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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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