Not everyone can paint oil paintings. Many artists need to practice sketching for 4 or 5 years. Therefore, an oil painter's solid sketching skills are the first condition to measure the maturity of the painter's painting skills.

2, the edge of the difference

Hand-painted oil paintings are drawn with meticulous brushstrokes. Seen from the back of the canvas under strong light, the edges of objects in the picture are generally not too neat, and a few places feel transparent and uneven in thickness.

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Maintenance of oil painting:

Oil painting will inevitably turn yellow and darken in the process of preservation, which is the result of oxidation of surface varnish. Up to now, there is no varnish that will not be oxidized. Removing the old varnish layer and polishing it again is the only way to restore the original appearance of the work. Commonly used cleaning agents are:

1, turpentine It has a weak effect on old oil paintings, but it has a strong effect on new color layers, especially after heating with hot water.

2. Refined gasoline and benzene (toluene and xylene). The solubility of resin is stronger than turpentine.

3. Ethanol (anhydrous alcohol) and methanol (lignin). It is a powerful solvent for resin.

Oil painting genre:

There are two schools of oil painting. The first category is creative works which are mainly based on objective reproduction; The second category is creative works with subjective expression.

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