Medium - PAINTING - Oil

Painting is the art of creating meaningful effects on a flat surface by the use of pigments.
Materials of the painter are pigments applied to wet plaster, canvass, wood or paper.

Common medium in PAINTING

OIL
It has been used since the 15th century. It is a pigment missed with Linseed oil and usually applied in a canvass.

QUALITY

• flexible - artist may use either brush, palette knife and even his bare hands



• it dries quickly, as a result the painting may be changed and worked over a long period of time.



• paiting done in oil is glossy
  


• painting lasts long