Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 138915, member: 37&quot;]I think between you two, you&#039;ve summed it up pretty well.&nbsp; Oils and acrylics can be hard to differentiate.&nbsp; There are additives to both that can change the characteristics in how they go on and how they dry.&nbsp; In general, acrylics tend not to blend with one another when painting wet on wet.&nbsp; The same look can be achieved with oils if there is sufficient drying time between colors.&nbsp; Acrylics tend to dull fairly quickly and chalk eventually if not varnished.&nbsp; Oils hold their color and sheen better over time.&nbsp; Acrylics, in general, lend themselves to the very heavy impasto effects.&nbsp; I think the small painting of the house is probably acrylic.&nbsp; The other one could be either. </p><p><br /></p><p>Watercolors are translucent, go on thinly, and tend to spread out in to the paper.&nbsp; Gouache and tempera, while also watercolor, are thicker and tend to stay put when painted.&nbsp; These three are used almost exclusively on paper.&nbsp; Seldom do you see oils used on paper but you will occasionally see acrylics. </p><p><br /></p><p>Modern works tend to be done in acrylics, though many artists still use oils.&nbsp; I am not sure when acrylics became widely available but truly old works on canvas or board are, of course, oils. While it is nice to know what you have,&nbsp; I am not so sure that it is all that important otherwise. The medium tends to be secondary to the merit of the work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in