Galkyd lite surprise!

[Erika Nelson]

I've always used my own recipe for medium but I attended a couple art demos and both artists (on seperate occasions) endorsed Galkyd lite, especially over Liquin which I also use when I'm in a hurry.

I am using Galkyd lite for the first time and I really don't mind the "thinness" so much but when I attempted to add another layer to enhance the cheeks on a portrait I'm painting, the whole first layer wiped off with the brush like a magic eraser since there wasn't a trace of the paint on the brush! What is this phenomenon? My painting has naked cheeks now, right as I was thinking I was almost done!

Any Galkyd user out there with an antidote?

~Erika~