Balsams provide protection where incompatible pigments are used in the same painting. Canada Balsam is the most highly prized of the balsams, very expensive and worth every penny.
Ingredients:
| 4 parts | damar varnish | |
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| 2 parts | sun-thickened linseed oil | |
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| 1 part | canada balsam |
- Combine all the ingredients at room temperature and stir until thoroughly mixed. This produces a thick medium.
How to use:
Combine this medium on the palette with tube oil paints. Use it for painting over layers of tube oil paint. Because of the amount of Damar and Canada Balsam, this medium should not be used in undercoats. Ground with dry pigments, this medium makes an excellent glazing medium and can be thinned considerably with turpentine or Lavender Oil of Spike. This medium dries in three days.
