Blue-wing Teal Paints

Hang on there, ponder. It is possible to put oil over latex, but not the other way round. I recall that from my art days. If you abrade, and the paint is well cured, it may be possible.. That is why Bocour came up with Magma years ago--both oil and water miscible.
Only time I have ever seen bw teal in full show plumage was around Easter week one year, eons ago, when we had a ton of water where it shouldn't have been.
 
Good morning, Young Man~


hmmmmm.....I cannot agree re latex over oil.


While it is true in the studio that oil paints are brushed over the acrylic-based gesso to good effect, the same does not apply for other applications - such as houses....


The standard among house painters hereabouts has long been (contemporary VOC concerns and regulations are changing practices) oil-based primers over raw wood or scraped paint, followed by latex topcoats. Conversely, I have long been advised to never put oils over latex - except for the well-weathered situations.


I have had very good results with: sealing with spar varnish (or just oil primer) - followed by oil prime coat, then latex topcoats.

Your thoughts?


BTW: I shot my only Great South Bay Blue-wing on New Year's Day many seasons ago. Although he could fly - at least until I shot him - I am guessing he was not a well bird and wintered in Suffolk County only because he could not wing it south. He was fully-colored. All the Drake Blue-wings we shot in October in St. Lawrence County remained in their Hen-like garments. - but with vivid wing coverts.





SJS

 

In my years of waterfowling, and hunting Teal. I have only seen a drake BW in prime "Spring" plumage in hunting season once, during a Sept. Ohio Teal season.

My hunting partner and I were so taken aback, that neither one of us fired a shot. We just stood there eyes wide, and mouths agape, dumbstruck.

Lots of profanity filled the air afterwards, and for sometime later.

So that was enough for me to continue painting most all BW drakes, in Spring Plumage.


Oil paint of course, and with a good sealer...[;)]


VP
 
Steve,

I was always taught that with artist paints that oil could be painted over acrylics but not acrylic over oil. Reasoning is that the acrylic will cure and then oils can be painted. If oils were applied first then it would take a long time to cure and if acrylics were painted over it then it would cure before the oils did causing it to crack.

Believe I read that people that do "antiqued" paintings will use the acrylic over oil method to make the cracks so it looks older.

Now with house paints I know they use a oil primer and then acrylics over that so I assumed they had accelerators in it so it cure faster.
 
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