Although the oil paint first began being used by the Chinese and Indian people to produce Buddhist paintings, somewhere between the V and the X century, the technique did not have great popularity until the XV century. Around that time, oil painting became the main production technique and its possibilities were widely recognized.
The popularity of this technique is attributed mainly to the versatility that offers, mostly because it’s possible to control not only the drying time, but also the “medium” tone, consistency, texture, brightness, etc. Plus, the possibility of combining several different oils in the same painting, creating different effects and pigments.
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