Oil paint is simple. It's just a mixture of oil and pigment. But depending on the color and quality, a liter of this paint could cost up to $1,100.

Though the term is used interchangeably with oil-based paints for most practical purposes, alkyd paints are actually not oil-based but alkyd resins mixed in some sort of thinner. When most people ...

Explore the detailed process behind an oil painting as layers of paint gradually build depth, texture, and expression. This ...

Around 2014, in his apartment in Harlem, a former real estate agent named Jeffrey Ventura Morell installed a large portrait of an 18th-century gentleman in his kitchen — right above his dishwasher, ...

In this video, the creator embarks on their first oil painting experience by attempting to paint a dragon. They share ...

Editor’s Note: David Coles is the founder and head paint-maker of Langridge Artist Colours. This is an edited extract from “Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Color,” published by Thames & Hudson.