Oil Painting. Modern Painting

Painting has very long history and in course of it's development painting styles changed, often radically. Now the history of painting is divided into several periods and each of these periods is characterized by it's specific features, techniques, ideas. One of such techniques is oil painting, where drying oil is applied as paints. Reviewing modern painting one can come across with such technique applied by modern artists.

Oil painting appeared under the influence of another different styles, such as modern painting, renaissance art, figurative art, folk art, abstract art. This painting style usually depicts human beings, nature and animals, as well as various human moods and psychologies. This can be viewed at the paintings of such artists as Raphael, Titian, Leonardo da Vinci, Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Salvador Dali.

Oil painting is created with the help of different oil types use, linseed oil, poppy seed oil, sunflower oil and walnut oil are usually used. Such paintings are framed out in paper sheets, cardboards, linoleum and wooden panels. To protect the paints from acid affects animal glue is used. In total, in order to get the effect required special skills and accuracy are needed, especially when it goes about oils mixing.

Such oil painting is created phased, in layers. Thus, once the first thin layer is applied and dried up, the next layer is applied. As a result, the whole process can take several weeks, or months even. The shining effect of the last layer is achieved via pine resins, frankincense, and varnish application. To get the color, or shade required the pigments are mixed, which are now not so harmful as they used to be earlier.

In terms of painting the previous centuries are well-known as the periods of great artistic movements' rise and decline. And a lot of worldwide known names are associated with those periods. However, these days contemporary painters go on creating their works and often the influence of that styles and movements can be seen on their works.

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