Maimeri - Walnut Oil
Walnut Oil
Brightens colors while drying cleanly without linseed's yellowing
Walnut oil matches linseed oil's working properties without the yellowing that plagues pale mixtures over time. This matters most when you're working with whites, light blues, or delicate tints that need to stay true decades from now. The oil dries at a comparable rate to refined linseed while actually enhancing color luminosity rather than dulling it, pigments suspended in walnut oil maintain their brightness through the drying process.
Cold-pressed from select walnuts, this medium integrates smoothly into oil paint, extending working time without compromising film integrity. It thins paint for glazing techniques while maintaining proper fat-over-lean principles in layered work. The oil's natural composition creates flexible, durable paint films that resist cracking as they cure.
Portrait painters and botanical artists particularly value walnut oil for maintaining color accuracy in flesh tones and light-valued passages. Maimeri bottles this medium in 75ml and 250ml sizes, the smaller bottle suits occasional use and color-specific applications, while the larger format serves artists who consistently work with extended paint or prefer walnut oil as their primary medium throughout a painting.
