im going to be painting a picture straight onto a wall and there's going to be a bit of moisture in the room so i was wondering which paints would be best and wouldn't deteriorate because of the moisture best. oil? acrylic? tempera?
2006-12-26 11:23:26 · 10 answers · asked by simpsons_freak88_2 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
I've painted several murals on walls and have always used acrylic paints (tubes, not the little plastic bottles for .99). If you just get the primary colors plus white and black, you can make ALL of the colors. It should hold up to some moisture too. I had it in my bathroom for years with no problems. You might want to finish it of with a spray on sealer, just in case. Happy painting!
2006-12-26 11:32:48 · answer #1 · answered by Joan H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oil is very permanent but smelly and very hard to clean, I'd go with acrylic for ease of use and then put a layer of water based polyurethane over the finished opicture to ensure the picture won't peel off. Tempre is like finger paints and not as quality looking as acrylic. Craft paints are great and you can buy in large and small bottles. They can be mixes easily, watered down and are very easy to clean up and don't require smelly caustic chemicals to clean the brushes or spills or your body parts, clothing or hair. Good luck sounds like fun.
2006-12-26 11:35:13 · answer #2 · answered by MISS-MARY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
acrylic would probably be best. We painted a mural when I was in 8th grade on a wall outside and we used acrylic. That's what I would suggest. What we did was paint it with white wall paint first, let it dry, and then painted over the dry paint with acrylics.
2006-12-26 11:31:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tempra paint is the absolute worst paint... for anything. Oil is incredibly expensive, especially if you are painting an entire wall. If you are painting on a wall, I would suggest using regular wall paint, primary colors, black and white, etc. I suppose you could use acrylic, but that could get expensive too. I suggest wall paint in various colors, and mixing it yourself.
2006-12-26 11:26:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the wall absorbs the paint go with a thinned down acylic wash.
saturate the wall surface with color almost like a heavy water-color paint. There will be NO paint layer to peal off because the paint has soaked into wall surface.
2006-12-26 11:29:37 · answer #5 · answered by mali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not oil, it takes months to dry. Acrylic might work. Why no use wall paint?
2006-12-26 11:25:58 · answer #6 · answered by marie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get that special wall paint with the chemicals in it to prevent mold, etc from growing. if your room is moist there is a chance of mildew/mold forming. i got this type of paint for my bathroom and i haven't had a problem.
2006-12-26 11:26:42 · answer #7 · answered by curious_One 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not tempera, oil generally holds up the best to high humidity
2006-12-26 11:25:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not use wall paint!
2006-12-26 11:24:58 · answer #9 · answered by Up your Maslow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OIL PAINTS.
2006-12-26 11:25:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