Difference between revisions of "Gel medium"
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| − | A gelatinous, unpigmented medium added to oil and watercolor paints to produce more transparent colors. [ | + | A gelatinous, unpigmented medium added to oil and watercolor paints to produce more transparent colors. [[Megilp]], a mixture of [[linseed oil]] and [[mastic resin]], was used during the 18th and 19th centuries then abandoned. In more recent years, synthetic gel media have become available that have good handling properties and do not yellow with age. However, gel media mixed with oil paints are still likely to produce weak underpigmented films that are susceptible to cracking (Mayer 1969). |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 14:21, 15 January 2014
Description
A gelatinous, unpigmented medium added to oil and watercolor paints to produce more transparent colors. Megilp, a mixture of Linseed oil and Mastic resin, was used during the 18th and 19th centuries then abandoned. In more recent years, synthetic gel media have become available that have good handling properties and do not yellow with age. However, gel media mixed with oil paints are still likely to produce weak underpigmented films that are susceptible to cracking (Mayer 1969).
Synonyms and Related Terms
megilp; medium de gel (Port.)
Additional Information
R. Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row, New York, 1969.
Authority
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)