For Emma Ballou, art is a window into her world — one shaped by the rugged beauty of her home state of Maine. Growing up as an only child in a rural setting, nature was her constant companion.

The Art Institute of Chicago has two works on display by one of the world's great landscape painters, J.M.W. Turner, born 250 ...

Some Renaissance artists created eggs-quisite paintings by adding yolks to oil paints, which may have helped add texture and prevent yellowing. Skip to content Subscribe or renew today ...

Painting paradise: Art meets nature in Papua New Guinea. 28 January 2015. ... Oil paint is, of course, the perfect kind of paint necessary to capture glistening iridescence, ...

In 15th-century Italy, oil paints largely replaced egg-based tempera paints. But despite the shift, da Vinci and other old masters experimented with paints that mixed egg and oil together. Now ...

The slow-drying nature of oil paints allows artists to work on detailed pieces for extended periods of time. Oil paints are hardwearing, ... Buy now £119, Art Discount.