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BigmanPigman

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3. I've always hated working with acrylics.

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Mon Apr 10, 2023, 10:57 PM

Apr 2023

They dry too fast and you can't be flexible with a deadline of them drying before your work is satisfactory. All my friends in art school hated them too. We only used them when required to by our teachers (which was almost never required since the teachers knew too). They only really used them for Color classes to make color wheels, etc.

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Goldfinch - first attempt at acrylic painting [View all] Ocelot II Apr 2023 OP

Very pretty! Nt spooky3 Apr 2023 #1

Thanks! Ocelot II Apr 2023 #7

I think it's stunning Docreed2003 Apr 2023 #2

Thanks! Ocelot II Apr 2023 #6

I've always hated working with acrylics. BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #3

I think I'll go back to oils. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #8

I like using glazes mixed with oil paints BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #9

The glowing quality of oil glazing was kind of invented by Van Eyck, Ocelot II Apr 2023 #10

I looked at Van Eyck and just couldn't figure out how BigmanPigman Apr 2023 #11

It's all those transparent layers. Holbein is another artist Ocelot II Apr 2023 #12

Nicely done! bif Apr 2023 #4

Quick drying is just one of the things I don't like. Ocelot II Apr 2023 #5