My Prefered Water Mixable Oils!! 

Thank you!

I definitely have to try it, not one person has been disappointed so far. I just have to finish what I have otherwise they will stiffen and go to waste, but when I’ll run low I’ll definitely buy some now!!

Thank you very much Brook!!!

Thank you very much for that info, I’ll have to look into that !!

Thank you very much Josée!!!

Thank you Shavauna!! A good transition acrylic is Golden Open Acrylics, feels like oils and dries slower. The only thing is that they don’t cover as well as heavy body acrylics, but they load well and spreads nicely. Plus you can build up the paint in stages. But I work with transparent colors often and they are rich in depth! I have both on hand!

Thank you for watching Crystal!!!

Thank you very much Luna!!!

thank you very much Jack!!

I have both but still found that it was staying tacky for a long time, and that what bothered me, but now I don’t use any medium accept water but a lot less of it!

Thank you very much Barbara, I really appreciate it!!

Thank you very much Irene!!!

Thank you very much Jackie!!!

Thank you very much!! I’ll try to have more for you using water mixable oils, and do an actual demo!

@@GebahiArtworks Oh! Thank you so much!!!

Thank you very much!!!

Thank you Terri!!!

what brand do you use now?

bengurlie I use Cobra Walter Mixable oil, but I’ve been told by many that Duo Aqua is among the best on the market and no one has been disappointed! I may go try for myself. Although it’s a bit on the pricey side but I don’t know your finances, Lol !! But I’m not disappointed with Cobra . It’s nice and creamy when apply. Winsor&Newton is a bit to stiff!

Thank you very much!!!

I’ve tried all 3 but I think W&N are a bit too stiff!! Lukas Berlin on the other hand is better as far as spreading, and I like the fact that it dries faster than most!

Thank you!!!

Thank you very much Chris!!!

Dennis, I’m glad found this helpful and you didn’t give up!! But use the water only to clean your brush, remember that! If you want to thin the paint, they sell a water mixable thinner!

Thank you very much Beverly!!! I initially wanted to buy Aqua Duo but was hesitant because I couldn’t the lightfastness rating anywhere, so I choose cobra, which didn’t disappoint either! They are very creamy, almost no need for mediums! Perhaps I’ll give Duo Aqua a try, you and everyone else says the same thing that they don’t disappoint! Yes it is easy to clean with dawn, that’s all I do.

Gebahi Artworks I was just watching the video of the palm trees and pink bird...great job! I live in Florida and can appreciate the beauty we have around us.

Beverly Cassidy Fine Art thank you very very!!!

Thank you!!

Yes I did see something like that at Michaels, it was a product that turned any traditional oil paint into water mixable but I was a little wary of you added too much and what would be the result!

Yes, I also read that 20% is what you need to add to a blob of paint . I squeeze out what I need, then I have a dropper,, ‘ pipette?” And add just a drop. Not sure if I’d trust any other brand except Schimenke. On Amazon . Barbra Joan

Barbra Joan I’m sure on some occasions I’ve put more than 20%, Lol!! I’ve used Gamblin Fast Matte oil paints which dries pretty quick as well. That stuff dries with 2-6hours!!

Robert Page thank you Robert for the tip, will have to look into Jackson WMO!!

Thank you 🙏

I was worried about Holbein because I couldn’t find much info about lightfast. In due time I will try them for sure, I hear nothing but good about them !!

Thank you, I have been researching all brands of Water soluble oils. Holbein came out on top and Cobra second. I was a very good oil painter that loved going into the wonderful zone. Started getting dizzy and stopped painting. Did not know about the water/oil paints. Have stocked up on Holbein and some Cobra paint. Also the Walnut oil by M. Graham & Co. Artisan Fast drying medium and Artisan Refined linseed oil. You are right on about every thing. Now to get past my artist block and put paint on all my blank canvases. Live in San Diego and would love to find other artist friends taking the same path. Please all of you post more on water soluble oils. Only a few on RU-vid. Love your painting. Would like to explore feelings of painting over acrylics ???

Diane Hill funny you said that, I just finished a seascape that I started in acrylics and finished in oils , just a day ago, Lol !!! I will try to post WMO painting videos!!

@@dianehill5799 Diane, do you know you can change your 'normal' oil paints into water soluble oil paints? there is a medium called 'Schmincke W' so you will be able to still use them ;-)

Thank you Teri, I have some Cobra water mixable oils left, I can another tutorial!

