How to use Mediums in Oil Painting and the "Fat over lean" Rule

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  • Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024

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  • @mymatemartin
    @mymatemartin 8 лет назад +130

    I am absolutely new to understanding oil and medium techniques. I found this video very easy informative and very easy to follow. Thank you.

    • @FlorentFargesarts
      @FlorentFargesarts  8 лет назад +3

      Thank you very much !

    • @cocostewart389
      @cocostewart389 7 лет назад

      Martin Craig

    • @kosur7247
      @kosur7247 7 лет назад

      Florent Farges - arts ......can we use mustard oil instead of linseed oil to make oil paints more thin ........

  • @jaybrown2618
    @jaybrown2618 2 года назад +1

    I started oil painting over 35 years ago. But haven't lifted a brush since. Now retired I am finding these tutorials extremely helpful to refresh my memory and learn techniques that I have never tried. Thx Florent

  • @lAcedUpLiss
    @lAcedUpLiss 7 лет назад +72

    This is the best explanation for the fat over lean rule. Thank you!

  • @memeb5716
    @memeb5716 3 года назад +3

    The science of art and the artistic side of science, loved this video!

  • @robertjschroff6307
    @robertjschroff6307 3 года назад +1

    After 5 years it is still a great video. :) Thanks for that.

  • @beckyholt
    @beckyholt 9 лет назад +37

    How wonderful it was to come across this stunning and informative tutorial on oil paint mediums. I challenge even the most advanced painters to not to come away with admiration. A simple, clear and informative presentation. Thank you so much for taking the time to produce and share this gem of a video. Subscribed and liked.

    • @FlorentFargesarts
      @FlorentFargesarts  9 лет назад

      beckyholt Thank you so much, I am glad I earned your subscribtion and very happy if it was helpful to you !

  • @tylererickson4561
    @tylererickson4561 2 года назад +1

    Finally. A clear, detailed, and specific video on how to properly use medium and solvents. Thank you for not being vague like all the other tutorialsI I’ve found. Very informative my guy thanks again

  • @luistrevino3691
    @luistrevino3691 8 лет назад +3

    you are the very frist one that i find on internet that explain just exactly what i want to know and in what consists the REAL techniques behind, I read about this before in other pages, but you explained better faster understandable in a few time just in one small video ! THANK YOU :)

    • @FlorentFargesarts
      @FlorentFargesarts  8 лет назад

      Thank you very much ! I guess I had a hard time collecting scattered information before so I try my best to make it as clear as possible now.

  • @anthonypc1
    @anthonypc1 4 года назад +2

    This explanation was the most helpful I've seen.
    I love to understand the specific explanations behind rules so I'm not just dependent on following them out of ignorance.

  • @zzzsleepless6834
    @zzzsleepless6834 5 лет назад +123

    I feel like having chemistry class more than art😂

    • @greysky1252
      @greysky1252 4 года назад +5

      its what we need to hear tho.

    • @sharonbarrett2104
      @sharonbarrett2104 4 года назад +1

      This is true, but you need to know which mediums dry slow or fast. You cant put fast drying over slow, paint will buckle and your work will be ruined.

    • @robertjschroff6307
      @robertjschroff6307 3 года назад

      Well, because this video dedicated to the understanding of the paint and its mediums, allow you to create long life valuable, quality painting, rather to get trouble by the time, like cracking darkening etc. It is pretty much a MUST to know if you want to paint artist grade painting in oil, otherwise you can be a good hobbyist with less necessary knowledge.

  • @tvtvvtvt8017
    @tvtvvtvt8017 Год назад

    This was the absolute best description I've seen yet and I've been looking around for a while. I especially liked the following;
    Lean (first layer(s)): 1 part oil: 2 parts solvent
    Next Layer: 1:1 oil:solvent
    Fat (final layers): 2 parts oil: 1 part solvent

  • @giovannisiano574
    @giovannisiano574 4 года назад

    A very complete scientific but easy to understand guide! So far the best I got...

