Friday, January 25, 2013

Painting with oils over acrylics


Is it okay to paint with oils over acrylics?

Yes! I’ve done it many times.

That’s my answer and I’m sticking to it.

But I wanted to find out a more complete explanation to share, so I googled the question yesterday, and here’s the best, clearest, most concise and complete answer I found, at ACRYLIC PAINT REVIEW.

By the way, my favorite quote from this article is this one concerning doing it the other way around, and trying to paint with acrylics over oils:

“Never, ever, ever, in a million, zillion years should you paint acrylic paint on top of oil paint.”

So there.

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