Anytime Janice!!!

Thank you!!

Anytime Joanne!!!

Thank you for watching!!!

Thank you Sharon, I do have some Lukas Berlin and yes they are nice to work with! Cobra is a little pricier but are nice to work with. The problem I had with water was at the end of a painting when the paint would stay tacky for a very long time! What I think I should have done was let the under layer dry more before continuing with the next layer. I think water was getting trapped and not evaporating properly!

@@GebahiArtworks I have used fast drying medium on the first layer only and it dried well, and quickly. Then I can just keep working.

@@SharonCullenArt I’ll have to give it another go at it, maybe I was using too much water. I have some Berlin left and I’ll give it a try and experiment! Thank you Sharon!!

Thank you very much Randall for that!! I just kept trying different things but the paintings stayed tacky. And yes, there’s a lot of misinformation. I now just use water to clean up and use WM Linseed oil to move the paint. I mostly paint alla prima, so I need the paint to tack up quick, and I seem to have found my solution!

So nice to finally get this issue sorted out! I believe I saw some time ago on RU-vid - the cobra demo site - that they actually show the instructor using water with the paint. It set me off in a whole new and wrong direction. I couldn’t stand the tackiness of the painting even during the painting of the pictures. It seemed to be tacky before I even got finished in any small area and yet kept its tackiness for a very long period of time when it should have dried and hardened. I just never use water with the paint anymore. Strictly for cleaning as you say. I can see how it could be an under wash though if you let it dry completely

Laurene Greer-Drummond yes I saw that same video, which I found out the hard way it was misleading!! My paintings stayed tacky for a long time. Now I just use water like you said, for under paintings and make sure it’s completely dry, then subsequent layers just use WMO linseedoil. Use water only to clean your brush!

IDK about the other brands but Cobra Color states that they ARE water mixable as a painting medium. Lot of people use it that way and have no problem. (BTW it depends on the hardness of your water. Its better to mix it with a little bit of painting medium)

I've heard this only within the last year or so. People selling them were using them that way. And when they first came out there were no do's and don't 's to follow.

Yes, it does dry faster, but the problem I had was that the paint stayed tacky for a long time!

Oh I have so many oil paints, I have to use them up, although I will be dead before using them, I have some paints my mother left me that were 40 yrs old ages ago, I tried one to see what they were like and they are just as good as new.

No I haven’t as of yet but please let me know how you like them! I know the brand is great in general.

Lol, you could always let them know, they might listen!

Thank you for watching Leah!! You can’t use Liquin with water mixable oils unless you’re going to use them like traditional oils! There are water mixable dryers on the market, such as Artisan by Winsor&Newton. You can find it easily at Michael’s!

Good evening Peggy, I first want to thank you for your generosity, I’m truly grateful!! As for the the stand oil that you got with your Winsor and Newton, was this a traditional oil set or was it a water mixable oils set? If you got water mixable oils, than you should use water mixable stand oil, and yes, stand oil is a good medium! What it does is lay flat your strokes, meaning you won’t see brush strokes. But be sure that it’s water mixable if the set you got was water mixable! Artisan is Winsor and Newtons brand of water mixable oils, so it’s easy to differentiate. You can mix traditional oils with WMO’s, if you do then you no longer can use water! So be careful. Just make sure that if you use WMO’s then all mediums have to be water mixable! I Hope this helps. Have a great holiday!!

@GebahiArtworks thx, it came w/small set of the mixable oil colors & says W&N & I just found the small print below says water mixable, but I had never heard of "stand" oil, but I'll use little bit. My 1st painting felt like I was water skiing across the canvas. So different than acrylic. I'm going to try the Cobra tubes next. Thx for your reply 👍. You're most welcome.

@@peggysterling57 try not to add too much water! Your first layer should be thin. If you use water as your thinner for the first layer it will dry quick. Your subsequent layers can used with the water mixable stand oil they sent. I hope it says Artisan stand oil! Artisan is Winsor and Newton’s water mixable line of oil paint mediums, so pay attention to that!

Thank you for watching!! I live in West Palm Beach, and I don’t have a gallery I just sell all my paintings online .

Thank you, back in the day I couldn’t find it anywhere! They perhaps update it now due to wary artist who where hesitant to purchase them due to price and the lack of some info given that it was in Japanese. But thank you again, I’ll look it up!

