Hi Holly!
Before you posted a reply, I had noticed some of your acrylic paintings in various places on the forum, and was comforted to see that at least
someone else was using acrylics for portraits (and it appeared very successfully!) But now I learn that you are switching to oils and I worry that I am making a big mistake getting into this with acrylics!
I would love to know more specifically about your experience converting to oils. How difficult was the transition to something that is wet for so long? (I think it would drive me crazy to have to wait even overnight or worse days to fix something I was unhappy with!) And, for comparable pieces, would you have a sense of how much time you might have spent using acrylic vs. what it would now take you in oil?
I've read your thread in the Media section on which oil paints to use (very helpful, by the way!) and have also experienced some of the same frustrations you mention: darkening paint as it dries, need to blend quickly or use glazing techniques to blend, etc. So now you've got me wondering whether I should be switching to oils.
I think my biggest concern -besides the initial expense of switching and adapting techniques- is storing (wet!) works in progress so that they are safe from my high spirited kids(8 & 9 years old)! I am just working in a corner of the kitchen right now.
Thanks so much for your thoughts!
