Rublev Colours Pale Drying Gel

Contains manganese driers, so use it sparingly to avoid drying cracks in paint layers. Add directly to your paint to give it transparency without thinning its consistency. Add to pigments or extenders to thicken the gel to create impasto effects that do not sink in.

When Pale Drying Gel is added to oil colours, it increases transparency without causing the flow out and leveling of brushstrokes as when adding oil to paint.

Pale Drying Gel is fast drying. This is the best way to speed up the drying of your oil paint. Add small amounts to your grinding oil when making oil colors, or add to tube oil paint to promote faster drying. Add to painting mediums and oil colors to speed drying without the danger of adding excessive amounts of driers. This is a good substitute for "black oil" and driers.

Add directly to your paint on your palette to give it transparency without thinning its consistency. Add to pigments or extenders to thicken the gel to create impasto effects that do not sink in.

To make your own paint with Pale Drying Gel, add directly to pigment powder until a stiff paste is obtained (the consistency of a thick paste). Grind the paste with a muller on a flat surface before storing it in a collapsible tube.