Heidi Banas 16 Apr 2005

Also does anyone know if for example a hair dryer speeds up the drying time? Or the wind from a cool fan?

Heidi

Ray Mullins 18 Apr 2005

when working with oils remember fat over lean. the bottom layers should contain less oil then the top and generally speaking you want the thickest layers on bottom.. Why because of cracking. If the layers on top dry faster then the layers on bottom you have cracking. I would think any artificial eans of drying would cause such inconsistances like backing the bake at to high gets you a burnt outside and a gooy uncooked inside.

Ray Mullins 18 Apr 2005

I found this using Google.."The drying under the light bulb is an option to accelerate the oil paints drying. Although I prefer the oil paints dries in its right time (the worst can be 3 or 4 days). If the weather isn't suitable, I place the figure under two 75w light bulbs around 15-20 cm far. Depending on the amount of heat I want to concentrate over the figure, sometimes I place the figure on a white paper or aluminium paper sheet. A consequence derived from this process is that the oil paints blend themselves because the heat brings forward the rusting of the linseed oil. I like the oil paints because with the same kind of paint I can do the entire finish range of colours. If the figure is placed under an artificial source of heat, all the areas already painted with oil paints will be blended the same."- 20cm sound way to close for me. and I might try the method shining on the back of the painting. use at your own risk.

Vivian Allen 18 Apr 2005

Hi Heidi, I dry my oil paintings with 75 or 100 watt light bulbs in lamps with no shades. I put the painting about 10 or more inches from the light source for several days. If it is a large canvas I sometimes have to cover a larger drying area with two lamps. I do this with each layer of paint since I want my painting totally dry by the time I'm ready for the next step of paint application. I usually paint with many thin layers. Never get the canvas too close to the bulbs, and, if you have cats, make sure they can't get near the painting to knock it over onto the hot bulbs.

jeremiah shine 05 Sep 2006

hi...better late than ever! a trick i use is to get a can of fast dry polyeurethane and mist the surface of the wet painting. this speeds the drying up a bit!(dry enough to hang anyway!!!!

kiddolucas lee 05 Sep 2006

Interesting to hear the "BULB heat technique"..and many more

I saw heat melt butter & wax...I knew any form of heat may softens the Oilpaint plus causing color chemical reaction

I believed " DRY WIND " speeds up drying Just a tablefan shall does the job Room aircond free

Joseph Sandora 09 Sep 2006

I personally Would not put varnish on a painting. For me it destroys the depth in the painting and may magnify pieces of paint that you would not want to show. Oil paint does not dry completely But thats me and I am not an authority on the subject of art. So bring your painting your painting to exhibit wet.

Joseph Sandora 09 Sep 2006

I personally Would not put varnish on a painting. For me it destroys the depth in the painting and may magnify pieces of paint that you would not want to show. Oil paint does not dry completely But thats me speaking and I am not an authority on the subject of art. So bring your painting to the exhibit wet.

Joseph Sandora 09 Sep 2006

kiddolucas lee 10 Sep 2006

I encountered 2 Clienteles who were so happy to

carry away Wet Oilpaintings

One said " It s fine...I like it wet...I can tell

my wife it s fresh from the artist studio !!! "

The other said " Can you make them more wet for

me....I just want my frens to know that I ve met

the artist an hour ago....I just want them to

know that I know who I am buying from!!!"

david bass 10 Sep 2006

joseph, the idea of varnish is to highlite the painting not this: "For me it destroys the depth in the painting and may magnify pieces of paint that you would not want to show". it helps depth and shows color details that would otherwise not be shown. if the varnish highlites parts of the painting you don't want to show then i think the artist has failed to paint a quality painting.

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