Zelcol Impasto Medium 100ml Tube B37

Zelcol Impasto Medium 100ml Tube B37 is a transparent, fast-drying oil painting medium formulated to enhance texture, extend oil colours, and improve paint handling while maintaining strong brush marks and impasto effects.

• Transparent impasto medium
• Fast drying formula
• Designed for use with oil paints
• Retains brush strokes and painted texture
• Dries to a gloss finish
• Ideal for glazing and extending oil colours
• Good resistance to yellowing
• Oil-modified alkyd resin formulation
• 100ml tube size

Best Uses

• Impasto and textured oil painting
• Palette knife techniques
• Glazing layers
• Extending oil colour without excessive thinning
• Faster drying oil painting methods
• Building dimensional brushwork

The oil-modified alkyd resin helps accelerate drying while maintaining flexibility and durability in the paint film. Artists commonly use alkyd mediums for richer texture and faster layering times than traditional linseed oil mediums.

Why Artists Use Impasto Mediums

Impasto mediums are popular because they:

• Increase the paint body and volume
• Help thick paint retain peaks and texture
• Reduce paint shrinkage while drying
• Improve gloss and luminosity
• Allow quicker overpainting due to faster drying times

This medium is especially suitable for expressive oil painting styles where visible texture and energetic brushwork are important.