@@GebahiArtworks you find the 3 *** lightfast ratings on this m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1ti7ThV0xL.jpg

Try Golden Open Acrylics, you can buy a small set at Micheals for cheap with a coupon, they feel like oils when applying them, and stay wet a little longer than regular acrylics. If you want longer you can also purchase a retarder medium. They are worth a try!

@@GebahiArtworks TY for the insight, I tried Liquitex with some Lefranc & Bourgeois retarder, works good, I'd say but, I'm EU and here Royal Talens are the kings :D . Planing to get the stuff from Jackson's usually, but I'll have a look at Michaels's shipping policy too.

Lazy Panda in that case if I can suggest Winsor&Newton artist acrylics!! Great paint, high pigment load, and no color shifts! Surely they must carry it in the EU. I like Lefranc, I’ve tried their oils and was very happy, I imagine their acrylics must be equally good.

@@GebahiArtworks TY, I'll give it a go. Lefranc have good oils indeed, not so good(at least in the artist range) acrylics. I don't know their latest acrylics series, maybe they got better(at least for my taste).

Lazy Panda if you have access to Blicks art supply, I heard there house brand acrylics weren’t bad at all! Otherwise my favorites so far that I tried were, Golden, Winsor&Newton artist acrylics, and Matisse Structure! Also forgot to mention Atelier, great paint but feels weird when applying almost grainy! But that’s just me.

Thank you Barney!! Yes you can use Artisan water mixable mediums with your Cobra paints, as long as it’s water mixable you can use them with other brands!

You can buy a Artisan water mixable thinner, you can find them at Michaels or online easily! It doesn’t have to be Cobra, so long as it’s water mixable!

@@GebahiArtworks Ever try the Cobra medium? Just got some and diluted with water and it turned milky white. Not sure if it is supposed to do this or not. Ever have this issue?

Chris W hi Chris, I haven’t used the Cobra medium, but have used the Artisan brand and yes, it turns milky! I didn’t like the results either, it works as far as what’s its supposed to but I found that that my finished painting remained tacky for a very long time!! That being said I don’t use that mix anymore. I only use water for cleaning my brushes and dry them good! But you can mix water mixable thinner and water mixable linseed, but I would not recommend water as the substitute for the thinner!

I’ve tried Lukas Berlin, they have a smooth consistency, they are between Cobra and W&N, and dry a little faster than either! I like their traditional oils as well .

Lukas Berlin is very thin.

I use WN WMOs but ran out of a color and the only substitute available was a tube of Lukas Berlin. Found it to be much thicker than the WNs straight from the tube, but flowed and covered well once a little oil was mixed in.

Thank you!!!

Thank you!! I used : Cad yellow medium, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, burnt umber, and titanium white!

Not me, never heard of the brand!

Water mixable thinner is like using turpentine for traditional oils but water mixable! And it doesn’t make the paint fat, only thin, so you’ll want it for the initial layer! For the subsequent layers you can use water mixable linseed oil as a medium to add fat to your oil paints.or you don’t have to use any mediums at all depending on the brand, W&N I find, is a bit stiff compared to other brands!

Thank you, it took about an hour! I used : Cad yellow medium, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, burnt umber and titanium white.

@@GebahiArtworks thank you! I watched it again and it's outstanding!

No I haven’t, although I’ve been wanting to try it. Heard many great reviews of Holbein Aqua Duo! The only thing that made me hesitant was the price and lack of lightfastness rating not being available. But Cobra was nice to work with !

Thank you Chit!! The answer is no, you can’t. You can use traditional oil over water mixable oils only once the water mixable oil is thoroughly dry. You can mix water mixable oils with traditional only if you use it in the traditional sense, meaning you will use solvents to clean the brushes and traditional linseed oil throughout the painting! Otherwise water mixable oils is to be used by itself with water mixable linseed, and water mixable thinner, and water to clean up!

@@GebahiArtworks thank you very much for the quick reply. Wow it surprised me. At the moment am actually watching one of your tutorials. Enjoying it so much hoping though I can translate into my canvas! thank you.

@@chitvillegas stay loose and have fun with it! Don’t overthink it.

@@GebahiArtworks haha! You read me alright! Exactly what I have been trying to do and it thrills me when I suddenly catch myself tight and am able to consciously loosen up. Thank you.

You really made me smile. :)

Thank you, I go on my more recent videos! Point taken!

