[Kimberly Dow]

Since this was brought back up....

I think on the painting I originally started this thread about - that the cause was the paint brand, like Virgil suggested. I had some very very slow drying flake whites, several brands actually. Putting the retouch on top of it may have made it worse. Ive switched to Varsari Flake white now. It still does dry slowly, but it does dry.

And that painting is drying more and more with each week....so Im not going to have to repaint it - the client is fine with it. I may eventually need to sand it down a bit if there is too much dust on the surface. I'll cross that bridge later.