The ancestor of the presented painting is Jan van Eyck. It is also worth noting that ancient artists used vegetable oil to make paint. Encaustic paints contained wax and some linseed oil. According to the surviving records, the presented compositions were widely used in the 13th century.

Oil paints today

Oil paints are very popular today. They are widely used in art.

This trend is associated with the numerous advantages of the presented paints. For example, oil retains its original color after drying. Thus, портрет маслом are bright and juicy. Slow drying paint allows you to make small edits, even after the end of the work. Oil painting for a long time retains its flawless appearance.

Having impregnated the canvas, the paints have a special structure and rich color.

Portrait

When creating a portrait using oil paints and an art canvas, you can get a picture with a rich color palette, register even the smallest elements, and create texture. In the process of writing a portrait, paints are mixed and gradually applied to the surface of the canvas. Creating an oil painting involves several stages, each of which requires a significant amount of time. As a result, the resulting work is durable.

The portrait, made on an artistic canvas, expresses the impeccable taste, refined artistic flair of the customer. More recently, in order to create such a portrait, a person had to sit in front of the master for a long time without moving.

Such a pastime was quite boring and took a lot of time.