How long does an oil painting needs to dry?? and how can I speed it up??

Isn't it frustrating?! I know, but you need to wait for it to dry for at least 2 days. Put it in a room that has a lot of airflow. Don't try to use anything like hairdryers, because that just melts the oil even more. I usually wait about two days, come back to add detail to the painting if I need to, and then leave it for one more day.How long does an oil painting needs to dry?? and how can I speed it up??
You have to allow it to dry out naturally, otherwise it will actually crack.! It can take up to 4 weeks, depending on how thick you have applied the paint. Next time you paint in oils, use white spirit to thin the paint down, especially when doing the sky, or the distant features. Also remember that a thick paint will cover a thin paint, and a thin paint will cover a thick paint.How long does an oil painting needs to dry?? and how can I speed it up??
use a blow dryer - it may help


i used that to speed up paper mache work
Being a pedant here. an Oil painting will be dry to the touch in about 2 days as mentioned but will actually not dry properly for a couple of hundred years. Thats when they start to crack and need restoring
6 months to a year but overall disgruntl is correct.
It takes a few days. Dont try and speed it up using a blow drier or the surface will crack!
It depends on the thickness of the paint. You can halve the time it takes to dry by mixing your paint with an Alkyd medium instead of linseed oil and turps. Daler Rowney and Windsor %26amp; Newton both do one. Windsors also do Alkyd oil paints but they are a bit dearer than the standard ones. Quicker still would be to use Acrylics intead as you can use them like oils on canvas or on paper etc. in fact on virtually anything!
oils can take up to 20 years to dry.
a few days..like 3-4..you can't speed it up,sorry....
It will take 2 to 3 days, what i recommend to do is have 2 on the go so you always have one to be getting on with and one drying.


Hope this helps!
According to an Art teacher I had at school there are oil paintings 100 years old that are still not completely dry!!!
just let it sit on a table or somethign and then occupy yourself with some other task for abotu an hour so that it drys. if youre not sure if its dry or not, put it up against a light and see if you can spot any wet places on the painting. if you dont wanna do that, place your pinky finger on a corner or unimportant place of a painting and feel if its dry.