What paint is best to do artwork with oil or water based paint? what are pros an

Question: What paint is best to do artwork with oil or water based paint!? what are pros and cons of either!?
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Acrylics, are a good, water based, quick drying resin based paint!. If you make errors it is quite easy to paint over a mistake quite succefully which you can't do with say watercolours or gouache!. Acrylics would be a good choice to start of with in my opinion!. They do dry very quickly though!. But you can use a retarder gel to mix with the acrylics to make the drying time take a little longer if you like!.

Oils are my favourite!. But I did once paint with acrylics all the time, now it's mainly oils I use!. I would still start of with acrylics, because although I find oils to have more life to them, they can take a bit of getting use to!. You use Linseed oil for painting with oils, or sometimes I play around with the density of the oil with a little thinner!. Oil paintings can quite often take several days sometimes weeks to dry properly, and it's a good idea to varnish them also, to protect the paint!. Oils take quite a bit more work, but the results are worth it!.

I don't use watercolours or gouache any more, I find them quite dull, but that's just my own opinion!. Many of my artist friends produce great pieces with gouache and water colours!.

You can also try alkyds!. They are an oil based paint, but are not quite as good as traditional oils in my opinion!. But they make a good switch from acrylics to oils!. Once dry they are quite tough and longlasting like acrylics are!. The only real downside is they don't really hold their colour very well and you can find yourself redoing areas that look too pale once the paint has dried!.

The more you use the different paints, the more you'll learn which paints are the most suitable for certain jobs!.

I have a link to my Myspace page on my profile where I have examples of my oil and acrylic paintings, if you are interested!.

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I am an established artist so perhaps I can help you on this one!. I prefer acyclic but have used oil!. It is easier for someone to go from acrylic to oil then oil to acrylic!. The reasons why is acrylic dries fast and one can go over the work right away and fix it!. So the acrylic artist is use to painting faster!. The oil/turpentine take awhile to dry and sometimes can takes days!. Water based is cheaper then oil paint by far and is also cheaper then acrylic!. Too much water when you using water color can rip the water color paper or if chose to use canvas you might find yourself using more paint with water color!. You might like acrylic paint better :-) I tend to use canvas board which is more affordable then stretched canvas!.Hope that helps!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

If you like more control and more precise in what you paint, watercolors and water based paints are the way to go!. If you enjoy some flexibility, then you should go with oils - they're my preferred medium!. Oils may take a really long time to dry, but this usually enables me to go back and blend and mix colors more easily while they're still on the canvas!. Not always quite so simple to fix errors though until they're dry!.

Just dry different ones out and see which ones work best for what you're trying to do :)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Using different mediums is only the start!.
Water based is more environmentally friendly than "oil"!.
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