Well, I paint with the oil color. My painting does not get dry even after three weeks. I don't know what to do with it? I’m pretty sure that I need to add something to the oil color to help it get dry, but I don't know what is it?
HEEEEEELP!
2006-12-14 02:53:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Oil paint dries by oxidation. The oils don't evaporate, but they do react with oxygen in the air to chemically change from a liquid state to a hardened state.
If you added solvent to your paint, the solvent dilutes the oils in your paint, and drying will be aided by the evaporation of your solvent too.
Oil paintings sometimes take a long time to dry depending on how thickly (the thicker the paint, the longer it will take for oxygen to work on the oils) you've painted and what temperature the painting is being held at (the warmer the temp, the faster the oxidation, the colder the temp, the slower).
There is a new brand of oil-like paint called Genesis that will not dry unless you use a heat gun to set the paint. You aren't using that brand, are you?
2006-12-14 03:52:49 · answer #1 · answered by Bleu Cerulean 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you using linseed oil? If you are, you may be using too much of it and if you are applying your paint pretty thick, again, this will slow the drying time. If you are using really old paints that require you to thin them down, I'd buy some new ones. I use oils and my completed paintings dry to the touch in about seven days. My art can be seen at hellosanantonio.com---Guerro
2006-12-14 03:52:45 · answer #2 · answered by GUERRO 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give your paintings at least 2 full months to dry. a lot of humidity can effect the drying/ You should wait a full year before you apply varnish to the painting.
2006-12-14 04:17:21 · answer #3 · answered by Marcia B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm actually taking an oil painting course right now and have you added turpentine or mineral oils to it (the paint before you put it on the canvas)? I don't know if that would help or not but my book says to add turpentine or mineral oils unless it says that it can go without them.. I'm not totally sure but it may help.
2006-12-14 02:57:46 · answer #4 · answered by godsgirl200718 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must be using very old paint. No, you need a better grade of oils. I have never had that problem. Sorry....
2006-12-14 02:58:10 · answer #5 · answered by Conrey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