A Simple Way to Paint the Portrait 

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@@dalerhodespaintings our pleasure dear

Sorry I've taken so long to reply to this. Yes these are oils, and yes I do recommend so that drying out doesn't happen. I much prefer to paint wet in wet, and also to have the paint wet on the palette all day. Oils don't smell - it is the mediums people use that smell. You can use oils with very low to zero odor solvents such as Gamsol, and also you can use oils with no mediums at all - or maybe just pure linseed oil - and just wash up with normal dishwashing liquid...

@@dalerhodespaintings Very honest and professional thanks for helping me to the next step…..cheers from New Zealand.

@@Taichistretchingspace3479 Thanks! Glad you're getting something out of it

These are oils and I do recommend oils partly because they stay wet longer. Oils don't really smell - they are the same pigments as acrylics, usually in linseed oil. The solvents some people use can smell - especially turpentine - but you can get very good odorless solvents these days. You actually can wash up in soap and water so don't really need to use solvents at all...

I have a few but the core colours I recommend - you can paint almost anything with them - are titanium white, cadmium yellow light, yellow ochre, ultramarine blue and burnt umber. I also use raw sienna, burnt sienna, ivory black and raw umber. There is a complete section on colour mixing on my site...

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I don't worry about letting the layers dry - If I want to do another layer I just paint either wet into wet or onto dry if it has dried...