To sum in a simplest definition, painting is an art of applying colors on paper, canvas, wood glass or concrete. It’s an artist’s figment of imagination, drawing or visual thoughts that are manifested by an artist in his/her way with the usage of composition of bright and light colors. A painting has the power to capture and put forth varies expression and thoughts.
Such is the craze for paintings that various art exhibitions are organized to keep paintings for sale. Renowned painters’ display their masterpiece paintings for sale and they are being sold in multi million dollars. There are types of paintings like oil paintings and still life paintings.
Oil Paintings:
Mona Lisa the world renowned painting of Leonardo Da Vinci is an oil painting. Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments though a medium which can be a drying oil like linseed oil, walnut oil, peppy seed oil or resin also called ‘varnishes’. The prominence of oil paintings in the West dates back to ancient times.It is mostly used to make the sketches of figures. From the classical oil paintings to the modern day oil paintings, are the most beautiful and contemporary piece of art on a piece of canvas.
Still Life Paintings:
Still life paintings are contemporary, chic and have the hues of modern day lifestyle, which modifies the entire architecture of your house’s walls. Still life paintings depicts inanimate objects which can either be natural such as food, fruits, flowers, planets and rocks or man-made like a piece of paper, vases, jewelry, coins, magazine or an artificial setting. Still life paintings of still apples, still life oranges, still flowers are very popular. Still life paintings adorned the interior of ancient Egyptian tombs, ancient Greek vases, roman Wall paintings and floor mosaics in beautiful motifs.
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