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An Interview with Tim Gagnon
By Alyice Edrich in Misc > Artist Interviews
Tim Gagnon first started painting with acrylics while in college, as he studied fine art, and today he’s a professional artist with an impressive track record.
Not only has he sold over 1,000 paintings to more than 30 countries, but he also sells licensed prints of his work all over the world while teaching online art courses from his own website.
Alyice: For those who may not know how acrylics differ from oil paints, can you explain what acrylic paints are and how they work?
Tim: Acrylic paints are water-based, where as oil paints are oil based.
The drying time is very different between the two paints.
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Acrylic paints dry within a matter of minutes allowing you to layer quickly and complete complex paintings in a shorter amount of time. However, there are a variety of mediums you can use with acrylic paints that extend the drying time to make them more like oils.
Oil paints dry at