Choosing Between Oil Paints and Acrylics

Which medium is best for beginners? Oils or acrylics? This is a question many novices like to ask. The answer is not straightforward. Both have their pluses and minuses. In this article we'll take a look at what they are.
It's funny how many people today automatically think that acrylics are somehow inferior to oils. I guess the main reason for this is that the oils have been around for centuries, while the acrylics only appeared in the 1950s. If you visit museums, most works by the great masters are in oils. Only contemporary art galleries show acrylics. Why? We already answered that - because they are a fairly new medium.
So which one is better? Neither. This is actually the wrong question. The right question is - which one suits you better? It all depends on what are you trying to do and how are you trying to do it. The major difference between them is the drying time. Oil paints dry much slower that acrylic paints. It takes days, weeks, or even months, depending on how thick the color is, for oil paint to dry. If you compare that to acrylics which dry in a matter of hours or even minutes, that is a long time to wait. Both characteristics, fast drying time and slow drying time, have their advantages and disadvantages. If you're a slow painter, oils are a good choice. Drying time also effect other things like mixing colors. You have to work reasonably fast with acrylics.
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