Oil painting art. Art painting circle

The history of painting art dates back to pre-historic humans period. Cave painting prehistoric art is one of the earliest phases of painting art development. The history of painting art continues into the 21st century, it encompasses innovative techniques and current movements.

The earliest evidence of painting has been discovered by archaeologists in northern Australia, in France, there are also examples of cave paintings found in Spain, Portugal, China, India etc. cave painting in prehistoric art was created with the help of red ochre and black pigment, it showed horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, etc.

As for the media used, oil painting and watercolor painting were the best known media in Western cultures, while ink and color ink predominated in the East. Various countries art had significant influence on each other, and the development of Eastern painting was historically parallel those in Western painting.

The history of oil painting art numbers several centuries, oil paints have been used in England since the 13th century, and were adopted as an artistic medium in the 15th century. The ancient Greece, Rome Mediterranean civilizations and Egypt used vegetable oils, linseed oil was not used because of it's its tendency to dry very slowly, darken, and crack. Today's oil painters use a lot of the same techniques and materials invented in the 17th century.

The technique used in oil painting art these days was created circa 1410 by Jan van Eyck – the first artist that has produced a siccative oil mixture which could be used to combine mineral pigments. Modern oil paints are created from the plants (calendula, sandmat, bladderpod, ironweed) that are aimed to increase the resistance and to reduce the drying time.

Oil painting is considered to be the basic medium which students learn to appreciate. Oil painting art painters are acquainted with the typical qualities of oil paint: it takes several years to dry, it has a surface translucency similar to human skin, it can blend into surrounding paint and allows very subtle blending of colors.

Nowadays painting art encompasses a lot of contemporary oil painters. To obtain their artworks there are different galleries and exhibitions organized. Contemporary artists also upload their works on their online galleries and a lot of visitors can visit such galleries easily and obtain the works directly from the painters they admire. www.klinkov.com site also features the works by a contemporary painter V.Klinkov. Visit the site to view and obtain high-quality artworks by the Ukrainian painter.