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Juan,
I add the Stand Oil (20%) to Gamsol (40%) and Cold Pressed Linseed Oil (40%) and mix it up. I don't keep a lot of medium in my cup since it tends to runneth over (with love?) as I swing my palette around. I mix this medium fresh every time I add it to my cup.
Michelle,
Sargent used Stand Oil and Turps as his medium. Stand Oil is known for leveling off. I used to use this medium, but I found that it precluded the building up of layers because the canvas eventually became over saturated and the upper layers would start to bead up like rain on a freshly waxed car. Sargent used fewer layers, choosing the "scrape off and start over approach".
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