  • @smaugholmes2136
    @smaugholmes2136 7 лет назад +1

    finally someone who explained everything so well and your voice and accent are beautiful

  • @adamkennedy7036
    @adamkennedy7036 8 лет назад +3

    I always get a notification on exactly what I am struggling with as far as my painting, right when I need it

    • @FlorentFargesarts
      @FlorentFargesarts  8 лет назад +1

      +Adam Kennedy This is great, I am very happy about it ! Thanks for watching :)

    • @adamkennedy7036
      @adamkennedy7036 8 лет назад

      No problem at all I enjoy being able to talk to and see other artists

  • @fennycruz6714
    @fennycruz6714 Год назад

    Thank you... you gave a very practical use of ratio of medium to oil paints. Very useful. It took out the guess work.

  • @jegr3398
    @jegr3398 2 года назад

    This is the best explanation of mediums I've found

  • @angelasanchez4413
    @angelasanchez4413 4 года назад +1

    VERY helpful. I am a self taught abstract Acrylic artist that is really confused. Lol. This is the best information I have gotten so far! I am going to see if you have more instructional videos

  • @thebookreader287
    @thebookreader287 7 лет назад +5

    finally found a tutorial that is easily digestible. thank you. :)

  • @sammariofan
    @sammariofan 8 лет назад +22

    You're amazing for making these informative videos! Thank you so much

    • @FlorentFargesarts
      @FlorentFargesarts  8 лет назад +4

      +Samescape Thank you very much ! Your support is greatly appreciated

  • @elizabethquinn2687
    @elizabethquinn2687 8 лет назад +2

    A completely thorough and accessible way to understand a complex subject. Thank you so much!

  • @yutzuwang3035
    @yutzuwang3035 7 лет назад +2

    This video is very easy to understand, and it is not as boring as reading textbook. Thank you for making this!

  • @oilpaintingforbeginners
    @oilpaintingforbeginners 2 года назад

    Yea! I get headaches from liquin alkyd too. I use the walnut alkyd more now. But always ventilating. Thank you for the video Florent.

  • @erinchatham1428
    @erinchatham1428 3 года назад

    This helped explain so many of my unanswered questions about mediums, thank you thank you!

  • @christine1439
    @christine1439 4 года назад

    This is the video I have been looking for! Thank you thank you thank you! I’ve watched sO much content and NONE of it was able to explain this as clearly as you have! Thank you so much!

  • @t.bunker2511
    @t.bunker2511 6 лет назад +1

    I read good reviews about using Lavender Spike oil instead of linseed oil, turpentine or "odorless solvent", and I think it's made in France.
    I'm planning on trying water-miscible oil paints this Spring. They recommend using the modified linseed medium for thinning painting, not water. You can even use them with limited amounts of traditional linseed oil paints and stand oil, and they'll still clean up in soap and water. Vegetable oil or baby oil can also be used in cleaning brushes instead of mineral spirits before using soap and water with both traditional linseed oil paints and WMO oil paints.

  • @stevestevelinkbtinternetcom
    @stevestevelinkbtinternetcom 2 года назад

    Very informative video. As a hobby painter, I use only linseed oil as a thinning medium as I don’t like spirits odours for my health. I clean brushes with thinner in a pot with a lid and finish off with bevy oil.

  • @annachmiel6338
    @annachmiel6338 8 лет назад +1

    Simple and very professional at the same time

  • @bio-plasmictoad5311
    @bio-plasmictoad5311 5 лет назад

    Nicely explained, some make it seem like rocket science when it don't need to be that complicated.

  • @arteyciencia2329
    @arteyciencia2329 9 лет назад +5

    amazing thanks for sharing the knowledge , one of the best videos explaining the fat over lean rule

  • @hadeelabdullah220
    @hadeelabdullah220 9 лет назад +3

    you explain everything clearly and at the point ! thank you for all the information .if you can do a video about glazing that would be great

  • @basi0594
    @basi0594 3 года назад +2

    To bardzo dobry poradnik, konkretny rzeczowy i zrozumiały:-)

  • @sundarammadduri4442
    @sundarammadduri4442 7 лет назад

    Thanks, you have clearly explained the various uses of mediums and how to use them

  • @valzerna
    @valzerna 7 лет назад

    by far the best video about mediums on youtube!

  • @lizaya6187
    @lizaya6187 9 лет назад +1

    Very instructive and explicit! I've just subscribed to your priceless videos. Thanks.

