Below is my experiment of painting the same subject with both water-mixable and traditional oil paints. I used Winsor & Newton 'Artisan' water-mixable oils, (on all left-side tea cup paintings in each photo,) and W & N traditional artists' oils on all right-side tea cup paintings in each photo.
Each set of photos shows the progression from underpainting through completion in 4 photos. Here you can see my painting process for these paintings as a study in paint performance, comparison, and behavior, of these two Winsor & Newton products. These are both 6" x 6" paintings on canvas.
The water mixables had a very similar buttery quality and overall great mixability in terms of obtaining the same hues as the traditional oils did.
It did take considerably more pure paint color straight from the tubes with the Artisan paints to mix the same intensity of tones in comparison to the regular oil paints when combined with white, in order to achieve the same intensity of tints or shades.
Also, as seen in the photos, the overall intensity of color was slightly less on the left-side teacups, (the water-mixable oils.) They also tended to dry slightly flatter in sheen than the traditional oils.
Overall, I really enjoyed the experience of painting with BOTH kinds of paint and would definitely recommend the water-mixables to anyone who would like to try painting with oils but has not done so yet!
** If you are interested in more paint comparisons, check out my paint comparison blog posts on February 11th, January 5th, and 9th!
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