Color Theory: Oil-Based Paints

Video Transcript

"I'm going to briefly mention oil color. What is good about it is it's obviously one of our older types of vehicles, it's been around a long time, we know what it does and it blends colors easier than acrylic. Because acrylics dry so quickly, it's hard to keep on going, it's hard to blend two colors because by the time the first one's down and you get the second one ready, the first one is dry and you can't blend. Oil does that a lot better which is why an exercise like this, where you're really trying to get various colors to blend in together and do a lot of mixing, oil is the better choice. Oil paints have to be cleaned up with mineral spirits or turpentine, which are difficult to dispose of, you can't pour those down the sink by any means. They take a very long time to dry, it won't be dry to touch for maybe even twenty-four hours to seventy-two hours and it won't be finally dry, for as much as two or three years, after you finish the painting. It's also generally more toxic for children, so that may affect your choice."