    • @FlorentFargesarts
      @FlorentFargesarts  9 лет назад

      ***** Thank you very much Liz ! It's really appreciated !

  • @stonewolfsong779
    @stonewolfsong779 4 года назад

    I’m so glad I came across this video. Finally, a clear explanation of mediums and what fat over lean means. Thank you!

  • @rosinniatazar9757
    @rosinniatazar9757 8 лет назад +1

    I'm digging this page so much. Everything is well-explained. Thanks.

  • @studiolpcreate
    @studiolpcreate 3 года назад

    Really well explained video. I particularly like the suggestion of using different mediums with varying oil content to deal with the fat over lean rule. Keep up the great work! 👏

  • @radinka92
    @radinka92 9 лет назад

    This tutorial is an amazing introduction to mediums and the best source of information my beginner self found. Thank you very much!

  • @SomethingImpromptu
    @SomethingImpromptu 5 месяцев назад

    Great info, well-delivered!
    Just wanted to put it out there, since it didn’t sound like you were familiar with it (unless you just didn’t count it as a solvent-free alkyd medium because it does additionally contain an oil ingredient), but Gamblin’s “solvent-free fluid” medium, which is a mixture of alkyd & safflower oil, is actually the first oil painting medium I decided to try (they also sell it in tubes of a thicker gel consistency), because after some research it sounded like it would really suit my needs: it‘s relatively quick-drying, VOC/solvent-free… It probably isn’t for you, because it does dry quite glossy, but it seems to work really well from my limited experience so far. Granted, I haven’t tried many other oils OR alkyd mediums, so I have little to compare it to. But as someone who is trying to stick to solvent-free for the most part (at least until I have a better studio space to work in), it’s been a really nice material to start off with while I learn the basics. Maybe I’ll wind up preferring something else in the long-term, but I think it was a good option. I just picked up some spike oil as a solvent alternative for underpaintings, & at least where I live that was considerably more expensive. But yeah, I’d be curious to hear how the walnut oil based solvent-free medium you mentioned compared with this safflower+alkyd solvent-free medium from someone who has tried both. It seems like a little goes a long way with this stuff- just a tiny bit on a palette knife can significantly change the consistency of neat paint, & IIRC you’re definitely not supposed to use more than about 25% medium to 75% paint because it’ll become a dilute fluid mess & risk drying problems beyond that point (from my brief experience I’d say 20% is already a generous maximum- you really don’t need that much)…
    I will say that the fat over lean rule seems very simple when I’m just thinking about a simple schema where you’re using a solvent & an oil… Like, obviously, the leanest solvent layer first, then less solvent, then near paint, then paint you add oil to, & so on up to the fattiest oil layer is straight-forward enough… But when you start getting into these mediums that just say “moderate drying time” or stuff like that, or mediums that have some oil in them, but also other stuff, it starts to raise more questions for me. Or for example, if you do some painting with neat paint (which I know has linseed oil in it) but you also use a relatively “quick-drying” oil, then is the quick-drying oil considered more lean, even though you’re technically adding more oil, because it’ll dry faster than the linseed oil in the paint, or does it depend on how thickly you’re painting each layer (because a thicker layer of the quick-drying oil might still dry slower than a thin layer of paint with the small amount of linseed oil that’s in it), or does adding any amount of oil tend to outweigh whatever difference in polymerization-time there may be between the quicker-drying oil & linseed oil?.. It seems like there are quite a few ins & outs that I’ll have to learn. But for now I think sticking with the medium I have & the spike oil should make for a nice, relatively simple, quick-drying, solvent-free painting process, at least while I’m learning & still focused more on acrylic & watercolor.

  • @marthansartstudioandgaller3724
    @marthansartstudioandgaller3724 7 лет назад

    Thank you. I watched while I tried to figure out my painting. You were very helpful.

  • @crystalrassifineart
    @crystalrassifineart 2 года назад

    I can’t use turps either. So I only use oils as my medium. Less oil for the bottom layer, and more oil as you add layers. Like you said. The first layer dries to the touch in about 24 hours. The layer can take up to 1 week but not usually that long. I’m okay with that because I just work on a few paintings at a time so that while one dries, I work on the other. Very efficient 😊
    And if you haven’t found water based oils yet, you can get them online. They work like acrylic sort of. I’m not sure what I think of them yet.

