It seems that people either use acrylics or oils in painting.
Both of these mediums have their pros and cons and a quick search online will illiterate these better than I can. That also is not the theme of this blog.
I started painting with acrylics and I enjoyed the quick drying time however for reworking, fidelity of colour and ability scratch back through for sgraffito and impasto painting I decided to move onto oils.
Oils slow my working down significantly and this is starting to prove more and more frustrating. Also the extra hassle of prepping canvass and cleaning up using turps or similar rather than water seem to massively displace the advantages of slower drying time and better colour mixing.
I think I will switch back to acrylic for my next set of paintings and see if my mind changes again.
I also may start to move away from solely painting with a palette knife and maybe to more of a mix depending on the image. That said I do very much enjoy the knife, we shall see though.
Attached are pictures from today mostly in oils with a knife. Some have odd bits added with a brush and two are finished with acrylics on the oils.
Can you tell which though?
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