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11th April 2008

Art forms of The-Greek

Mycenaean Art happened from roughly 1550 to 1200 BC on the Greek mainland. Even though the Mycenaean and Greek cultures were 2 separate entities, they occupied the identical lands, successively. The latter learned a few things from the former, including h...

25th February 2008

An Introduction to Leonardo da Vinci and His Paintings

Leonardo da Vinci is also known as ‘Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci’ was born on 15th April 1452 was a Tuscan polymath. He was a great mathematician, inventor, scientist, engineers, botanist, architect, anatomist, sculptor, writer, musician and a great...

13th September 2007

Steps for cleaning oil paining brush

An artist’s most helpful and valuable tools are his or her paining brushes. To keep a paintbrush long-lasting as long as doable, it’s very significant to get all the clean out of the bristles after painting. But before you actually start cleaning it, ...

08th August 2007

How do I clean my oil painting

One may come across many advices about cleaning an oil painting, but those tips must come with a major disclaimer. More than other types of rough and ready projects on cleaning oil paintings must really be trusted to professional conservators. Anyhow, if ...

02nd August 2007

Advantages of Oil Paints and Painting

Painting artists have been using oil paints for hundreds of years. Actually, they have been seen from as early as 13th century in England, where they used oil paints for simple decoration. In the early years, however, many artists preferred to use paints ...

26th July 2007

Inside the life of Leonardo da Vinci

The usage of oil paintings widely spread during the period of renaissance in Italy. It was so tedious that artists portraying oil paintings recipes containing olive oil were warned by a German monk, Theophilus in the 12th century. Oil painting techniques ...

15th June 2007

Tips on Cleaning Oil Painting

An advice on cleaning any oil painting that's covered in dust or yellowed varnish has to come with a qualified disclaimer. More than other types of rough and ready projects, cleaning oil paintings need to be really trusted to specialist conservators. Howe...

30th May 2007

More about Color Schemes

Oil Painting is all about harmony. Harmony in an oil painting is when the pact of colors and objects are pleasant to the viewer’s eyes. If a painting is too muddled you might scare the viewer away. On the other hand, if a painting lacks something, it mi...

24th May 2007

All about Oil Painting Support

An oil painting support is nothing but basic surface that oil paint could be applied to. There are a variety of surface available that an artists use to paint on. Everything from some woods, canvas, and as well metals could serve as supports for oil paint...

21st May 2007

Purchase Oil Painting for Good Reasons

When you are planning to buy oil paintings for your home it is extremely significant to decide the reason for buying the painting. Usually reason for buying oil painting falls in to three categories: decoration, collection or investment. This article foll...

11th May 2007

Do and Don’ts of Oil Painting

If in case you’re an artist by yourself, you most likely do not need to read this as your would perhaps already be knowing it. The information given here is for the first-time artists to give a basic understanding on do and don’ts of the art reproduct...

26th April 2007

All about Oil Painting today

All mediums carry their own exclusive characteristics. It is really difficult to state that one medium is superior to another one. Basically it is resolute by the artists to make use of its exclusive properties and apply the medium that is most excellent ...

18th April 2007

All about Color Mixing

Oil paint is a wonderful multitalented medium. But with all the varieties of colors, brushes, mediums and all other tools existing, it is actually enough to make one confuse. When you learn about the variety of brushes and mediums it could be bit confusin...

12th January 2007

Get started with Oil Painting Today

A Quick Introduction to Oil Painting Models You will need: Brushes Turpentine Palette Oil Medium Paints Brushes - Good quality sable brushes. Don't withhold on the quality here. Brushes would last longer with Oil paints than any othe...

27th December 2006

Process of oil painting

The process of oil painting differs from painter to painter, often but it includes certain customary steps. First, the artist prepares the surface. Although surfaces like linoleum, pressed wood, wooden panel, and cardboard have been used, the most popular...