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THE VISUAL AR TS
Oils DAMMAR RESIN
VARNISH

OIL PAINTS ARE MADE BY MIXING and grinding
pigment with a drying vegetable oil such as Crystals are
dissolved and
linseed oil. The paint can be applied to many applied to
different surfaces and textures—the most painting to
common being canvas. Before painting, the protect its
surface
canvas is stretched on a wooden frame and
its surface is prepared with layers of size (glue)
and primer. The two main types of brushes used
KIDNEY- in oil painting are stiff hog hair bristle brushes— COMMERCIAL
SHAPED generally used for covering large areas; and soft hair OIL PAINTS CADMIUM
PALETTE RED
brushes made from sable or synthetic material—generally
used for fine detail. Other tools, including painting knives, can also
be used to achieve different effects. Oil paint can be applied thickly
(a technique known as impasto), or can be thinned down using
a solvent—such as turpentine. Varnishes are sometimes applied Lightfast
to finished paintings to protect their surface and to give them a opaque
color ULTRAMARINE
matte or gloss finish.

DOUBLE DIPPER Transparent
LINSEED OIL EXAMPLES (PALETTE ATTACHMENT) color
OF PIGMENTS
HOG HAIR
CADMIUM BRISTLE BRUSHES
Screw-top
RED
lid Flat hog
hair brush
Container for Filbert hog
storing solvent hair brush Flat hog
or drying oil hair brush
Oil derived from
seeds of flax plant SYNTHETIC
BRUSH Filbert
EQUIPMENT FOR CERULEAN EXAMPLES
MAKING OIL PAINT BLUE OF BRUSHES Round hog hair
hog brush
hair
Airtight jar for
storing paint brush
SABLE
PAINTING KNIVES BRUSH
Palette knife
for mixing TROWEL- DIAMOND-
drying SHAPED SHAPED
oil and PAINTING PAINTING
pigment KNIFE KNIFE
Long,
wooden
Blade Blade handle

Glass
muller
for grinding
drying oil Protective,
and pigment plastic
case
Glass slab Cranked, Cranked,
with abrasive steel steel
surface shank shank

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