2006-11-04 03:09:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Isn't it frustrating?! I know, but you need to wait for it to dry for at least 2 days. Put it in a room that has a lot of airflow. Don't try to use anything like hairdryers, because that just melts the oil even more. I usually wait about two days, come back to add detail to the painting if I need to, and then leave it for one more day.
2006-11-04 03:15:05 · answer #1 · answered by xXPrincessXx 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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Without a medium, oil paint can take up to six years to dry, experts believe that some of Van Goghs works might still be wet at the back, and they were painted 100 years ago. You can add turpentine to the paint, just mix it through to make a wash that dries in a couple of hours. You can combine turps with linseed oil and that needs a couple of weeks to dry. You can also use liquin, a very handy quick-drying substance with a matt finish, and you can get this at most art supply shops. Don't let anyone fob you off with white spirits, saying they are the same as turps - they are NOT. White spirits don't give you the same purity of colour with oil paint, they are only good for cleaning brushes, and even then only in well-ventilated areas.
2016-04-01 06:20:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-14 16:49:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a pedant here. an Oil painting will be dry to the touch in about 2 days as mentioned but will actually not dry properly for a couple of hundred years. Thats when they start to crack and need restoring
2006-11-04 05:53:01 · answer #4 · answered by disgruntledcatfish73 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to allow it to dry out naturally, otherwise it will actually crack.! It can take up to 4 weeks, depending on how thick you have applied the paint. Next time you paint in oils, use white spirit to thin the paint down, especially when doing the sky, or the distant features. Also remember that a thick paint will cover a thin paint, and a thin paint will cover a thick paint.
2006-11-04 03:26:54 · answer #5 · answered by Old Man of Coniston!. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to an Art teacher I had at school there are oil paintings 100 years old that are still not completely dry!!!
2006-11-05 02:22:23 · answer #6 · answered by PENCIL 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the thickness of the paint. You can halve the time it takes to dry by mixing your paint with an Alkyd medium instead of linseed oil and turps. Daler Rowney and Windsor & Newton both do one. Windsors also do Alkyd oil paints but they are a bit dearer than the standard ones. Quicker still would be to use Acrylics intead as you can use them like oils on canvas or on paper etc. in fact on virtually anything!
2006-11-04 07:02:55 · answer #7 · answered by CHRIS U 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a dry warm area helps it dry faster. for example outside on a warm day (but in the shade! i don't suggest putting it in the sun) if u use a paint thinner like "Liquin" while ur painting to thin the paint out a bit that always speeds up the drying by a day or so.
2015-02-25 09:21:31 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will take 2 to 3 days, what i recommend to do is have 2 on the go so you always have one to be getting on with and one drying.
Hope this helps!
2006-11-04 03:23:00 · answer #9 · answered by ladyfurlan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oils can take up to 20 years to dry.
2006-11-04 07:18:23 · answer #10 · answered by grumpcookie 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