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The main oil used is linseed oil. It has great drying capacities. But it goes yellow in time (only when put in the dark!). It goes clear again in the light.
Chinese oil paints are often made of tung oil - a great material, only it can't be mixed with linseed oil because they have very different drying capacities.
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∙ 12y agoIt's hard to say... Cave paintings have been found around the world. They used early paints made from pigments they could get their hand on we will most likely never know
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Many have said that early famous painters discovered paint, but i think that pant was made by Indians that put mysterious paintings on walls in caves and on their skin.
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∙ 14y agoIn Mona Lisa and in any oil painting the color pigments are dissolved in oil. The oil will dry, slowly, and the color remains.
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∙ 14y agoIf you mean PAINTINGS the oldest ones have been found in Stone Age caves, about 30 000 years old. The paint they used was various minerals.
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∙ 13y agoIn the 15th Century, around 1410 by Jan van Eyck. (Renaissance Period- In the Pre-Renaissance period they used Tempura Paints.)
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∙ 12y agoEgg tempera (that is: eggyolk paint). Egg tempera was used already in ancient Egypt... It's very durable: in 30 years time it turns to stone.
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∙ 13y agoIn Flanders early 15th century.
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∙ 16y agoPainting started in 1256
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Who discovered paint?
cave men
What was Mary Cassatt the first to do?
She was not the first to do anything. She was not the first to paint her favorite subject 'Mother and Child', but she may have been the first to paint so many versions of it.
When was biomass energy first discovered?
biomass energy was first discovered in the mid 1800's
Can you paint over epoxy paint that did not cure properly with additional epoxy paint?
I wouldn't. I would try to get the first one to cure somehow, possibly by warming that area.
Who first splattered paint on a canvas?
Nobody can tell when this first happened. Children often do. The first professional artist to be famous for splattering paint was Jackson Pollock.
Who was the first to discover paint?
it maybe or not might be discovered in the 16'00s and earlier
When was the first cro-magnon writing discovered?
Cro-Magnon didn't write. But they did paint on cave walls.
Why did the Spaniards call the Visayans as the Pintados?
On first being discovered by the Spaniards they were named "Pintados" (root word Pinta means Paint) because they used to paint their bodies.
Who discovered paint?
cave men
When did Plato discover paint?
Plato discovered paint in 401 BC when he was 28.
Do you wallpaper first or paint trim?
You Paint the trim first, then wallpaper.
Was potassium k the first metal to be discovered?
No, The First Metal To Be Discovered Was GOLD. No, The First Metal To Be Discovered Was GOLD.
When was the lunar rover first discovered?
it was first discovered 1888
Where did john martin work before he was a painter?
he first started working as a Blacksmith with his father joseph Stella but eventually he became a farmer, while he was a farmer he discovered that he loves to paint.
Do you polish or paint your nails?
First you paint, THEN you polish... You paint them with nail polish
Which is best to Clean carpet first or paint first?
Paint first. There is no use in cleaning a carpet that might get paint on it later. Paint first just in case you end up getting the carpet dirty so you don't have to clean twice.
When was Hawaii first discovered as a state?
IT WAS first discovered when Lincoln was born
