Michael Harding Miracle Mediums Questions Answered!!!

Here it is folks what you've all been waiting for all the questions you asked about the New Miracle Mediums Range from Michael Harding is here!!

[@april.autobiographical.artist]

Great information, thank you so much! I appreciate you addressing the Miracle Medium's arrival to the US, looking forward to it!

[@ArtLifeWeekly]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ms.rocketscience4924]

Thanks for posting this video, it was quite helpful. It would be great if you could do some videos on how you personally use the various mediums in your artwork. Also great to hear they will be available in the U.S. soon! The Turnbridge collection is finally available here, so hopefully they will arrive at my door soon😊

[@ArtLifeWeekly]

Thanks for your comment Ms.RocketScience4924 we will be absolutely doing more of these in the months to come so stay tuned!

[@susanallen9849]

Thanks for this video, it's great! I’ve been down a HUGE rabbit hole researching safe non-toxic oil painting solutions before I go out and buy my first set to experiment with. The only area that is still confusing to me is how you go about cleaning your brushes during a session (as you change colours on your brush), and finally how you clean your brushes at the end of a session. Perhaps you could do a video on these specific points including your post-painting clean-up process. I would love to learn more. I'm trying to establish a full painting process that is safe as my studio is tiny and has no air flow which is why I currently use acrylics only.

[@ArtLifeWeekly]

Thanks for your comment Susan good to know we will put it on the list of future videos - in short I tend to use one brush per colour tone if possible, then clean as much as I can with miracle medium and wipes or a rag, followed by Da Vinci Soap and water in the sink. Perfect for a small studio practise.

[@lauriegrassiart]

Thank you so much for this helpful video! Can you blend these different mediums? For example, the Miracle Medium and the Miracle Medium Dammar so you get a slightly increased drying time but less of a glazing effect?

[@ArtLifeWeekly]

Good question - I have not had a chance to try that yet, let me know if you beat me to it and how you get on!

[@RevJoan]

Any chance one of these Miracle Mediums might help soften and spread OIL PASTELS? I know oil pastels are made with a non-drying oil (unlike oil paint) so I'm not sure how the medium would react with the pastels. I would LOVE not to have to use Gamsol or its equivalent to help spread the early layers of my oil pastels in order to "kill the white" of the underlying paper and smooth out the color. Inquiring minds want to know! Thanks!

[@adler5235]

I’m interested in trying the solvent free miracle- turpentine replacement.

[@freyabeya]

thanks for this video, really helpful! I use linseed oil as my medium, and gamsol as my solvent, just slightly confused - can the miracle medium replace both? Looking at doing an order and wondering if I can just buy the miracle medium on its own without having to get linseed oil and gamsol. Thanks! :)

[@ArtLifeWeekly]

Hi! So Miracle Medium MM0 is a turpentine/gamsol replacement and Miracle Medium Oil Medium MM1 is the linseed oil replacement. These will be the two products you need in your painting process!

[@ElizaRevitt-v3y]

Hey, Just want to say I love your channel! I just had a question about the mediums....Im not too sure whats Im doing wrong. I have tried using Michael Harding Miracle Medium and it just seems to melt my painting and just makes everything sticky, have you had this problem?

[@ArtLifeWeekly]

Melting your paintings? Are you using the MM0 instead of the MM1? Miracle Medium is the Turpentine Replacement and Miracle Medium Oil Paint Medium is the one for linseed oil replacement! Let me know if this is the answer, if not we will get to the bottom of what has gone wrong!

[@vartanarakelian4643]

As a beginner for oil painting which hasn't done yet any shopping for mediums, I would like to see a demonstration in underpainting : a. What type of marker and what color you are using for sketching on canva? b. Is MIracle Medium oil paint ( as thinning the paint ) can be replaced with Gamblin Gamsol or LIQUITEX acrylic medium in wash-out ? please show the bottle with complete name . many thanks

[@ArtLifeWeekly]

Thanks for your message! I have done a video called 'how i start a painting' with my underpainting techniques demonstrated as usually very fun and relaxed with raw umber marks or I use a ochre pencil for more detail. As I am an oil painter I have no experience with Gamsol or Liquitex acrylic medium. But for thin turps layers of oil paint at the beginning of a new canvas, Miracle Medium and oil should be a good beginning (then build up your layers with the MM1 oil medium as you would a linseed oil.) Hope this helps!

[@lizprint2011]

I love my MH paints and was keen to try Miracle mediums. The drying time however seems to be about a week! Is this right, or have I done something wrong? I’ll continue to use Miracle medium to clean my brushes but the MM1 seemed to take forever to dry. Help. Can I add something to speed up the drying time ? Thanks.

[@ArtLifeWeekly]

Hi Liz, You won’t need much, as this medium is concentrated. A little goes a long way. perhaps this affected drying time? It is getting colder remember so drying time could increase. I would mix a small amount of MM1 Oil Paint Medium with your oil paint. Start with a 1:4 ratio (one part medium to four parts paint)

[@faneedles]

Are the miracle mediums the same as what shows up on a search in the US for his products? At Dick Blick (US store) when I search for this products I get: Michael Harding Resin-Oil Wax Medium - is this the same product or comparable? TIA!

[@ArtLifeWeekly]

Hi faneedles, the resin oil wax and the miracle medium are not the same product - keep an eye out on Michael Hardings socials for their launch in the US (they've said its coming very soon)

[@faneedles]

@@ArtLifeWeekly Great - thank you!

[@kymcrowart7876]

Isn’t this similar to Gamsol? Excuse my ignorance, I’m very new to oil painting.

[@ArtLifeWeekly]

Hi! Miracle Medium is non flammable, non toxic, solvent free and vegan/plantbased- Gamsol is an odorless petroleum distillate which was also (although expensive) a much better choice over turpentine until now as it was not non-toxic but the least toxic product you could get on the market.Im now using MM instead as its a better product for my practise! Hope that's helpful!

[@europeanroyalty4778]

Hey Jess.Could you contact Michael and ask him if he’s discontinuing his quinacridone colour’s.Iv’e just heard other manufacturers are doing so.Has me worried and a little pissed.Thank’s.

[@jessicaoliver4511]

Hes actually done the opposite and just released two new quinacridone colours in his new Brick Lane set 🎉

[@europeanroyalty4778]

@@jessicaoliver4511 I noticed that and i’m a bit confused but probably nothing to worry about.I just swapped out alizarin crimson for quinacridone rose and i’m in love with it,seriously,i’ve even thought of bringing it to bed with me.That’s were the worry came from.It’s bad enough not being allowed lead white.Thank’s.

[@e.g.1218]

Are these soy based? I know I have a soy based turpentine substitute from another company called Eco-Solve. I asked Tad Spurgeon and he suggested it is basically bio-disel, which if safe for humans and the paint I don't have a problem using necessarily.

[@louiswolfe5012]

What is your email? I wanna see if you can ask michael Harding brand about some ideas i have, But everytime i try to get in contact for the past like 3 years they haven't responded once But it might be different from an ambassador like you emailing them. Would you like to help me with that?

[@ArtLifeWeekly]

Feel free to get in touch via my website - www.jessoliver.co.uk and i'll add it to the list of questions to ask Michael next time we meet.