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Benefits Of Oil Paint

If you are a painter, you should consider using oil paint in your work. The paint is made up of a binder (the oil) and a thinner. The oil carries the pigments while the thinner makes the colors easy to apply to the surfaces using a brush. While there are many types of oil paints that you can go with, the most popular is linseed oil. It comes with plenty of benefits that include: Longer drying time If you aren't experienced in painting, you might view this as a flaw, but it isn't. Since the paint takes a long time to dry up, you have a lot of time to make any changes that you might be interested in. This makes it possible for you to achieve almost perfect paintings. If you have to travel and you are unable to finish your paint, you don't have to worry about finding the paint already dry. Reports have been made of some people leaving their paints out in the air for days without worry of finding them dry. Easy to work with Compared to other mediums such as pastels and