You might be wondering why we re suggesting the use of acrylic for a painting that should solely rely on oil paints.
Drying oil paintings quickly.
If you want to paint fast paint with water based paints like acrylics.
Coat background with acrylic paint.
But if you want the oil painting to dry off quickly for some reason we suggest considering a flat surface.
Oil paints by their very nature don t dry with any speed at all.
Pointing a fan at your oil painting won t help significantly speed the drying time in the same way as it would a watercolor painting but having good circulation in the room will help the oxidation process to happen more quickly.
Oil paint will take a full year to completely dry.
Oil paint is loved by fact it doesn t dry as fast as most paints.
So lets answer the infamous questions on how to dry oil paintings quickly.
Titanium white for example may take weeks for it to dry.
They are very slow and you have to be patient it takes months for thick paint to fully dry it doesn t actually dry it oxidises which is why the process is slow read more about it here.
Circulate the air in the room with a fan.