You can use linseed and other drying oils to paint you don’t need solvents to use oils. All slovents do is thin the paint to make clean up eaiser. I use linseed oil and it works just fine and has no strong fumes. The site below should help.

http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2006/12/29/oil-painting-without-solvents/%5B/URL%5D

Heat set oils have no odour what so ever even when heated,i use odourless solvent and have had no problems at all. heat set oils are specifically made for people who have health problems or are allergic to oils and solvents, they also go further as you can reuse the paint ,you don’t throw any of it away.
Try it and i don’t think you will ever regret it.Ask for more info by e-mail on the site and i’m sure Peter will be happy to oblige.

Gerry, Heat set oils are a marvelous thing…. But wait till you see what Golden’s Acrylic are bringing out… I am not sure just when they will hit the counters, but soon I think!!

You may wish to check out Atelier Interactive Acrylics, they have an unlimited open time (with the right medium) and can also be reopened for corrections or next day painting (again with a particular medium).

I think the carder method can be used for acrylics too as it is in essence an aid in recognizing values. I think that once one has learned the values and are confident the carder method would no longer be necessary. The same goes for the sizing tool.

Happy Painting

Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest. -Leonardo Da Vinci

You might also check the M. Graham site. They make paints that contain walnut oil rather than linseed oil. The vapors from linseed oil can be irritating to the lungs, for some people. Their site also talks about other aspects of painting with minimal use of the more toxic materials.