Painting materials and tools

    Vegetable oil to reconcile with transparent pigments, have grounding in the production of cloth, paper, wood and other materials to shape the artistic image of the painting. It originated and developed in Europe, to become the world's important modern painting. Produced before the 15th century European paintings in egg tempera is a painting of the former. In the use of egg tempera method at the same time, many artists continue to find more desirable to reconcile agent. Generally believed that the early 15th century Netherlandish painter Van Eyck brothers is the founder of oil painting techniques. They try to Yongyou predecessors on the basis of dissolved pigment with linseed oil and walnut oil as a reconciling agent to paint when the brush causing Miaohui smooth, paint drying time on the screen is moderate, easy-to-cover and the painting process several modifications before rich colors and gloss levels, after the paint dry, strong adhesion, easy to peel and fade. They
Creative use of new materials, oil painting, very influential at the time of the painting. Oil painting techniques soon spread in other countries in Western Europe, especially in Venice, Italy to develop rapidly.

    Painting materials and tools are the main pigments, brushes, painting knives, canvas, glazing, frame and so on.

    ① pigments, minerals, and chemical synthesis of the two sub-categories. The original paint, mostly mineral pigments, ground into fine by hand, painting only to reconcile in epistaxis. Modern mass production from the plant, into the tin tube, the type of paint is also increasing. Pigments contained in the performance of its chemical composition, color, the chemistry between the lead paint some adverse reactions. Thus, the performance of paint will help to master oil painting techniques and to work full color enduring.

    ② brush, using elastic medium made of animal hair, a pointed front circular, flat front flat shape, short front and the fan-shaped and other types of flat.

    ③ draw a knife, also known as a palette knife, with a flexible thin sheet made of a pointed shape, round shape of the points, used to paint on the palette and mix thoroughly, many painters were written with a knife, a knife directly painting on canvas or in part in the formation of pigment level, texture, increase the expression.

    ④ canvas, the standard canvas, linen or canvas is tight inside the box in the wood, the use of glue or oil with white powder blending and brushing the surface of the cloth made of. Generally not made of oil and has a grounding effect Gyrosigma, or made under the creative needs of semi-or fully absorbing the base oil. Gyrosigma thickness according to the size of the frame, but also need to select based on paint effects. Some artists use canvas background color coated, easy to form a unified picture of color, his paintings can also inadvertently expose the substrate. After coating, after the end of production, not oil the wood or cardboard can also replace the canvas.

    ⑤ Varnish is usually done in oil and coated with varnish is dry cover to keep the screen brightness to prevent erosion and fouling the air.

    ⑥ frame, oil paintings, including a complete frame, especially the strong realistic painting, the viewer of the work frame to form the boundaries of sight, so that the screen appears to complete, focused, painting the images in the viewer the feeling of towards depth. Frame thickness, size, according to work contents. Classical painting frame and more wood, plaster, more modern oil painting frame with aluminum and other metal materials.

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