Help to dry Oil Painting
kath
Does anyone know of a fast way to dry an oil painting? I have
twenty-four hours before I need it. I painted it yesterday - thick
impasto I'm afraid. I do have plenty of other works I could use (it's
for a presentation) but I particularly want to use this one. Will a
blow-dryer speed it up enough?
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.
Kath Wilkin-Slaney
Kathy Adam
kath wrote:
Kath,
Oil paint is flamable. Do not use a blow-dryer on it. Oil paint can
take up to a year to dry, especially if it's thick impasso. The only way
I know how to speed it up is to use a drying additive to it into the paint
as you are painting like Winsor & Newton's Liquin. Even then it takes
some days to dry depending on the colors used. Next time use acrylics.
Kathleen E. Adam
http://www.nacs.net/~tsadam/art.html
Blue Moon
says...
>
>Help!
>
>Does anyone know of a fast way to dry an oil painting? I have
>twenty-four hours before I need it. I painted it yesterday - thick
>impasto I'm afraid. I do have plenty of other works I could use (it's
>for a presentation) but I particularly want to use this one. Will a
>blow-dryer speed it up enough?
>
>Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Next time use acrylics!
kath
>
> kath wrote:
>
> > Help!
> >
> > Does anyone know of a fast way to dry an oil painting? I have
> > twenty-four hours before I need it. I painted it yesterday - thick
> > impasto I'm afraid. I do have plenty of other works I could use (it's
> > for a presentation) but I particularly want to use this one. Will a
> > blow-dryer speed it up enough?
> >
> > Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Kath Wilkin-Slaney
>
> Kath,
>
> Oil paint is flamable. Do not use a blow-dryer on it. Oil paint can
> take up to a year to dry, especially if it's thick impasso. The only way
> I know how to speed it up is to use a drying additive to it into the paint
> as you are painting like Winsor & Newton's Liquin. Even then it takes
> some days to dry depending on the colors used. Next time use acrylics.
>
> Kathleen E. Adam
> http://www.nacs.net/~tsadam/art.html
Yes, suitably chastised. You're quite right and I don't quite know what
else I was expecting for a reply, except ever hopeful of someone's
clever tip! However, I'll stick with the oils - as the very qualitys
that infuriate me when drying are what make it such a wonderful medium
to work with. I'll just have to be satisfied with a photograph of it.
Cheers
Kath Wilkin-Slaney
Larry Seiler
after.
Anything done to this paint now...will only crack it if anything. Blow
driers, well...you'll be there a couple days at least.
A few drops of Cobalt Drier in about a fifty cent piece sized amount of
paint, mixed in throroughly. Don't breathe it in....and wear rubber
medical disposable gloves.
--
Larry Seiler
my art web site at- http://cwinc.net/larryseiler
"Art attacks can skill!"
Blue Moon <nom...@aintnonesuch.com> wrote in article
<36d55...@oracle.zianet.com>...
> In article <36D471...@xtra.delete.co.nz>,
k.wilki...@xtra.delete.co.nz
> says...
> >
> >Help!
> >
> >Does anyone know of a fast way to dry an oil painting? I have
> >twenty-four hours before I need it. I painted it yesterday - thick
> >impasto I'm afraid. I do have plenty of other works I could use (it's
> >for a presentation) but I particularly want to use this one. Will a
> >blow-dryer speed it up enough?
> >
> >Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Next time use acrylics!
>
>
Ariane
> > In article <36D471...@xtra.delete.co.nz>,
> k.wilki...@xtra.delete.co.nz
> > says...
> > >
> > >Help!
> > >
> > >Does anyone know of a fast way to dry an oil painting? I have
> > >twenty-four hours before I need it. I painted it yesterday - thick
> > >impasto I'm afraid. I do have plenty of other works I could use (it's
> > >for a presentation) but I particularly want to use this one. Will a
> > >blow-dryer speed it up enough?
> > >
> > >Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
=== Hi there. I wouldn't suggest using acrylics if you don't want to. I
find the medium to be somewhat lifeless, and, well, plastic when compared
to oils. At any rate, I recently bought an "Alkyd Gel Medium" made by
STEVENSON in Toronto for use with both oil and alkyd paints and have been
using it for impasto work in lieu of the more traditional type of painting
medium. I mix it 1:1 with the paint and it gives the paint a good
handling consistency for impasto work (I find). And here's the thing, the
oil painting dries in 24 to 48 hrs., (even cad. yellow!) It's
non-yellowing, and I'm told it resists cracking but only time will tell.
But if you're into layering glazes, traditional academic realism, or the
like then this isn't for you. Its primarily an impasto medium and it
dries fast. It also doesn't pose health risks like cobalt drier. Hope
this helps.
a la prochaine,
A.