Oil Paint

Oil paint is a medium using linseed oil as a binder that became practically popular in the fifteenth century.  Oil paint gave artist the ability to do new colors and made paintings seem more realistic. The medium of oil painting is linseed oil, which makes the paint slow to dry. I chose to do famous artist Vincent Van Gough. The painting is called “Bedroom” The qualities that make this artwork unique are the colors and the life like qualities.  Vincent Van Gough typically uses oil paint in all the work that I viewed. Due to the popularity of oil paint, I find is fascinating that Van Gough perfected it and became a famous artist.  What fascinates me about Van Gough was the fact that he was not famous during his life time; Van Gough was only famous after he died. I learned that his mother even threw away many of his paintings.  Van Gough also suffered from many mental breakdowns; one of his outrages was so intense that he cut off his left ear.

http://www.vincentvangoghart.net/