OIL PAINTS - DEEP, RICH AND LUXURIOUS
For centuries, oil paint has been a favourite of artists because of its unmatched richness and its unequivocal luminosity, a true classic. The history of oil pigments is an interesting one, and can be called weird too. How mankind came to create pigments is an intriguing read. Did you know they do not make the colour ‘mummy brown’ anymore as they ran out of mummies to make mummy brown pigment! Yes, you read it correctly. Many names that you read are given to the colours because of what they were historically made from. ‘Madder red’ was made from ox blood and cow manure. That’s mad stuff! Making oil paint is similar to cooking. It starts with blending the grinded pigment and Oil in a huge batter mixer into a paste, then the paste is smooth out multiple times through a mill. The rollers further coat the pigment particles in oil as it is thickening the paint. There are three kinds of rollers: Steel, Granite, and Aluminium. When the process is complete the paint is stored into pain