  • @norituk9824
    @norituk9824 2 года назад

    Thanks for this video. There's a lot of advice out there but it's not always useful or to the point, but this video was both useful and to the point.

  • @eunsamlee2575
    @eunsamlee2575 3 года назад

    I always learn new things from your videos. Thanks a lot!

  • @gerardavenue7547
    @gerardavenue7547 7 лет назад

    Excellent love the way you explain, I will just start to oil paint and looking for good advices, this really encourage new painters, thank you so much.

  • @JessicaJolicoeur
    @JessicaJolicoeur 7 лет назад

    This is a great video with great advice. I am quite adept at acrylic and water color painting which I enjoy for the end result and the quick drying time but I really want to move my painting into a more mature realm.
    Oil painting has a quality that is very desirable to me and I have a little bit of experience with it but before I invest in mediums and solvents I needed to understand the relationship to mediums, solvents and oil pigments.
    You explained this very well and I was able to take down some notes while I watched.
    Great video, thank you.

  • @anthonyhargis9411
    @anthonyhargis9411 5 лет назад +16

    I see Linseed Oil on many painting videos, mixing videos, paint thinning videos etc. I guess these professionals do not realize that there is 1. Refined Linseed oil. 2. Boiled Linseed Oil and 3.Pure Raw Linseed Oil. I hadn't seen anyone of them tell which of the three that they recommend, or is that because all three Oils work the same way with Oil Paint?

    • @ashlyns_expression2194
      @ashlyns_expression2194 4 года назад

      Anthony Hargis i also have the same question

    • @saraeugenia3767
      @saraeugenia3767 4 года назад

      I knowww its been bothering me for a long time, I have the same question

    • @CesarCordova
      @CesarCordova 4 года назад +8

      They work similarly. Cold pressed linseed oil is used to make very fine materials, it's more expensive. Refined linseed oil is hot pressed oil, and cleaned. It's cheaper and is used to mix while painting. Stand Oil or boiled oil is oil that has been heated, heating the oil polimerizes it, that will accelerate the drying process if used to paint, stand oil yellows less and cracks less. You can use any of them to paint with.

  • @venetiancat
    @venetiancat 6 лет назад

    Thanks so much for this very well made, helpful and informative video. They did NOT teach us these things in art school! Thanks to artists like you, I can educate myself here on RUclips. Incidentally, your English is perfect. :)

  • @lameesmmi6652
    @lameesmmi6652 7 лет назад

    this is the best video for explaining mediums ! thank you

  • @mya25025
    @mya25025 6 лет назад

    Best explanation I've ever seen

  • @shathabatayneh3744
    @shathabatayneh3744 5 лет назад

    I have this book, and I’m so happy to see this video... thank you for sharing.

  • @coopergurl90
    @coopergurl90 7 лет назад

    This was very very helpful and informative for a beginner like me! Thank you and bless you!

  • @frankblangeard8865
    @frankblangeard8865 6 лет назад

    You can make your own mediums. You can also grind your own paints, stretch and prime your own canvasses, raise your own sables and make brushes from the hair on their pelts etc.

  • @joshglover6560
    @joshglover6560 7 лет назад

    Great video it's nice to have some well explained and easy to understand advice on this subject, thanks for sharing!

  • @bobbytirlea
    @bobbytirlea 4 года назад

    Superb explanation and teaching! Thank you!

  • @reakelly9795
    @reakelly9795 7 лет назад

    Super helpful, Florent. I love your indepth descriptions and watchouts about excess. Thank you. I have subscribed and I look forward to learning more from you. Toronto-based fine artist, working in oil, encaustic and at times, acrylic. Merci beaucoup.

  • @pauloaa11
    @pauloaa11 8 лет назад

    Excellent tutorial. Very clear and informative.

  • @lindsaypatterson3547
    @lindsaypatterson3547 Год назад

    You answered all my questions thank you

  • @mosespray4510
    @mosespray4510 3 года назад

    A very helpful video. Thank you!

