Oil Paint

Oil paint is a type of paint that is made from pigments suspended in a medium of drying oil, typically linseed oil.

It is a slow-drying medium, which means that artists have more time to blend and manipulate the colours on the surface before the paint dries. The finished works have a lustrous and smooth surface and can have a great depth of colour because of the transparency of the oil pigments.

Oil paint is typically applied to a surface using a brush or a palette knife, and it can be layered to create a sense of depth and luminosity. The paint can also be thinned with solvents to create glazes, which can add subtle variations of colour and texture to a painting.