[Woodcarver] Paints

[Marcia Berkall]

Hi, Dan,

I am very partial to oils ever since taking a Dave Sabol class.  I 
mix artist oils with Minwax natural stain for most of my 
painting.  If I am in a hurry, I use acrylics. I use my paints very 
thinned since I like to see the wood through the color and prefer 
that the color is IN the wood rather than ON the wood. I like that 
the oils don't raise the grain like water based paints, and I also 
like the feel of the finished carvings a whole lot better.  The one 
drawback is the odor from the stain.  There are now water soluble 
oils, which I have not tried yet and I just noticed that 
dickblick.com  is handling a line of acrylic paints that do not dry 
on the palette, stay workable longer and dry to a satin finish that 
doesn't have the look or feel of plastic.  I haven't tried them, but 
with a parrot in the house and concern for potential health issues, I 
am tempted.

Good luck!

Marcia (aka Mush)
South China, Maine



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