Oil painting is used drying of vegetable oil (linseed oil, poppy oil, walnut oil, etc.) to reconcile paint, painting Papua linen, cardboard or wood production on a genre . Paint thinner used for the volatile nature of turpentine and linseed oil dry. The attached picture paints a strong hardness, when the screen after drying, long-term to maintain luster. With paint hiding power and transparency of performance more fully describe the performance of the object, colorful, three-dimensional texture strength. Western painting oil painting is one of the main genre.
600 years ago, originated in Europe around the 15th century by the Dutch invented the predecessor of painting before the 15th century European paintings in egg tempera. Reconcile with linseed oil paint, in the treated fabric or wood on the painting, because the oil paint dry does not change color, multi-color mix will not become dirty, the painter can draw a rich, vivid colors. Opaque oil paint, covering and strong, so paintings can be from deep to shallow, floor by floor covering, so that produce three-dimensional painting. Originated in the religious services, religious activities are an important part. Become the main body of the history of Western painting paintings, are now surviving paintings are mainly of Western oil painting. Most murals are created using oil paints and the way of production. Over time, the gradual development of oil daily life, the most famous is the “Mona Lisa” performance of an ordinary woman and widespread. The late 19th century, due to technological development, many new materials used in oil fields, such as acrylic paint, paint.