Category: Oil Painting

Gasoline can dissolve oil paint, but it is a fire and health

Oil paint's environmental impact comes mainly from solvents, metal pigments and waste.

Oil paint itself smells mild and nutty. The sharp studio odor usually

Oil over dry oil works; acrylic over oil is risky. Learn how

Why kitchen oils fail as an oil painting medium, which oils do

Turpentine thins early layers, dissolves resins for mediums, and cleans brushes. This

How to mix and apply Gamblin Solvent-Free Gel, the safe ratio, and

Light manufactures color. Here is how time of day, weather, artificial sources

A painter's definition of color temperature, why every hue has a warm

Water-based and solvent-based paints differ in what carries the pigment and what