Thank you!

They were ok, colors weren’t very intense, and once done painting, the paint would stay tacky for a good while! But they apply very well!

I would have to say yes, they are still solvent based but molecularly adapted to water!

Hi David, I use water as the thinner at the beginning stages of the painting. I would let it dry completely before the next stage unless you are painting alla prima, in that case I would use less water or none at all with each layer. But if you’re painting in different stages I would let the first one dry completely and then try not to use any water as thinner for the next layers, but instead use a little water mixable linseed oil. Use a little more thicker paint with each subsequent layer! I what I’ve been doing is starting the first layer with a little water as thinner because it dries faster than water mixable thinner. Then for the subsequent layers I just use lot less water and just thicker paint, and sometimes no water at all.

@@GebahiArtworks thanks you so much 🙏🙏🙏 for all answer !!!!

Thank you very much Fran for watching my videos!! It is easier to blend and move paint on birch wood panels, and yes I put 3 coats of Kilz2 primer/sealer which seals the wood nicely

@@GebahiArtworks Great big THANK YOU !

Sure thing, let’s start with Open Arylics, in my opinion they feel like oils when applying them but don’t have the same covering power as oils, they are a little more transparent. The upside is that they dry a lot quicker than oils but yet have enough time to blend colors, especially if you load your brush well. As with all acrylics, there are no rules to follow in your painting process! Oils or WMO’s on the other hand are smooth when applied, especially to semi-smooth surfaces. WMO’s dry a little faster than traditional oils , and the clean up is easier and no smell! Oils are more forgiving, meaning you’ll have more time to blend with them, but you also have to respect certain rules, such as thin over thick, and don’t use just odorless spirits as your only medium during the painting process! It weakens the bond of the paint to the substrate. Using oils, it’s likely you’ll have to paint in stages, letting each stage dry a little, with acrylics you don’t! As far as the finish, that depends, I feel they both have a satin finish unless you use linseed oil mixed in your paint or other water mixable solvents. With acrylics, you can achieve a gloss by applying a varnish at the end and bring out the colors or you can mix half gloss finish and half matte finish to bring down the sheen! Hope I answered your question, let me know if you need any more information!

@@GebahiArtworks Nice. Im still on the OPEN team. Kkkk. And as far as finished painting, after a varnish, could you really tell the difference if it was acrylic or oils?

renatobfa yes, a trained eye can! Otherwise casual viewers can’t really tell! But if you paint thick with Open acrylics, you can make it look like oils because of the soft edges you can achieve! The difference is oils leaves brush marks unless you use a soft brush and lots of blending. Acrylics doesn’t leave marks unless you intend on leaving marks. You can leave brush marks using Open acrylics with a natural bristle brush and painting thick!

@@GebahiArtworks Understood. 👏👏👏

Thank you Gebahi! I just have a question: I am using Windsor $ Newton thinner instead of water. Can I start immediately add more colours/layers with linseed oil or should I wait? How long? I don’t have fast drying medium. Thank you! Alla.

I’m using a flat brush, the brand is Princeton Catalyst polytip series! Real nice brushes!!

Hi Ludwig, yes I have and they are actually not bad at all !!

Thank you very much!!!

You can but will no longer be able to clean with water!

Good question, it wasn’t a good combo, unlike traditional oils! Especially when you shake them together. Since making that video, I have gone back to traditional oils because WMO took a long time to dry staying tacky, and that put me off! I did a more recent video with WMOs, after a few years, and I explained more about the issues and how I use them now. They still take a. It to dry though but less tacky than before!

Water Mixable Oils (Demo) | Take away the confusion watch til the end!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l8iXLMN_850.html

Hi Lolita, my palette consists of : Cad yellow, alizarin crimson, cerulean blue, ultramarine blue (most used!), burnt sienna, burnt umber, and titanium white!

@@GebahiArtworks Thank you, I so appreciate your response.

@@GebahiArtworks Thank you!

They do, Artisan water mixable thinner!!

Hi Isabella, I don’t think so, his is more like the Bob Ross line, a little on the thicker consistency side!

@@GebahiArtworks, Thank you!

Isabella M. absolutely!!

Please check out my more recent videos, lot more informative!

Thank you for the tip, will have to try!

I’ll try next time!!

I did sell one a long time ago, similar but never in black and white! It was a fun piece to paint, you should give it a try!