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It’s very fine sand, but I don’t put enough pressure on my bowl scraper for it to damage it. Some of my palette knives have fine scratches but it doesn’t affect the work at all.

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Cold wax and oils is an art medium I enjoy using.

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You can do it!

Yes you can. Use acrylics or inks.

Hi and thanks for watching. First, it’s not a great idea to work on a stretched canvas with oil and cold wax because the canvas has “give” and the cold wax could crack once it is fully dry. As far as layers, you can begin another layer as soon as the previous layer has set up to the point that the paint is not smearing under the palette knife or bowl scraper. That said, you decide when a layer is finished…if you don’t like what you just painted, you can move it around, add more paint, scrape paint back, etc. Once you’ve decided that layer is finished, then you wait for it to set up a bit before proceeding. Depending on the environment, this can take a few hours or a couple of days. You can add as many layers as you want, as long as you want. You could go back years later and add more layers if that’s what you want to do. It’s quite a wonderful medium to work with.

Thanks for watching! The dot cards are an inexpensive way to try out her colors and they go a surprisingly long way, too.

Thanks Vivian. Yes, I use clear gesso for a lot of things, but it’s really gritty so I don’t like watercolors on top of it.

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Yes that’s a fun way as well. Thanks for watching ❤️

Hi Robyn, the stabilo pencil is a very waxy pencil. It is water soluble (not watercolor, per se.) It feels like a crayon when it goes down. You can leave it as is on the surface or wet it with water to blend it out. It does stay moveable with water even after it dries, which can be a drawback, so I activate it with matte medium instead and that stabilizes it so if I want to use more water based products on my project, the pencil doesn’t continue to move or smudge. Otherwise, save the addition of stabilo for the last layer of a project. A little goes a long way…the black is really strong. But it can be layered as well. I highly recommend it. There are also colored versions (white, blue, red, and brown) and a whole color set of shorter fat pencils called Woodies, which are actually intended for kids, but work the same way. I also use Inktense pencils. Those really are more like watercolor pencils that dry permanent but feel more like a lead than the stabilo, which feel more like a crayon. Hope that helps explain it, and thanks so much for watching!

@@SallyVanNuysMixedMediaArtist thanks for replying to my message! I’ve been binge watching you for a few days now. I bought cold wax to finish gouache then found out you can paint oils with it. Then I started searching for info and found you.. 😊

@@robynwhite5662 I’m glad that I was able to inspire you in some way. Thank you for watching.

Hi Debbie! Thanks so much for watching. I appreciate it!

I sprayed with water to start and at the 11:00 minute mark after I applied the ink/paint, I sprayed it with alcohol.

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It’s a shame…Michael’s bought out Darcie Crafts who made the Studio 71 products. The Darcie company (Pat Catans) warehouse was just 20 minutes from me, and you could go in and buy wholesale there with a vendors license. I could find some of the products in Michael’s and Walmart shortly after the buy out, but I think all that stock has been depleted. It still comes up in search, but it’s all sold out. We had a Pat Catans retail location very close to me too, where I bought painting supplies since the 80s. Since Michael’s converted that store, it’s so different and really doesn’t compare for art supplies.

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Thanks for your comment and for watching!

Thanks for the concern…both products are solvent based so it is safe to mix them. They both contain resin, and cold wax can be mixed safely with mineral spirits. So, there are no problems with mixing. The only thing I dried with the heat tool was the initial acrylic layers, not the wax layer. Thanks for watching!

Yes you can use any paper to embed into the wax. Thinner papers work best for me. So, if you have gel prints on tissue or deli paper those are ideal.

Janet, thanks for watching! Varnishing is optional with cold wax. You can use a good quality varnish made for oil painting,mor when the painting is completely dry (can take up to a month) you can gently rub it with a soft cloth to buff up a soft sheen. I don’t varnish or seal the gold leaf…the plain cold wax does a great job of sealing it into the painting.

Thank you very much for getting back to me - your video is very inspiring too. Thank you

Yep, just tap water. Thanks for watching ❤

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Hi Nancy! Your comment was a real treat for me. I think we are a lot the same (and I’m pretty old - let’s just say I grew up with a Formica and chrome kitchen table…LOL) I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and I’m sure you will enjoy playing with alcohol inks. I dabble in a lot of mediums, but I painted in acrylics for 40 some years and now I love doing portraits in graphite, too. Check out my playlists to see all the mediums I’m working in (excelling in…not always.) Art is play and should be joyful even if you call it a fail…otherwise, why do we spend so much money on art supplies? I also have all the watercolor stuff, but coming from acrylics, it’s so totally different that I have trouble letting it “do it’s thing.” Come visit my web site and Instagram if you’d like to see more of my art. And thank you so much for watching! ❤️

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It really was!

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