Oil Paints For Artists

Oil paint gives a richness and depth of colour that is unsurpassed by any other medium and many professionals will only use oil paints.

Oil paints for artists.

Whether you ve just started painting or are a professional chances are you ve considered using oil paint. Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil. From rembrandt to monet oil paint is the hallmark of the old masters its slow drying time allowing artists to manipulate the medium over an extended period in one form or another oil paint has existed since ancient greece though it came into popular use during the northern renaissance. Our comprehensive website contains over 60 000 oil paintings from thousands of the most widely acclaimed artists the world over.

Oil paints oil based paints are highly regarded in the artist community and one of the most versatile forms of painting. While getting started with oil painting is fairly easy there is a little bit more to it than acrylics since you are working with toxic solvents and mediums and the drying time is much longer. Simply click on your favorite artist and then view all of our museum quality hand painted oil painting reproductions in one easy and convenient gallery. Best oil paintings around the world for your inspiration.