Oil Paintings

Oil painting was first used for the buddhist paintings by indian and chinese painters in western afghanistan. Traditional oil painting techniques often begin with the artist sketching the subject onto the canvas with charcoal or thinned paint. A basic rule of oil paint application is `fat over lean`. This means that each additional layer of paint should contain more oil than the layer below to allow proper drying. In recent years, water miscible oil paint has come to prominence o some extent replacing the usage of traditional oils.