Is it ruined or just fine?

[Julianne Lowman]

I recently started an oil painting via the rub out method using zinc yellow, raw umber, a bit of mars black and linseed oil I was very happy with the nice verdaccio underpainting, when to my horror, I saw the label of the linseed oil I had just purchase in haste. "Water mixable linseed oil" it read. Obviously I'm not up on the current "water mixable oil" craze and just grabbed the first linseed oil I came to and ran to the register, then off to the studio.

Will this dry like a regular linseed oil? Should I switch to a regular linseed oil, or stick with the same one? I used it with regular oil paint, will this affect it's outcome? And the, GULP, big question, Do I need to START OVER!???

Thanks in advance!

[Mary Sparrow]

It is my understanding that they work like traditional oils and can be mixed with traditional oils.

I don't know what brand you are using but Grumbacher has a forum http://www.sanford.com/sanford/consu...ageboard.jhtml where you can ask your question and someone from Grumbacher will answer your quetions. I have used this before and they answer promptly, however it is usually during business hours.

[Tom Edgerton]

Don't painic. Let it dry. This may take a little longer than conventional oil.

I don't know what brand you're using, but a Grumbacher rep told me when they brought out water-mixable oil a few years ago that the water has to dry out before the oil can. Thus the extra drying time.

Best--TE