| Painting as a profession is considered to be | | | | so in case once they are dried there is no |
| one of the most adorable professions. One of | | | | scope that you can remove the paint. It is |
| the most common questions which many people | | | | also a difficult scenario to remove from the |
| or the painters face is that what type of | | | | brush once it is dried. |
| paint they should use. The different options | | | | |
| which are available are oil paintings, | | | | Oil paintings: Another very impressive method |
| acrylics, water colors and pastels. Well this | | | | or the mode of paintings is that of the oil |
| article will deal in handling one of the most | | | | painting, wherein they do not dry very |
| unique problems as to what kind of paint | | | | quickly and thus paves much time to work and |
| should you use. And I am going to deal with | | | | more scope for blending. Once the oil |
| this problem by making you aware with the | | | | paintings are dried they can be painted again |
| benefits and disadvantages of each of the | | | | and this would not disturb the underlying |
| method of paints and this in turn will help | | | | layers. Another important and very attractive |
| you decide with which method you will have to | | | | feature is that there is wide variety of |
| go for. | | | | color options available with oil paintings |
| | | | and such a range of colors is not offered by |
| Acrylics: Some of the few benefits which you | | | | any of the modes of painting. You also have |
| can get with the acrylics are that they dry | | | | very rich and deep colors which maintain |
| very quickly and the acrylic paints can be | | | | their intensity even after they are dried. |
| either mixed with water or any other medium. | | | | |
| The brushes which are used for acrylics are | | | | Some of the demerits which the oil paintings |
| that these brushes can be easily cleaned with | | | | have are that they take very long time to |
| water. And once the paint is dried again the | | | | dry. As they dry very hardly you will have |
| other layers can be applied over it without | | | | to wait for several months before the |
| disturbing the layers which lies beneath it. | | | | painting can be varnished. When working with |
| It is water resistant and it provides a good | | | | oil paintings you can work on many paintings |
| option as to it can be used very thickly like | | | | simultaneously because of the excessive time |
| oils and it can even be used for thin washes | | | | they take to dry. As far as brush which is |
| like the water color. | | | | used in oil painting is considered it can be |
| | | | cleaned only with spirit. |
| While on the other hand there are some | | | | |
| factors which would stop you from using the | | | | Ben Jonson is a Copywriter of |
| acrylics like for the fact acrylics dry very | | | | |
| quickly, however the working time can be | | | | He had written many articles in various |
| increased by mixing a retarding medium to the | | | | topics. For more information visit: Make New |
| paint or you can also spray water on the | | | | Techniques of Painting. |
| paintings. Acrylics are completely waterproof | | | | |