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2. Oil painting - Wikipedia

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   Traditional oil painting techniques often begin with the artist sketching the subject onto the canvas with charcoal or thinned paint. Oil paint is usually mixed with linseed oil, artist grade mineral spirits, or other solvents to make the paint thinner, faster or slower drying. (Because the solvents thin the oil in the paint, they can also be ...

3. Conservation and restoration of paintings - Wikipedia

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   Oil paint is a medium made up of pigments and a drying oil binding agent. Various other ingredients can be mixed in to condition the paint in several ways and modify its various properties and drying. [1] Oil paintings are painted on various surface support types. Oil on canvas, oil on board, and oil on metal are only some examples of oil ...

4. Oil on copper - Wikipedia

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   The old masters prepared the copper for painting first by rubbing it with fine pumice abrasive. The copper surface was then treated with garlic juice which is believed to improve adhesion of the paint. Finally a white or grey ground layer of oil paint was applied as a primer. After drying the copper panel was ready for the artist to begin painting.

5. Lining of paintings - Wikipedia

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   The lining of paintings is a process of conservation science and art restoration used to strengthen, flatten or consolidate oil or tempera paintings on canvas by attaching a new support to the back of the existing one. The process is sometimes referred to as relining.

6. Transfer of panel paintings - Wikipedia

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   The ground of the painting was then removed by solvents or scraping, until nothing remained but a thin skin of colour, pasted over with paper and held together by the muslin. A prepared canvas was then attached to the back of the paint layer, using the same method as was used for lining pictures. When the glue had dried, the paper and muslin ...

7. Beware of Luxury - Wikipedia

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   It was created using oil paint on canvas. Oil paint is a medium that has been used by artists for centuries, and it allows for rich and vibrant colors as well as a wide range of textures and effects. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] Canvas, on the other hand, is a durable and flexible material that has been used for painting since the 14th century.