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Why Has My Oil Painting Cracked?

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Question: Why Has My Oil Painting Cracked?
Answer: With acrylics it doesn't really matter how you apply the paint -- you can put thick paint over thin or glaze over impasto -- but with oils, unless you follow the Fat Over Lean rule, your painting is likely to crack as the various layers dry at different rates.

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