Bring a classic “Old Masters” glazing look to your oil paintings with Venetian Medium — a fast-setting oil painting medium inspired by research into 16th-century Venetian techniques of adding finely powdered glass to paint.

This pale, gel-like medium is designed to increase flow and glaze brilliance while still holding brush and knife strokes. Used sparingly, it helps smooth the edges of marks, supports clean transitions, and dries to a soft satin finish—ideal for luminous glazes, couching, and “oiling out” dried passages before continuing.

Why artists love it

• Glazing medium: enhances transparency and optical depth for layered colour

• Painting couch / oiling out: rub a very thin layer over fully dried paint, then paint directly into it

• Better handling: improves paint’s “long” feel without making it runny; softens and refines mark edges

• Fast setting: great for efficient, controllable layering

What’s inside
Formulated with leaded crystal glass powder, pale-bodied linseed oil, and turpentine, with small amounts of wax and lead (as per traditional-style formulations).

Important safety note
Contains leaded crystal glass powder and turpentine. Use with good ventilation, avoid ingestion and prolonged skin contact, and keep out of reach of children.