  • @bernieborsten32
    @bernieborsten32 6 лет назад

    Stunning good explicit video. Thank you for sharing

  • @shealeighhanna1233
    @shealeighhanna1233 3 года назад

    Now THIS was helpful. I feel like il painting is much less of a mystery now.

  • @nelidagarcia7412
    @nelidagarcia7412 8 лет назад +1

    Another excellent video! Merci!

  • @daftasabrush6919
    @daftasabrush6919 8 лет назад +3

    As both an Industrial Chemist AND a painter... this is by far the best explanation for this topic that I have ever found.... First class tutorial!!!!!! Many thanks.
    Whats with the 5 inverted thumbs?? :o(((
    C.

    • @FlorentFargesarts
      @FlorentFargesarts  8 лет назад

      +Daftasabrush Thanks ! I am honored that a chemist approved this video ! I'm glad I didn't make any blunder... ; )

    • @daftasabrush6919
      @daftasabrush6919 8 лет назад

      It simply couldn't be any better man... thanks again...

  • @aobarts
    @aobarts 6 лет назад

    Thank you very much! Amazing video as always! I reaaaally appreciate your help! Thanks! Have a great day

  • @Bumper55
    @Bumper55 4 года назад

    This video was very interesting and informative. It was just what I wanted to know. Thank you.

  • @alynneloup7707
    @alynneloup7707 6 лет назад

    Mahalo, best explanations ever.!!! I am using walnut oil and medium for first time, not sure about it yet.

  • @Drmehta183
    @Drmehta183 8 лет назад

    Very Nice and Excellent tutorial. Very clear and informative. Thank you very much

  • @1Bustedfoot
    @1Bustedfoot 6 лет назад

    Really really well explained, I feel like i can confidently explain to someone else now.... I don't need to but that's the test!

  • @RapidBlindfolds
    @RapidBlindfolds 5 месяцев назад

    If you haven’t already, would you consider making a video showing the different mediums in action? Like say if you were to redo a certain small demo painting but each time with different mediums so we can see the different effect that it produces

  • @jessewaughcom
    @jessewaughcom 9 лет назад

    Thank you for the best videos and your paintings are so good!! Am going to watch them all.

    • @FlorentFargesarts
      @FlorentFargesarts  9 лет назад +1

      +Jesse Waugh, I thank you for the support and interest you show to my work. Greatly appreciated !

  • @dagoelius
    @dagoelius 7 лет назад

    Thankyou Florent for this video. Very helpful.

  • @arifjohn3816
    @arifjohn3816 8 лет назад

    I love to watch about oil painting for hours and hours. Painting , music, dancing, singing, are all forms of meditation.. And when an artists is painting, he or she is surrounded by angels. How do I know that? Because I am a Clairvoyant and I can see angels and spirits.. They love creativities like painting.. Especially oil painting..

  • @angusyoung9594
    @angusyoung9594 8 лет назад +3

    Great videos, very informative.

  • @777-Phil
    @777-Phil 7 лет назад +1

    Thank you ... I find myself using more than a couple drops :):):)
    Also, I've used Bob Ross 'magic white' oft for wet-on-wet as well as scumbling (linseed oil + solvent + excellent white pigments (titanium + zinc I presume)) ... I cannot mix mediums as well as others.

  • @f_r_e_d
    @f_r_e_d 4 года назад +4

    I personally like to use scorpion fish quills dipped in pufferfish for my brush/medium combo 🤷‍♂️🎨✌

  • @pablo_p_art
    @pablo_p_art 4 года назад

    Sennelier got line Green for Oils mediums. Plant based, without solvents. I found brush cleaner, gel for impasto (also speeds up drying time) and thinner. Will try them soon.

  • @amysbees6686
    @amysbees6686 6 лет назад

    Another option to consider if one is planning to go "solvent free" might be Rublev Oloegel by Natural Pigments (linseed oil and fumed silica). I'm considering using this product myself.

  • @reneejaspers5322
    @reneejaspers5322 5 лет назад

    Thank you for a good concise tutorial.

  • @TrevorWaugh
    @TrevorWaugh 8 лет назад

    Very informative thank you Florent Farges !!!

  • @thanekaivels312
    @thanekaivels312 4 года назад

    wonderful explanation loved it !

