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In reply to the discussion: Trying to learn oil painting, using water mixable. Surgery date 16 October to remove breast cancer. [View all]
LiberalLoner
(10,149 posts)I’ve always loved oil paintings in museums and galleries, and I wanted so badly to paint in oils but I was so sensitive to solvents, they made me sick no matter what I tried, and I kind of gave up after awhile and felt very bad about having supplies sitting around then I wasn’t using.
When I discovered the medium W to make my paints water mixable….what a game changer! Now I am loving oil painting, no headaches or anything!
I am painting over old paintings I had tried to do before. Saves money on buying new surfaces.
Although canvas board surfaces and oil painting paper seem quite affordable, so I might let myself paint from scratch now and then.
I hope I will get better if I keep oil painting!
And boy what great timing to have discovered this new medium W while waiting for my surgery, because now I am thinking about painting in oils now, spending time painting, watching painting videos on YouTube (what a great source of instruction!!!) (if only I had had that resource all my life, how much I could have learned about art and many other topics!) instead of being anxious.
This is like a blessing having been bestowed on me by the universe or something!
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