Can you do an imprimatura with Water Mixable Oils? Let's find out! [DEMO]

[@susanmarold3632]

Good to see the master taking on new challenges. Its always delightful watching you paint Layne .I marvel at the way you bring out the light in your underpainting .

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

Thanks so much!

[@lauralaladarling3775]

I think it looks amazing! Watching you paint is awesome. Thank you. Xxxx❤❤😂

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

Thank you! 🙏

[@Honey_Badger_xx]

Really enjoyed this. I use water mixable oil paints and whilst I am not keen on Winsor & Newton's water mixable oil paints I have found their thinner, that is designed to be used with them, very helpful in my early leaner layers, and water mixable linseed oil in later layers. Look forward to seeing more videos, thank you. I am mostly using Cobra and Holbein's Aqua Duo paints.

[@mattnapier2487]

Txs. Please keep the experiments coming. Thank you !

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

You're very welcome!

[@kris.creates]

I'm so glad you brought this up. I exclusively use water soluble oils. I'm interested to see when you add a little medium, how that changes things.

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

I'll have that video up soon (it worked well!).

[@FriedaBrownlie]

Been using cobra wmo for a year now love the buttery feel love your work

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

Thank you! 🙏

[@SkiesOfBlue4MeAndYou]

Hi from NZ :) Love your paintings and hope to see how this works out!

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

Thanks! Stay tuned!

[@mjrewerts]

I’ve recently started painting with the Winsor and Newton Artisan water miscible paints. I tried using just water but found their thinner made for these paints works much better for me and goes on smoother. I would be afraid that the paint might lose its integrity 🤔. I also work large in acrylics but wanted to explore these for smaller paintings, especially portraits.

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

Next time I'm going to try the WMO thinner for the imprimatura. 👍

[@AFAskygoddess]

You are NOT supposed to mix water into water miscible oil paint when actually painting. You are supposed to CLEAN the brushes with just soap and water after your painting session.

[@coramuller6065]

👋Good morning from Germany, Layne, well, the imprimatura looks good ! - There's a German painter (Brennerfineart) who uses linseed oil to thin the water mixable oil colors down a bit and it works quite well. He wrote that to me when I was telling him that I wouldn't want to use water for thinning. A small or larger drop of linseed oil would do the job, depending on the size of the space you want to cover. - Thank you for this video, Layne. Have a great weekend❤

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

Thanks Cora!

[@petersenesac8102]

The is also water miscible linseed oil ​@@LayneJohnsonStudio

[@lonewolf9390]

I would be very interested in more water mixable oil painting videos.

[@MerrittW]

Hi Layne, wow I was going to email you this week,☺, to ask what you would do with Cobra. So happy you did this video. I am currently working on your cloud exercise in Cobra, talk about perfect timing. The painting i'm doing is small, I thinned the imprimatura with medium, it worked well at that size just had to wait overnight for it to be dry.

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

Good timing!

[@Maria-lleriuqs]

Sir, thank you for your video. What is your drawing done with? Charcoal? Have you used fixative? Also, what brand of water mixable oil are you using? I’ve just bought some Schmincke Norma Blue and wonder if you have tried them. Kind Regards.

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

You're very welcome! Yes, charcoal. And yes, I fixed it with Workable Fixatif spray from Krylon. No, I haven't tried the Schmincke yet, but I've heard good things about them.

[@laurawaldie456]

​@@LayneJohnsonStudioThank you, Layne! I got your email with the link to this video and I was wondering about what was used to sketch the scene. I have Cobra water mixable paints so I am looking forward to your tips and tricks on this painting.

[@fyptraveler]

we need a demo for acrylic imprimatura i guess :) thank you for the amazing video!

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

You got it! Watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKm5nICsg8t3l6s

[@angelasmith2163]

I love it as it is with just the toned canvas! Question. If you were painting seascapes, would you still tone your canvas first with the burnt sienna? I paint mostly seascapes.. (in oils)

[@181Gram]

Good day Layne . I use water soluble oils all the time but never use water while painting , I do use mediums. Mostly quick dry medium . I do use water and dish soap for cleaning my brushes . When I first start using there paints I tried using water but I didn`t like the feel of them once they dried . The surface tended to feel like pastel and would easily rub off onto my fingers .

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

For the last one I did I added a little bit of Liquin, I found bonded to the surface of the canvas much better.

[@lavonnecarrick2238]

I would really like the image your painting from!

[@MyFdfg]

Hello!!! That`s great!!!

[@sarahdescoteaux1840]

I use water to thin water mixable oils. It doesn't work quite as good as oms, but well enough for most of my paintings. I find it's a little harder with canvas because the water gets absorbed, so I tend to use gesso boad instead.

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

May need to gesso your canvas more?

[@mitziundesser9241]

That is awesome

[@astridtermaat3854]

Great video, with water mixable oils it’s important to mix the water in a little longer then you use to do with solvents. The oils and the water have to “bind” together, then it will work just fine.

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

Great tip!

[@astridtermaat3854]

@ learned it from their Talens website

[@0001sam1]

use solvent free or wmo thinner instead of water

[@sarahdescoteaux1840]

I can't find any information on what's in water mixable thinner. I suspect it might be oms

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

I'm going to try the WMO thinner next time. 👍

[@vorgslamm8263]

Oh, I see you looking over as you work, I was under the impression that your art comes from your head, you’re obviously looking at a picture, right?

[@LayneJohnsonStudio]

I'm a representational painter, which means I'm painting real things and real locations. So I take lots and lots of photos of the areas in Texas that I like to paint. I use those photos as a starting point reference - combined with my own experience, memory of the place, and imagination. And I spend a lot of time composing the scene I'm going to paint, so I'm referring to that as I paint. (But less so as I go along.)

[@MichelleBrown_Artist]

❤❤ Awesome Layne. Love your painting style. Im in Texas too.​@LayneJohnsonStudio