Chelsea Classical Studio Mediums

Chelsea Classical Studio Mediums

Chelsea Classical Studio Fine Art Materials are made from the highest quality, handmade, natural and archival artists materials, created using historic methods and techniques.

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CCS Walnut Oil Pale Cold-Pressed™ - Walnut oil is naturally less yellow and dries slower than Linseed oil.

Leonardo Da Vinci recommended Walnut oil, and from the Renaissance onward it was used for whites and light colors.

Cold-pressed oils are obtained by pressing and grinding seeds in a stone or metal press.

This historical extraction technique yields less oil than using heat or chemical methods, traditionally it was preferred in order to have a purer oil.

CCS Walnut Oil Pale Cold-Pressed™ is extracted using the more costly, time-tested method of cold-pressing oils.

This method follows historic precedent by using the most natural oil and extraction processes. CCS does not use high-heat extracted oils.

High-heat and chemically extracted oils have many more impurities than cold-pressed oils, and may alter the oil’s natural properties.

Raw cold-pressed oils have a dark yellow-orange color that can affect paint color.

Most art material companies either sell the uncleaned raw cold-pressed oil, or use harsh chemical cleaning and bleaching processes to make the oils lighter in color.

CCS Walnut Oil Pale Cold-Pressed™ is washed and cleaned using natural processes documented since the Renaissance.

CCS Lean Medium For Oil Painting™ - CCS Lean Medium For Oil Painting™ is a mixture of CCS Linseed Oil Pale Cold-Pressed™ and CCS Lavender Spike Oil Essence™.

It will thin the paint, make it dry faster, and is recommended for the early layers of painting. 

CCS Lavender Spike Oil Essence™ is a historical alternative solvent to turpentine, which is safe to breathe.

The painting method of “Fat Over Lean” means to apply a paint layer rich in oil (a fat) over a layer with less oil (a lean) layer on a painting.  It does NOT refer to paint thickness.

This simple principle is fundamental to controlling the paint adhesion, drying time and glossiness.

To paint Fat over Lean, use less oil to begin with, and more oil and/or varnish on successive painting days.

CCS Lavender Spike Oil Essence™ - CCS Lavender Spike Oil Essence™ is a historically documented alternative to turpentine distilled from lavender.

It can fully dissolve resins for varnishes, and mix with paints and mediums.

Its distinctive lavender scent does not cause chronic health effects such as those associated with the inhalation of fumes from Turpentine or Petroleum Mineral Spirits.

The usage of CCS Lavender Spike Oil Essence™ and Turpentine are nearly identical.

Both are oil painting solvents that are used to thin oil paints and mediums, and to make varnishes like damar. 

Besides its use in oil painting, it is also used for perfumes, soaps, aromatherapy and other holistic medicinal practices.

CCS Mini 2 Pack of Oils -
1oz CCS Linseed Oil Pale Cold-Pressed™
1oz CCS Walnut Oil Pale Cold-Pressed™