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Oil Paintings Vs Acrylic Paintings
Oil paint is made up of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, and takes much longer to dry relative to other kinds of paint. Acrylic paint is a paint that includes pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion with an added quality of fast drying. Acrylic paint, even after being diluted with water, becomes water resistant once dry. Depending on the proportion of dilution with water, gels, or pastes, a finished acrylic painting can have the look of a watercolor or an oil painting, or some other unique blend
Linseed oil is the main ingredient that binds oil paint; on the contrary, water is the main ingredient that binds acrylic paint. Hence, we can say that oil paint is “oil based” and acrylic paint is “water based.”
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Acrylic Paint
Acrylic paint is a relatively new art material, having only become commercially available in the 1950′s following Dr. Otto Rohm’s development of acrylic resin, which formed the basis for the paint. Despite being only used at first as a house paint for interior decorating, acrylic paint was very soon adapted to become water-soluble and started becoming widely used by artists.
The beauty of this art material is that it is water-soluble and can therefore be mixed with water and reduced down to something similar almost to watercolour paints. Equally it can also be used in its standard form and applied very thickly to the canvas or medium for a very intense, rich effect. Acrylic paint will blend well whilst wet, allowing the artist to manipulate their work, correcting mistakes or simply layering the paint. When dry however, it becomes water-resistant and will not bleed or change easily. Thanks to developments in technology and manufacturing, acrylic paint also now benefits from very high levels of viscosity, giving it a great solid texture when used in artwork.
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