Has anyone tried 'wet-on-wet' oil painting? If so, how long does it take the completed painting to dry?

I've watched videos of this style of painting and, although many tips are given about which brushes and paints are needed etc., I've never heard mention how long it will take the painting to dry. As there will be several layers of paint in some areas I assume it could take some time. I've never used oil paints before so don't know the basics. Could anyone help please?Has anyone tried 'wet-on-wet' oil painting? If so, how long does it take the completed painting to dry?
Depending on the number of layers and how thick you apply the paint it will take literally weeks, possibly even over a month. I once saw a piece of this kind where the artist had literally squeezed the paint straight out of the tube onto the canvas, so in places the paint came 2 or 3 inches out from the canvas. I asked him how long it took to dry and he said he'd been advised to leave it for 2 months to be sure.


Assuming you're not going to go quite this far, I'd leave it around a month. But definately don't touch it to check it's dry!Has anyone tried 'wet-on-wet' oil painting? If so, how long does it take the completed painting to dry?
Actually it isn't as dramatic as it sounds.





It all depends on how thick you apply the paint. The actual technique ('dry' or 'wet') is hardly of any consequence to the drying time. Usually you can work on a new layer the next day (depending on how dry you need it to be) But wet in wet is often used to go all the way in one go. You don't wait for it to dry. It sorta beats the purpose of wet in wet. If you want to change an area just use a pallet knife and scrape away the unwanted paint and redo that part.





For completely dry the same rule applies. Expect a week to longer when thicker. There are these famous lilly painting that are now over 100 years old that technically still are not completely dry.
It will take a considerable amount of time, possibly months.Maybe longer.


Oils dry from the outside in .So be prepared to wait awhile, before handling it when you are finished. Even if it seems dry to the touch ,if you were to scrap the paint it could still be wet underneath the surface.


I hope this helps you.
oil paint can take anywhere from 2 days to 2 weeks to dry depending on pigments used and whether any additives(mediums) have been used also ambient temperature and humidity