<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/da4fed78-0cc2-4edb-bc8b-ebfed46d6d43/47A6E4FA-E0DE-47BA-B51B-0B09DA7AC8DF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil_painting&oldid=312275284" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil_painting&oldid=312275284" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil_painting&oldid=312275284"><P><B>Oil painting</B> is the process of painting with <A class="mw-redirect" title="Pigments" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigments">pigments</A> that are bound with a medium of <A title="Drying oil" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying_oil">drying oil</A> — especially in early modern Europe, <A title="Linseed oil" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oil">linseed oil</A>. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even <A title="Frankincense" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankincense">frankincense</A>; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body and gloss. Other oils occasionally used include <A title="Poppyseed oil" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppyseed_oil">poppyseed oil</A>, <A title="Walnut oil" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut_oil">walnut oil</A>, and <A class="mw-redirect" title="Safflower oil" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safflower_oil">safflower oil</A>. These oils confer various properties to the oil paint, such as less yellowing or different drying times. Certain differences are also visible in the sheen of the paints depending on the oil. Painters often use different oils in the same painting depending on specific pigments and effects desired. The paints themselves also develop a particular feel depending on the medium.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil_painting&oldid=312275284"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/6B046D4A-DAEF-48BA-83AB-474AB915CBFB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil_painting&oldid=312275284"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/9A4B160C-D705-46A0-A6F5-20BA242AD512" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/47A6E4FA-E0DE-47BA-B51B-0B09DA7AC8DF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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