Big Tabs
looking backwards, going forwards
They are not quite as easy as acrylics, but it's drying times and cleaning up that put people off... a thickish layer takes a week just to touch dry and in damp conditions, could be a month. On the plus side, the oil paint lasts for an age on your palette...Acrylics dry up in a few hours and need special covered 'wet base' palettes just to survive overnight. If you're in a hurry, You can speed things up by avoiding trad oils as thinners and use Liquin instead. Some of my paintings have an Acrylic base as the washes, but in the opaque layers, I switch to oils...the colours of 'good' oil paints are so much more vibrant IMO. Of the three above, The Pink House, Malta is 3 or 4 top layers of oils...NY and the Greek boat nearly all Acrylic.
I like acrylics, and found in the early eighties that I could paint hi-top skate shoes in acrylic.
My immediate self gratitude and oils are not meant to joined.
I have got some oil crayons (I think) somewhere, I will stick to what I find works for me, and my limited knowledge.
Also my mate uses watercolour (on the whole) so that is what I see working. I can't use watercolours to any great effect either.
I have seen a mistake on my drawing that means I either ignore it, or rub out a large part and start again. Therefore I am ignoring the drawing, even though it is calling me to get on with it...
Hence wating shite TV and moaning on pfm.