  • @PeriodinstrumentfaN
    @PeriodinstrumentfaN 7 лет назад

    Ben voilà, j'ai retrouvé votre vidéo !!! pas la peine de répondre à ma question posée y a quelques jours !!! Merci, Florent !!! ^_^

  • @jackiemiami6107
    @jackiemiami6107 6 лет назад

    Thank you for the tutorial. I learned a lot.

  • @ladyethyme
    @ladyethyme 2 года назад

    You can use safflower oil to clean your brushes. You don’t need solvent.

  • @joelmiller731
    @joelmiller731 7 лет назад +1

    thank you so much! this explained it so well

  • @NickPenlee
    @NickPenlee 9 лет назад

    According to MANY art forums and art shops that i've visited a consensus of opinion in using Liquin is that you only have to use the SAME amount of Liquid in each layer (or painting sessions); you DON'T have to increase the ratio!!

    • @FlorentFargesarts
      @FlorentFargesarts  9 лет назад

      NickPenlee Thank you for your comment !... Like I said, with an alkyd medium, there's no need to worry too much about the fat over lean rule because these mediums are very flexible. So you're right, using the same amount in each layer is fine. Now, in my paintings with liquin, I try to follow the guidelines given by W&N themselves in this video (comment section) :
      ruclips.net/video/_GqKKYB8W7Y/видео.html&NR=1
      Winsor & Newton : "Liquin is a fast drying medium that can be used instead of a traditional oil medium, like linseed oil, but is used in the same way, so, the fat over lean rule still applies. In each successive layer you need to add a little more liquin. This retains the flexibility of the paint."
      There are many ways to paint and push the limits of any mediums... I think either way is fine. Best regards.

    • @NickPenlee
      @NickPenlee 9 лет назад

      Florent Farges - arts Many thanks for your reply.
      Yes, I felt that if you are going to go to the effort of explaining the relatively complicated "fat over lean" rule in very simplistic terms then, where Liquid is concerned, just suggest using the same ratio in all layers; can't go wrong then.
      I do however respect your practice of adhering to W&N guidelines.
      All the best.

  • @ToonNagtegaal
    @ToonNagtegaal 5 лет назад

    Great explanation, thank you very much👍🏻

  • @balzac617
    @balzac617 5 лет назад

    Excellent video

  • @kennethkalaukoa8892
    @kennethkalaukoa8892 4 года назад

    Thanks for sharing the valuable information! Aloha

  • @gopicamanethe3600
    @gopicamanethe3600 5 лет назад

    Very useful video..thank you

  • @lwitt8448
    @lwitt8448 8 лет назад +1

    Very informative video, thank you! I just subbed!

  • @airamona
    @airamona 8 лет назад

    Thanks for the free lessons

  • @nana.naghmana9
    @nana.naghmana9 6 лет назад

    Very nice...
    Thanks for many reasons.
    Great Vedio.

  • @jessejzetteart5180
    @jessejzetteart5180 6 лет назад

    This is so helpful, Thank you!

  • @hideentity1518
    @hideentity1518 7 лет назад +2

    Thank you so much. So usefull to beginners with mediums. I really appreciate that. One quastion, what medium is less hazard maybe no hazaed at all? And good to work with?

  • @andreaserrano6924
    @andreaserrano6924 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you! love your videos!

  • @catharinegriffin2507
    @catharinegriffin2507 3 года назад

    very helpful, thank you.

  • @renosmaster
    @renosmaster 8 лет назад

    Great tutorial .. thank you . I am a fan .

    • @FlorentFargesarts
      @FlorentFargesarts  8 лет назад

      +Kevin McGregor Thanks a lot Kevin ! Have fun painting !

  • @genevieveplowman6845
    @genevieveplowman6845 8 лет назад

    Thank you so much you explianed it very good.

  • @claraedouwesdekker6389
    @claraedouwesdekker6389 7 лет назад

    Great tutorial! Thank you!!

  • @msbookgal
    @msbookgal 6 лет назад

    Best fat over lean video I have ever seen.

  • @lucvrhovnik
    @lucvrhovnik 9 лет назад +1

    Thank you, you have really helped me :)