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Question: Drying oil paints - watercolor also involved!?
I am working on a painting that is primarily watercolor!. I have finished all the watercolor parts, but painted one accented area of oil paint!. I put the paint on quite thick because I did white paint on a white background for a very very faint emphasis!. However, now I found a discounted framing price that I want to take advantage of next week!.!.!.I'm afraid my small area of oil won't dry by then and I need to do one more small touch over the oils once they do dry!. Any suggestions for getting the small area to dry faster!? It's only about a 1"x3" area on the painting but fairly thick oil!. I've heard heat and humidity speed the oil drying process, but I worry about getting it in humidity because of the watercolors!. Suggestions, please!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
If you had added a drying medium to the oil paint, it would have been dry to the touch quickly!. It would still take a long time to dry all the way through!. It's too late to apply a drying medium now, it has to be mixed in with the paint!.
Oil paints dry by oxidation, not evaporation as watercolors do!. The process really can't be rushed that much, and oil that's still wet even beneath the surface should not be framed behind glass!. I wouldn't take it in to be framed at all until it's bone dry!. Saving a few dollars on the frame won't be worth it if the oil paint gets smooshed by something or someone at the framer's!.
I have one other small concern, which is that if you were working with watercolor, you were probably working on unprimed paper!. The oil from the paint is going to travel through that paper eventually and leave an oil stain, which may be visible!. There's nothing you can do about that, either!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
AHHHH!!! You can't put oils behind glass and you can't not put watercolours behind glass!. lol!. I would suggest using a krylon finish (matte, gloss or semi-gloss) which allows you to have watercolours displayed without glass!.
Watercolours and oils don't mix well, if you want to add white to a watercolour use gouache instead of oil!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Hi,
Helene gave a good answer!.
Oils can be under glass (after dried, of course)!.
It's just not that usual since there's the danger of glass breaking and cutting the canvas!.
I'm sure that you've seen oil paintings behind glass in museums, for the museum quality glass (also known as conservation glass) has UV protection!.
Kind regards,
Joséhttp://www!.hushcolours!.comWww@QuestionHome@Com
I also do oil painting and can say your painting will not be safe for someone to handle for framing without risking possible damage!. The thicker the paint the longer the drying time and nothing you can do will speed up and make the painting safe to handle by next week!.Www@QuestionHome@Com