Shiva Oil Mediums

Venice Turpentine is used in mixing your own mediums. Its properties include adhesiveness and an enamel-like gloss.

120703 Venice Turpentine 4oz.
120704 Venice Turpentine 8 oz.
120705 Venice Turpentine 16oz.

Light Painting Medium is formulated to provide brilliance and good working consistency to oil paints. After drying, the paint film remains flexible and very durable, with no cracking.

120706 Light Painting Medium 4oz.

Sun Thickened Linseed Oil, or Stand Oil, is a very heavy-bodied oil. It wets pigments well, producing paint with good flowing qualities that levels easily and reduces brush marks.

120707 Sun/Stand Oil 4oz.
120708 Sun/Stand Oil 8 oz.
120709 Sun/Stand Oil 16oz.

Copal Painting Medium improves the flow of paint from the brush and speeds the drying rate for oil colors. Avoid overloading the paint film with copal as this can cause excessive yellowing.

120710 Copal Medium 4oz.
120711 Copal Medium 8 oz.

Rectified Turpentine is highly refined and crystal clear. It is used to thin oil paints and for cleaning brushes.

120712 Rectified Turpentine 4oz.
120713 Rectified Turpentine 8 oz.
120714 Rectified Turpentine 16oz.
120715 Rectified Turpentine 32oz.

Linseed Oil is highly purified white linseed oil. It thins the paint, but still acts as a binder for the pigment.

120716 Linseed Oil 4oz.
120717 Linseed Oil 8 oz.
120718 Linseed Oil 16oz.
120719 Linseed Oil 32oz.
120720 Linseed Oil Gallon

Damar Varnish is considered to be the best of the natural picture varnishes. It increases the brilliancy of the colors and provides moderately high gloss. Damar Varnish responds readily to ordinary solvents used in painting restoration.

120721 Damar Varnish 4oz.
120722 Damar Varnish 8 oz.
120723 Damar Varnish 16oz.
120724 Damar Varnish 32oz.

Signa-Turp is a colorless turpentine substitute which possesses the properties of turpentine without its strong odor. It is especially ideal for people who are allergic to turpentine or do not like its strong odor.

120725 Signa-Turp 4oz.
120726 Signa-Turp 8 oz.
120727 Signa-Turp 16oz.
120728 Signa-Turp 32oz.
120729 Signa-Turp Gallon

Casein Emulsion is the pure casein binder that is used to make casein paints. As such, it can be mixed with casein paints to improve the brushability or flow without altering any other characteristics.

120730 Casein Emulsion 4oz.
120731 Casein Emulsion 16 oz.

Casein Varnish is a pure, clear, shellac-based finish that may be used as an isolating varnish for casein underpainting with mixed media techniques, or as an excellent finish varnish.

120732 Casein Varnish 4oz.
120733 Casein Varnish 16 oz.

Shiva Watercolor Mediums

Liquid Masque allows the artist to block out areas so that they will not accept color. Simply paint Liquid Masque on the areas where color is not wanted. Paint with watercolors, tempera, acrylics, casein, gouache, or airbrush colors. Remove dry Masque by peeling or rubbing with a soft eraser.

120701 Liquid Masque 1oz.
120702 Liquid Masque 4 oz.

Liquid Masque Brush Cleaner is used for cleaning Liquid Masque out of your brushes.

120700 Liquid Masque Brush Cleaner 4oz.

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