Today’s question comes from Sue and she asks:
“Hi, I just wondered if you would know what the british equivelent is to liquid clear and liquid white which is used for painting pictures like the ones bob ross uses in his t.v. show I would be really grateful if anyone can help. many thanks painting beginner. “
Do you have any information that might help Sue?
Please leave your response in the comments box below. Thanks!
Liquid clear and liquid white are Bob Ross branded products which can be obtained at any retailer that sells Bob Ross products of which there are many in the UK
Sue.
There isn’t really an equivalent for liquid clear and liquid white. But you can easily get these in the UK,along with the rest of Bob Ross’s materials.
Ken Bromley Art Supplies has what you need.
http://www.artsupplies.co.uk/
All the best.
I got liquid clear on ebay and there was other Bob Ross products there too
Kind regards Mena
You can go to http://www.bobross.com for all his products.
I am sure that years ago I was told the formula for Bob Ross liquid clear. where I live now, outside of UK, it is impossible to buy the genuine article, but I know it was a mixture of Stand Linseed Oil and Sansador, I just dont know the proprtions. Anyone help?
you create this way:’Liquid Clear’. This is made as follows…
Use _Stand_ Linseed Oil (polyermised lin. oil) with 10%-20% Sansodor. Mix thoroughly.
And Liquid White is obtained by using Titanium White with 10%-20% _Stand_ Oil/Sansodor mix.
Black Gesso is created from ‘Liquid Clear’ mixed with Acrylic Mars Black. Good Luck.
I have been making my own liquid clear and liquid white for ages
Liquid White: Mix 50% White paint with 50% Linseed Oil, if too thick, use a little more oil
Liquid Clear: 50% Linseed Oil with 50% thinners (terps sub, etc)
They both work fine for me, remember wet in wet technique was around long before Bob Ross
liquid clear is made by mixing a small amount of clear paint pea sized and a tiny bit of linseed oil the same for liquid black and white this should cover an a4 sized canvas if u dont have enough just add a touch of oil to your brush hope this helps its just trial and error the bob ross products are quite pricey and that is his own homemade reciepe as i wanted to know the same, then if you mix coulors with the clear as a wash over say midnight black it gives a really nice effect mix pertho blue van dyke brown and perthio green with the clear for example think ive spelt the first word of the blue and green colour but most of you will no what i mean
My question was what is the equilivent of liquid white and clear that i can use on acrylic painting
I also am looking for a liquid clear for acrylics. Has anyone developed it yet. Example, on a black canvas, using a liquid clear then covering a portion in crimson…mixing white or something with it. An example would be a seascape or river…I have looked everywhere and can’t find it. I have acrylic retardant; mixer…don’t know what else. I bought a clear gesso and it made the canvas creamy looking..it disappeared when I put the crimson on, but it got pasty and didn’t move smooth like Bob Ross’s Liquid Clear did…Any ideas?
@Lena Swanson, Hi, you may have the answer already bc your post was in 2014. With that said, ill reply anyway. With a black Gesso primed Canvas (if you’re painting with oil paints) you have to let the Gesso dry for atleast 24 hrs b4 you start painting. But the first thing you do after the gesso dries, is put a very thin and even amount of Linseed oil over it. Also, when you apply your oil base colors on it, it has to be a thin amount as well. The linseed oil helps your paint to glide and blend well with your other colors. And remember, you can paint oil colors over a fully dried Acylic paint/Gesso primer. Never ever paint Gesso /Acylic over oil paints or mix the two together!!! It will not only ruin your painting, but can be very dangerous and fatal to your health.
I used to run a youth group that wanted to do painting in the Bob Ross style. I was plagued by the old ‘health & safety’ cry from colleagues when I turned up with oil paint, linseed oil and white spirit.
The technique is simply ‘WET in WET ‘ So my rethink was to use acrylic, wet in wet, there are a number of proprietry liquid thinners (that to extend acrylic drying times.. We simply mixed batches of paint with extenders and they worked just fine. I still have an original canvas (painted in the 1980’s) it is still in good condition.
Later the group experimented with water colour actually simple wet in wet technique using water as the liquid clear. being transparent paint, liquid black was out, but your welcome to try powder paint or gouache. Or even mixed media. What the mind can conceive you can achieve.
Hi everyone!!! I recently started painting …Love Bob Ross idea painting with Black Gesso and then applying Liquid clear………I found a liquid Clear for acrylics watching Clive here is his web site to order it http://www.clive5art.co.uk/clive5art-shop/
I make my own bob ross liquid clear just take your white paint and add linseed oil and mix until is buttery that’s it
Lena Swanson. Acrylics liquid clear is called blending gel. Get a cheep 2$ bottle at Walmart near the poster paint or spend 10$ to 14$ in the professional paint for the same thing. Never noticed a difference. Jack