Working With Water Miscible Oil Paints
When I began thinking about trying oil paints, I heard about the fairly new water miscible oil paints. These paints are real oil paints but the oil is refined so that they clean up with soap and water. No solvents are required. I talked with several people and got somewhat mixed reviews. But I thought that if I started with the water miscible oils I wouldn’t know what, if anything, I was missing with traditional oils.
I’ve been using the water miscible or water soluble oils for awhile now and I absolutely love them. I don’t use any thinner, mineral spirits or turpentine so there are no harmful fumes in my studio. The paints have a slight odor just like regular oil paints. My brushes clean up easily with soap and water. In fact I think it’s almost easier clean up than with acrylic because you don’t have to worry about the oil paint drying as quickly as acrylic paint does. I have tried both the Winsor Newton Artisan and the Holbein Duo Aqua. I like the Duo a bit better as it seems creamier but I can’t seem to find them in larger tubes so I mostly use the WN in the 200 ml tubes.
Thank you for posting your thoughts on water miscible oil paints. I’ve read mixed reviews too, but liked the idea of oil paints with no fumes and solvents. The worry was in how well they worked. By looking at your paintings, I can see they put no halt creativity! These are lovely.
Thanks again,
Nanina
Thanks Nanina, yes it’s nice not to have to worry about solvents.
Vinita- I wanted to see the create 38 bloomfire and maybe look at the previous classes you taught. My email and password don’t work for that. Is it different than the workshop password and email- can you help me with this (in your spare time haha). Loved the workshop. My friend and I talked it up at our painting group today. I was told my pears from Exercise 3 didn’t look so good- oh well. Thanks Patsy
Hi Patsy,
Sorry, the Create38 Bloomfire class is no longer available. Thanks so much for recommending me to your painting group. The pears weren’t meant to look good – they are only for practice, so don’t let their comments bother you!