For artists who are slower at painting or want to come back to a certain part of a painting later use oil paints because they are slow drying. Many famous painting were done using oil paint such as stary night, Mona Lisa, and the last supper. Oil paint is a mix of pigments and drying oils. The paint comes out of the tube as a paste and requires a liquid medium such as pure gum turpentine to make the paint thinner and dry faster. When oil painting and painting in general you need to first gesso your canvas. Gesso is a white primer that give the canvas a smoother surface to work on. Oil paints allow you to paint in layers to build up your painting and make it a stronger piece of art. Oil painting dates back to the 7th centurcy CE.
When you start a painting you want to go from thin layers to thicker layers. You do this by adding less medium to your paint. Even when the top layer of paint feels dry the other layers underneath aren’t dry yet. Never put acyrlic paint over oil paint doing so your painting will dry unevenly and will eventually the paint will crack. To help you create texture try using a dry paint brush or a pallette knife. If you are thinking about oil painting you are going to want to spend a little more money to get the good paints if you want your project to look as best as it can. You are aslo going to want to be carful about letting the paint get on your skin because there are chemicals in the paint that are harmful to your skin.
I have tried oil painting once myself in high school. I have since bought myself some of my own oil paints but haven’t had a chance to use them since I have been busy with work and school.
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