Looking at the best tempera paintings ever made, it's natural to want to try this new medium. But if you have been an oil painter your whole life, experimenting with tempera can be daunting. The...
Category: Oil Paint
Before canvas makers came around, artists used woods and other prepared surfaces for their oil painting mediums. Although canvases are more popular and the most preferred, they can never match the...
During the Italian Renaissance, oil paintings became popular and changed art history forever. So, imagine our surprise when we came to know that the use of oil paints goes back as late as the 5th...
Oil painting is a serious business, and you can’t go into it blind. If you decide to start oil painting, you need to learn about painting mediums, drying oils, brushes, drying time for different...
There are many things to love about oil painting: the textures, the vibrancy, the richness of the colors. And, of course, the smell. Oil paints have a very pleasant aroma that helps create the...
Truthfully, it does take some time to get used to oil painting for beginners compared to painting with other paints. Because of the expensiveness of oil paint mediums and the need to use solvents and...