Art Materials & SuppliesI paint with both oils and acrylics. Although some people do use acrylics successfully outdoors, the fast drying time of acrylic paint doesn’t suit the way I work so all of my outdoor plein air work is done with oils. Back in the studio, I use both (but never on the same painting of course). Oils are a joy to work with. Nothing can compare to the way oil paint mixes and blends, the only downside is long drying time. Oil paint can take days or weeks to be dry to the touch, and months or even years before it’s dry enough to varnish. On the other hand, acrylic paints can dry in minutes. The downside of that is you can’t mix and blend acrylic paints the way you can with oils. But the fast drying lets you build layers and glazes easily, and fairly quickly - something would take weeks or months to accomplish in oils. Many of my acrylics are build up with various acrylic mediums and gels. I build up some texture with the gels, and apply layers of glazes with thinner mediums.Art materials that I use: Acrylic paint brands: Liquitex, and Golden. Golden has a good range of gels and mediums that I like. |