Author: LisaB

Lisa Blackshear is a fine art oil painter living in Asheville, NC. She paints "En Plein Air" in the mountains, gardens, and streams of Western North Carolina, trying to depict the quality of light unique to Appalachia.
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What’s the difference between oil and watercolor?

Thanks to Jim C. for asking this question:
“What is the difference between oil and water color painting?
Will we be able to frame these with glass?”
Stretched CanvasI’m glad you brought that up!
Oil paintings are made on canvas, the paint itself makes a strong bond when dry, and may be hung without glass.
Watercolor paintings are made on paper, the paint is water soluble when dry, and are usually hung behind glass.
There are 2 types of canvases I paint on, oil primed linen stretched on stretcher bars, like the one I showed you, which are .67 in. thick.

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