Below is a glossary article post in the category O which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Oil Paint based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Oil Paint
So, what is actually meant by Oil Paint?
Oil paint is a slow drying paint form consisting of pigment particles that are suspended in drying oil that forms hard and colored films when exposed to air.
Explanation of Oil Paint
Drying oil is vegetable oil, often made by crushing beans or seeds. For paint, flax seed oil is most often used, but opium, sunflower, safflower, soybeans and walnut oil can also be used. The advantage of the quality of slow drying oil paint is that an artist can gradually develop paintings, make changes or corrections if necessary.
Oil paint is well integrated with each other, making variations of fine colors possible and easier to make details of light and shadows. They can also be diluted with turpentine or other thinning agents. A very runny layer dries relatively fast, nail free in a few days. A thicker layer, contains more oil, takes longer. Oil paint continues to dry, the more difficult as we get older for decades. Pigments and extender will also affect the drying rate, so that different colors can dry up with different speeds.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix O, as well as terms associated with O.
Meaning of Oil Paint in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Oil Paint.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Cat minyak (Indonesian), Lenga cat (Java), and Cet minyak in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Cat minyak.
Closing
OK, above there is the discussion and explanation of what is the meaning of Oil Paint.
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix O. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=oil-paint
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=oil-paint
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