Word: masticating
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...product, which is called black oil and looks like axle grease, in old mayonnaise jars. When he is ready to paint, he mixes each pigment he is using with black oil on the palette. Then in a palette cup he stirs up another mixture of (one teaspoon each) mastic varnish and black oil, and a few drops of stand oil and Venice turpentine. At work, he dips his brush first into the mixture in the palette cup and then into the mixture on the palette. Why all this trouble? Safran finds this medium more versatile and easier to work with...