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What is the difference between alkyd (specifically) paint and oil paint (say from the paint store?)?
I am interested in doing a Jackson Pollockish type painting
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- DowlinggramLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
The difference is that Alkyd paint is oil paint mixed with a specific binder. Usually vegetable oil. Oil paints are made with linseed oil.
Just because Jackson Pollock used Alkyd paints doesn't mean that you can't copy his style in oils. It's his style and composition that makes his paintings his.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Oil paints cannot be mixed with water to be thinned out. You have to use turpenoid or turpentine to clean off brushes and thin the paint.
Alkyds are water soluble and therefore easier to use for a beginner.
Both dry at the same rate, which is around a week or two.
