Gamblin Galkyd G Gel 150 Ml

A must have if you paint in oils! Love it. Came quickly

I have found Galkyd to be a great painting medium. It creates a nice consistency and dries quickly. I generally paint with oils and do a lot of glazing. Sometimes I mix the gel with the Galkyd liquid to thin it a bit. Either way, it works great.

This makes paintings shiny and fun to spread thick oil paint. Liberating.

If you are frustrated and tired of your licquin / Galkyd drying up in the bottle; this stuff is for you.If you paint 'on the spot'- plein aire - on location outside; you may like this medium because it won't run down your palette. I use it most of the time. I can visually measure it, and apply to pigments at ratios I want. btw/ shipped fast, came in great sharp, not dented or squished.

I became allergic to turpentine a few years back. As an artist my bravado became seriously limited. This is the best thing I have found for getting a little "tack" early on in my underpainting in order to add more layers. Wish I could say I love it but it is the absolute best and closest so far. As an update and addendum, yes it is marvelous mixed with cold wax as well! But another great trick is when you begin to lay out your paints, (I always start with white in my upper left corner), I will mix my white 50/50 with this gel using my palette knife. Doing so will have your white drying as fast as everything else.

You can stretch any pigment to near complete dilution with this stuff, and it will still have the body to retain brushstroke marks if that's desired, or smooth them out to be undetectable.I know they aren't attempting to be the same product or anything... but with a little spirits added as well, this stuff has me buying absolutely ZERO Liquin from here on out.Liquin dulls somewhat. This stuff does not.Other than being a bit glossy for my taste, this is a perfect product.

This was the product that I mixed with cold wax for a cold wax art workshop! It made a great mix with oil paint for a great abstract piece!

A requirement for any oil painter. Literally best stuff ever, cuts drying times from days into hours, even for slow drying cadmiums.