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Originally Posted by SONICobra
Aside from the color what other benefits do you see from using oil paints? Do you seal them similarly to acrylic? Looks great btw
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I use Mont Marte's Wate Mixable Oil paint set.
The set was quite cheap at around 30 euros.
The brushes can be cleaned with water and the colors do not smell like "real oil paints".
The colors are in no way inferior to the "real" oil paints.
You can work with oil paints directly on top of the acrylics but I seal (AK 1013 Matt Varnish - This was on sale at my dealer)
the acrylics before I start the oil paints. It's also because I dilute the oil paints with White Spirit and it may dissolve the acrylic paint
I seal the oil paints with the same AK 1013 matt varnish as the acrylic paints.
Advantages:
You can do shading by putting some oil paint on the desired area and then rubbing it in with a brush.
You can remove the acrylic paint without leaving any residue. For example the leather straps from the bikini.
If you accidentally paint the skin, you can remove it. Or run along the belt with a damp brush. This removes the color on the skin or you can blend it in with the skin color as a shade
Then washes with oil paints are awesome. The wash (oil paint + white spirit) runs into the smallest scratches and when the paint is dry
you rub over the surface with a cloth or make-up brush (+ such as White Spirit) to remove the wash on the surface. With acrylic paints you also darken the surface with a wash.
Personally, I can paint details better with oil paints. I get along better with it than with acrylic paints.
It should be noted that oil paints do not dry as quickly as acrylic paints. If the oil paints aren't sealed, you'll smudge them again if you accidentally rub them.
Has happened to me a few times. But I also see this as an advantage because I don't have to rush
There are also tutorials on Youtube
Look on Youtube for "oil painting figures" or "oil painting wash"
If you have any questions, I'll be happy to try to answer them