I don’t think I have ever moved so fast to go buy something 😂❤ The not being sealed has been the main thing holding me back on really getting into oil pastels
Hi there Cindy! It's good to hear from you. I'm glad you found the review useful. The Varnish has been working well for me so far. If you want more insight into how to apply it, check out the comment above from @starr-starr above. They were very generous and provided great information on how to apply the product :)
I love this stuff, have already reordered a second jar. The Talens website says it can be thinned with water, but doesn’t say how much. I contacted the company, and they suggested 1:1 varnish:water, but I had already run some experiments and am happy with 2 parts water, 1 part varnish. On thicker impasto paintings I would do a couple of coats. I use a bigger brush to move faster. I store the thinned varnish in a tightly sealed jar. Thinning it makes it easier to cover- no skips.you can also let it run over the painting and drip the excess off- I let it drip into a plastic cup and pour it back into my storage jar. It works great in my sketchbooks. It is not UV protective, so you can use a UV varnish over it for art that you want to frame. I love your artwork!
Thank you so much for your insight into this product! I appreciate you sharing this information :) Thank you so much for your compliments and welcome to the community.
New sub, love ur work. You can just use a spray fixative and it seals it totally without damaging it, u can go back and work over it and Respray too, they sell it at Walmart in the art Dept, 5.00. Easy and quick.
The official line from Talens themselves is that they do not recommend mixing with Water now. Reality is they do not really know. I use this all the time and asked the question of dilution rate right at the start from them direct and they did not know and then came back and contradicted their stance on mixing water with it. However, I have learnt all there is to know about this Varnish and you can mix it with water,,,,consistency dependent on your needs! I mix it with up to 50/50 water but that would not be my final coat...i do one coat 50 /50 and another undiluted which serves very well and do not place it on too thick either. I get an almost photo un clumpy look to my oil pastels by doing that. You should be able to varnish at least 4 30cm x 40cm paintings. Stir it ...do not shake it because of Bubbles etc and wipe lid as it will just seize up the top otherwise. I would recommend that you let Oil Pastels sit for a few days to a week before varnishing as it can move the Pastel and go over the rest of it...then you would have to restore it which would be annoying. I would also recommend using Foam brushes as it is better than leaving brush marks or letting a brush loosen the oil Pastel on the paper and causing a problem. I am doing my own vid on this but haven't got to it yet! x my banner pic is varnished with this stuff as too are the majority of my oil pastels.
after finished making the oil pastel painting, how much time do we need to wait until the varnish step? i live in the quite polluted area so even storing them in the closed cabinet makes me anxious because the surface'll be dirty by microdust
you can apply the varnish right away as far as I know. However, I've heard others say they like to let the pastel work dry out a little for a few days before applying the varnish. Hope this helps :)
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I don’t think I have ever moved so fast to go buy something 😂❤ The not being sealed has been the main thing holding me back on really getting into oil pastels
Hi there Cindy! It's good to hear from you. I'm glad you found the review useful. The Varnish has been working well for me so far. If you want more insight into how to apply it, check out the comment above from @starr-starr above. They were very generous and provided great information on how to apply the product :)
I love this stuff, have already reordered a second jar. The Talens website says it can be thinned with water, but doesn’t say how much. I contacted the company, and they suggested 1:1 varnish:water, but I had already run some experiments and am happy with 2 parts water, 1 part varnish. On thicker impasto paintings I would do a couple of coats. I use a bigger brush to move faster. I store the thinned varnish in a tightly sealed jar. Thinning it makes it easier to cover- no skips.you can also let it run over the painting and drip the excess off- I let it drip into a plastic cup and pour it back into my storage jar. It works great in my sketchbooks. It is not UV protective, so you can use a UV varnish over it for art that you want to frame. I love your artwork!
Thank you so much for your insight into this product! I appreciate you sharing this information :) Thank you so much for your compliments and welcome to the community.
New sub, love ur work. You can just use a spray fixative and it seals it totally without damaging it, u can go back and work over it and Respray too, they sell it at Walmart in the art Dept, 5.00. Easy and quick.
May I ask the name of the sealant spray you use ?
The official line from Talens themselves is that they do not recommend mixing with Water now. Reality is they do not really know. I use this all the time and asked the question of dilution rate right at the start from them direct and they did not know and then came back and contradicted their stance on mixing water with it. However, I have learnt all there is to know about this Varnish and you can mix it with water,,,,consistency dependent on your needs! I mix it with up to 50/50 water but that would not be my final coat...i do one coat 50 /50 and another undiluted which serves very well and do not place it on too thick either. I get an almost photo un clumpy look to my oil pastels by doing that. You should be able to varnish at least 4 30cm x 40cm paintings. Stir it ...do not shake it because of Bubbles etc and wipe lid as it will just seize up the top otherwise. I would recommend that you let Oil Pastels sit for a few days to a week before varnishing as it can move the Pastel and go over the rest of it...then you would have to restore it which would be annoying. I would also recommend using Foam brushes as it is better than leaving brush marks or letting a brush loosen the oil Pastel on the paper and causing a problem. I am doing my own vid on this but haven't got to it yet! x my banner pic is varnished with this stuff as too are the majority of my oil pastels.
Thank you for sharing! I think this insight is very helpful and I think others will to. Thank you John :)
after finished making the oil pastel painting, how much time do we need to wait until the varnish step? i live in the quite polluted area so even storing them in the closed cabinet makes me anxious because the surface'll be dirty by microdust
you can apply the varnish right away as far as I know. However, I've heard others say they like to let the pastel work dry out a little for a few days before applying the varnish. Hope this helps :)