Adoration of the Magi (Leonardo)
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The Adoration of the Magi is an early oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was given the commission by the Augustinian monks of San Donato a Scopeto in Florence, but departed for Milan the following year, leaving the oil paintings unfinished. It has been in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence since 1670.
Annunciation (Leonardo)
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The Annunciation (1472–1475) is a oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It depicts the annunciation by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive Jesus Christ and is set in the enclosed courtyard garden of a Florentine villa.Have same great oil paintings
Myths still being perpetuated
2009-5-11 1:26:43 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Whilst the van Eycks have been commonly believed to invent oil painting, we know for a fact that they didn't and that the process is well documented, at least as early as the beginning of the 12thc century.As for canvas oil painting, oil paintings on...
Overdoing an Oil Painting Instruction Formula
2009-4-27 7:7:35 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
I am a big advocate of understanding your oil painting supplies inside and out. Of learning a repeatable procedure so that, in a way, making oil paintings becomes as much a procedure as carpentry.The flip side of this is when people take it too far a...
Aesthetics and theory of painting
2009-4-26 6:26:56 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Aesthetics tries to be the "science of beauty" and it was an important issue for such 18th and 19th century philosophers as Kant or Hegel. Classical philosophers like Plato and Aristotle also theorized about art and oil painting in particul...
How To Prepare Slippery Surfaces for Decorative Oil Painting
2009-4-25 7:49:15 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
The keys to successful decorative oil paintings on slippery or smooth surfaces such as glass or ceramics are a thoroughly clean surface and the right paint.Here's How: Regardless of what type of slippery or smooth surface you're going to be oil pa...
How To Varnish an Acrylic or Oil Painting
2009-4-18 21:27:3 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Varnish is more than simply a layer to protect your oil painting from pollution in the atmosphere and abrasion. It will also bring out the colors to the brilliance they had when you applied them.Difficulty: AverageTime Required: Depends on size of pa...
How To Prime a Canvas For Acrylics or Oils
2009-4-18 21:24:15 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
When you've stretched a canvas, the next step is to prime it so you can paint on it. With a ready-made gesso suitable for both acrylic and oil paintings, this is easy.Here's How: Make sure you buy a bottle of gesso that's suitable for both acrylic...
Before You Buy Oil Painting Supplies
2009-4-16 10:21:38 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Oil paintings are very popular because they dry slowly, enabling you to work with the painting for quite a while after you've applied it to a canvas or board. Once the paint has dried, it can be overpainted without disturbing the original paint. Stra...
How To Stretch Your Own oil paintings
2009-4-14 20:41:28 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
Most painters will agree that there's nothing like oil painting on canvas. But pre-stretched and primed canvases can be expensive, which means that all too often we keep our canvases for 'good' oil paintings. By stretching your own canvas, you can no...