil as a viable — and perhaps even better — alternative.

👉TUNE IN: 28th of July at 2pm Eastern Time, David will do a live demonstration of the walnut oil technique via School of Apelles on Telegram for all our members there.
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Topics discussed in this episode:

• The advantages of painting with Walnut oil
• How to paint “fat over lean” without turpentine
• Using chalk in the different layers of paint
• Using a palette (range of colors) that is more lean in itself
• Painting wet-in-wet without turpentine
• The problems of different varnishes and how people varnish
• How to varnish properly
• Defatting your canvas if it has been standing for a while
• How to size your canvas properly