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how can oil paint be thinned?
okay so i have these art questions and i cant find the answers, please help.
1. what are some of the characteristics of oil paint?
2. how can oil paint be thinned
3.what five surfaces can oil paint be applied to?
4. what are some words to describe the texture of oil paint?
5. what is a painting medium?
6. how is a canvas primed?
if you answer one or all of these it would be a huge help. thankyou thankyou thankyou.
Answer:
1. what are some of the characteristics of oil paint? Can be transparent or opaque. High tinting and long in colour or weak as add mixture. Other than this you are describing texture, heaviness etc, this relates primarily to the quality of paint .
2. how can oil paint be thinned? With thinner (ie turpentine) Or oil (ie linseed)
3.what five surfaces can oil paint be applied to? Loads more than five, there is noting to stop you applying it to anything you want to, but generally; Canvas (cotton or linen) Board (oak, mdf, whatever...) Panel ( prepared card covered with canvas) Paper (must be primed)
4. what are some words to describe the texture of oil paint? Buttery, Oily, Light, Heavy, Heavily Pigmented
5. what is a painting medium? Anything you add to oil paint for whatever reason.
6. how is a canvas primed? With a primer, this is something that creates a barrier to the oil so it does not soak in. This can be oil Based (lead white) Traditional animal skin glue (Rabbit skin glue) Traditional gesso, (Plaster/chalk in binder) Acrylic (a plastic based version of gesso)
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Sure, each artist has their own forte and their own style, but there is something to be said for seeing someone at the top of their game. This is why even though I’m not a huge art collector, I would love to own a painting like The Last Supper or Starry Night. Unfortunately, people like me that aren’t rich and famous or don’t live near a famous museum can’t often see or own these works of art. Originals like these, when available at auction, cost millions of dollars, which means they are out of my budget. However, there is a silver lining in this cloud, and it is reproduction oil paintings.
Where originals might be stored in a vaulted gallery, reproduction oil paintings are hand crafted oil paintings of original masterpieces that you can often buy for less than a few hundred dollars. Thanks to these dedicated artists, I can create my own gallery of masterpieces (no one will know the difference) and admire these great works of art on a daily basis. Sure, it would be nice to have the original, but being graced by a Monet or Picasso would be fantastic, even if it wasn’t the real thing. Fortunately, so much care goes into creating these reproduction oil paintings that you wouldn’t be able to tell they weren’t an original.
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