Oil paint is wonderfully versatile. It can be applied in thick, expressive impastos, or thinned down and used almost like watercolours. It can be brushed or scrubbed, knifed on or scratched out, ...

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Essential to any oil or acrylic painter’s practice is a great palette knife or painting knife. With such tools, artists can combine colors and materials in the process of creating their works. Though ...

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Xu Jiang at The 30-Year Retrospective of the China Oil Painting Society. The exhibition showcases more than 800 artworks by 370 artists at the Shanghai Art Museum from Sept 19 to Jan 4. [Photo ...