Wash on Acrylics?

Hey there Darren.

I use oils myself. Its usually a mixture of burnt umber and prussian blue, but may vary depending upon the effects I want to achieve. I mix about 20% oils and 80% thinner (ratios may vary) and dip a pointed brush into the mix. Using the brush I then allow the oil wash to creep along the creases, panel lines and corners.

If your asking if you can use acrylics for wash, I dont suppose you can do that. Acrylics do not have the same consistency as oils, and will probably be just too thin to use as wash. Oil washes are best applied over acrylic and lacquer finishes, as the thinner in the wash may affect enamel finishes unless protected by a sealer coat.

Hope this helps.

Thank you. So I can use oil washes on acrylic paints!

what do you use to thin the oils? Are you speaking of actual oil paint like for canvas art or is there an acutal "oil base" modelling paint?

Yes, the paints we are talking about here are those that come in tubes, marketed for 'artists' and canvas art.

And yes, oils will work just fine over acrylics.

Thank you. I wish there was some sort of video that was a sort of tutorial for this sort of thing.

oh one more thing. What do you use to thin the oils that will not hurt the acryl paint? Thanks for the time.

Unknownpharoah, paint thinner (for enamels) will work just fine.