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Why is Oil on Canvas Popular? - Artyii.com

Oil is probably the most popular medium used by all painters. The world's famous paintings Sunflower (Van Gogh), Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci) and Impressions Sunrise (Monet), are all painted with oils.

These drying oils, typically made from linseeds, are durable and especially user-friendly for painters. They are also good for creating aesthetic textures for each work of art.

Contrary to popular belief that Europeans were pioneers in adapting oils for art, the world's earliest oil paintings of Buddhist images were discovered in Afghanistan's Bamiyan caves. These religious expressions date back to 650 AD, nearly 800 years before Renaissance in Europe.

Acrylic and Oil, what's the difference?

While oil and acrylic paintings seem similar to an amateur eye, they hold very different properties for painters.

Time to Dry

Oil is a traditional, centuries-old medium which is much respected. They take a longer time than acrylic to dry, therefore may be more suitable for certain painting techniques. As acrylic is water-based, the fast evaporation of water allows it to dry more rapidly.

For painters who prefer to work faster, he may choose acrylic over oils. Beginners may prefer oils with longer time for consideration and correction before drying.

Toxicity

Toxicity of oil also sets it apart from acrylic. The use of solvents such as turpentine in oil increases its toxicity. Hence, it is best to work in a well-ventilated room whenever using oil.

Versatility

Acrylic colours tend towards a shade darker when dried. While experts have added that it is less appealing than oil, contemporary artists are fast becoming fans of acrylic. Its versatility allows the use of pastel, charcoal and pen on top of the dried acrylic surface, great for creating mix-media art works. Blending other bodies into acrylic such as sand, metal and paper are also possible.

Longevity

Whether acrylic can last longer than oils, it remains debatable. Given acrylic's 50 year-history, it is still early to say that it can outlast its counterpart. Oil, however may crack and discolour over time.

The author, Shannon, runs Artyii, an online platform assisting emerging artists gain gallery representation. He has come across
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Why do some artworks sell for tens of millions of dollars or more?

Some artworks now sell for tens of millions of dollars or more money. Are they worth it? Why or why not? (Look at any Botticelli panel, Michelangelo sculpture, or Claude Monet oil painting in the text, for instance.) Why do you think that an artist's name often determines the value of an artwork?

Some of them are worth it, providing that they are really good and have some true values. Unfortunately there are too many really stupid art investors out there at the moment buying really terrible "paintings" for a few millions or more only in the hope that they will be able to sell them for a few millions more. They basically don't care what is on the face of the painting and don't appreciate any real values. It can be one dot or one or two straight lines on the face of the painting, or some splashed or thrown paint, taking the "artist" 5 minutes to "create" such a "masterpiece", but as long as it is signed Pollock, Matisse, Chagall or similar, they will immediately fork out a few million dollars.

Yet if you offered them a lot better painting painted by yourself, they would not give you a cent.

But sooner or later they will learn their lesson the hard way, losing a lot of money, when the art world finally realizes (again!) that the paintings should be judged and valued by their true values like beauty, quality and difficulty of the painting and talent, workmanship and effort of the artist, not by who painted them.

One of the well known encyclopaedias states that even Picasso was just laughing in the faces of such stupid art investors in the end of his career, when they were willing to pay him a lot of money just for his signature, no matter what was on the face of the painting. That's why there are many poor quality, sometimes really terrible paintings by Picasso from the end of his career.

Want another example? - have a look at "Composition in Black and White, With Double Lines" by Piet Mondrian, it sold recently for over 9 million dollars... I wouldn't put it in my garage and you could paint something like this yourself in 10 minutes...

That's enough, no further comments for today. Read my other answers if you want to get better understanding of the totally crazy and greedy modern art world!