Which is a better medium to paint with, acrylics, or oils?

It seems whenever I paint with acrylics, it dries too quickly-while the oils take forever to dry, is there a better retarder out there that will enable my acrylics to dry slower?Which is a better medium to paint with, acrylics, or oils?
You could use Alkyd oil paint which dries faster than traditional oil paint.





As for acrylics, it is a water based paint, so it dries as water leaves the paint. So water is really your only bet here.


Things that influence the drying of acrylics are wind flow (don't want too much of this), temperature (the hotter, the faster the paint will dry, but too cold, and the paint will crack) and humidity. All of this applies to oil paints as well, minus the water part :)





However, I encourage you to keep up with the traditional oils, it's such a wonderful medium when you learn how to use it well. You will think to yourself, ';how did I ever work with acrylics?';Which is a better medium to paint with, acrylics, or oils?
you can add medium gel to acrylics, and keep on moisture container when not in use,


mediums,


http://www.artsparx.com/store_paints.asp


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palette sponge,


http://www.misterart.com/g2246/Masterson…


Sta-Wet Premier Palette


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~oils may be better if you are ok with fumes and solvents, much more mailable to blend with, though sometimes waiting to apply next layer, slows the moment of creativity to lapse another day, and that also can be a good refresher,





use both individually, when you require either for special occasions,


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it depends on what you're painting. i only use acrylics because there is so much you can do with them...if u paint in a double layer or add water it changes the speed of drying...as does the temperature of the room colder is better to keep the acrylic not dry
This would depend on your painting style. Oil takes longer to dry and Acrylics dry very quickly.