I have painted my canvas with oil paint mixed with canola veg oil .Its 2 days its drying .what should i do?

Answer 1

Canola oil? No offense, but that's really weird.

Most painters these days use linseed or flaxseed oil. These oils have very specific drying times and can be controlled by the artist. The old masters generally used walnut oil. This was harder to control, but it gave the pictures a very nice sheen.

I have taken several painting classes with several painters, and none of them has suggested canola oil. If you selected it because it was inexpensive, I can only say you get what you pay for. You can perhaps keep painting over the drying surface, but if it was my picture, I'd scrape the canvas and start over.

Answer 2

You have a problem! Have you completed the painting or are you just priming the canvas? If you have completed the painting with oils mixed with canola!!! then you will be waiting a long time to get it dry. Plus, it is likely to develop mould because of the organic content of the canola. I would not leave it anywhere that mice can reach it because they will eat it! If you have just primed or just started then clean it off with turps. and start again. this time ensure you use artist quality linseed oil in your overpainting and natural turpentine if thinning for washes. Save the canola for the kitchen!

Answer 3

I guess the real question here is WHY did you mix oil paint with vegetable oil.

Although I have heard of a painting that got hung in a museum in Portland, Oregon, but was still wet, and was expected to be wet for a few YEARS!

Answer 4

My wife says 6 months to completely dry.

Answer 5

Please don't do that again. Use Winsor & Newton Liquin for oil color. It's kind of expensive but you don't need a lot and it lasts a long time. It's great stuff!