FREE Oil Painting for Beginners- Thick on Thin
The 'Thick on Thin' Paint Application Rule
After mixing your palette, application to the canvas is the next
step. I suggest you do most of your colour mixing on the palette
rather than the canvas, as a muddy effect will result with too much
mixing on the canvas. Unless of course this is the effect you are
after.
Generally oils are meant to be worked wet on wet in layers. This
may not be practical as your work may tack off during the process.
Acrylics are designed for wet on dry painting. If you are working
in layers of oils then you must place the top layers of paint on
heavier than the under layers.
Oils do not evaporate when they cure, they oxidize. That is the
oils mix with oxygen to cure. Acrylic paint dries by evaporation.
If a thin layer of oil is placed over a heavier layer then the picture
may be prone to crack.
An oil painting may take anything up to 12 months to cure properly.
The term used for heavy oil painting is "IMPASTO"
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