Then I start using paint straight from the tube and take advantage of the paint texture. In practice, I will start a painting with thin paint which has been mixed with some odorless solvent. Thick paint will usually dry slower than thin paint. You want to make sure the paint at the top dries slower than the paint at the bottom. Thick over thin: The reasoning behind this rule is the same as the above rule. Otherwise, the layers on top will dry faster than the layers below and the paint will crack. In general, you want to make sure the top layers of paint are fatter (or oiler) than the lower layers. The more oil present, the "fatter" the paint is and the slower it will dry. In oil painting, there are some "rules" which you should follow to avoid your paint cracking.įat over lean: As noted earlier, oil paint is basically colored pigment which is held together by some kind of drying oil. There are really only a few "rules" which you need to understand in oil painting (discussed later in this post) and the rest is pretty straightforward. If you think oil painting is too complex for you, then I urge you to reconsider.
If you are just starting out with painting, I suggest you jump straight into oil painting unless you really want to practice acrylics or watercolors.
You really cannot go wrong with oil paints.
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