Paint Problems!

Paint Re-cap/Oil Paint Problems!


So I painted a poppy flower last week!
the painting was a red poppy, with black outline, a stem & swirly things in the corner!
I posted it on my facebook and my Sister-n-law LOVED it!
So I gave it to her for her birthday. (which was Monday)


We went out to dinner for her birthday on Sunday night!
While we were at dinner her best friend (who is also a good friend of mine)
asked me to do a elephant painting for the bathroom she was decorating for her son!
So she showed me a picture of the shower curtain and i painted pretty much
the exact same elephant that is on that shower curtain!
It turned out great if I do say so myself, I even added a tree that is also on the shower curtain!
 BUT i did a bad thing...
I used a oil paint!! :/
Never do that! After i had finished painting it and everything else had dried EXCEPT
the tree trunk (where I used, said {evil} oil paint)
So I thought i was done for! 
(after having another accidental bad experience with another oil paint)
So, I went where?
GOOGLE!!!
I dont know what we would do if we didnt have the internet!!
I mean, 
we wouldnt know how long it takes for oil paint to dry
(or if there is a way to make it dry faster)
we wouldnt know the color payoff of that lipstick on the MAC website you've fallen in love with!
Or if that new BB cream that you wanted to try was worth the $13.. 
(that answer is no, thanks to YouTube)
And my personal favorite:
We wouldnt know if our favorite TV show was being renewed for another season or not!


Anyway!
I went searching for 
"how to dry oil paint"
Someone else had asked this question and there were multiple answers!
All of which said...dont dry it!!
Making it dry faster could cause the paint to chip off the canvas!
(which of course is the last thing you want to happen when you are making something for somebody,
and you're name is going to be on it!)
So the other part of this answer...
IT WILL DRY NATURALLY WITH-IN ONE TO TWO WEEKS!
...Not exactly what I wanted to find, but oh well!
So the painting is curantly finished and looks great, but it will be a few days before she gets it!
I showed it to my sister-n-law and she said she loved it
(I sent her friend a picture of it and she loved it too, by the way)
But she said that the wall is bigger than the painting, 
so, im going to make 2 smaller paintings to go on each side of the main painting!
Instead of doing more elephants or something,
im going to do one smaller canvas with
trees on it, and the other will have a bird on it!




Well thats all for now!
I promise i'm going to be back really soon with more posts!
I've got some new favorites for you guys, so be on the look out for that!
Talk to yall soon!
xoxo

-Sami-