Awesome Oil Paintings

Painting is  a method expressing thoughts and imaginations of a person on a canvas. Oil painting is one of the most difficult methods among various forms of paintings. It is supposed that during the mediterranean civilization the Roman , Greek or Egyptians have extensively used mixtures of encaustic , minerals, vegetable oil for painting. But during the 15 th century this technique was lost and got replaced by oil painting. According to Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) the technique of oil painting, was invented or re-invented in Europe around 1410 by Jan van Eyck (1390 -1441). The master piece of Van Eyck, "The wedding portrait of Giovanni Arnolfi and his wife" (supposed to be painted in 1434) is the first creation in this type . Later the great painters like Leonardo da Vinci, Giorgione, Titian improved the method of painting and now it become a challenging medium to master.

Quick drying oil is suitable for this painting. When we consider oil painting the advantage is that the corrections and changes can be made easily. Unwanted colors can be scraped over and over again without damaging the canvas. Here are some beautiful oil paintings.