Drying oil painting in the sun?

As you may have guessed from the prior answers, drying an oil painting in the sun is the wrong thing to do. A couple of other things to think about that: bugs will get stuck to it, and the sun may bleach out some of the color. If you even hang a finished oil painting where the sun will fall on it in the house, it will fade, so outdoors is definitely out! You might want to know that molecularly, an oil painting never dries. Officially, it can take up to 7 years to dry. Who knows what would happen if you left a piece out that long!

Sure you can...but if you think it will speed up the process you are wrong. Sure it will go a bit faster bit it will not help much. It will only 'cure' the surface but the paint below will still be wet and will actually take longer to dry. If the paint is really thick it may even sag.

Use the sun only if you did a thin, very diluted under-painting.

I don't recommend drying a painting in direct sun light. If it's a nice sunny day i will on occassion place a painting out side in the shade. My work can be checked out at hellosanantonio.com under artist name ''Guerro''.

It could have all sorts of effects on the canvas as well as the paint. Try contacting a restorer for advice!

i think no, why dont u just try it practically?