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storky111

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One of the advantages of oil painting is that it dries very slowly. This allows for:
 
  A. a subtle blending of colors.
  B. the painting to be reworked indefinitely.
  C. the application of layers of paint on top of one another.
  D. an almost infinite range of consistencies.
  E. All of these answers are correct.

Question 2

In oil painting, linseed oil acts as:
 
  A. a pigment.
  B. a ground.
  C. a border.
  D. a support.
  E. a binder.


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Ashley I

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Reply #1 on: Jun 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Oil paint allows for flexibility of blending and reworking and does not require the immediacy of completion as do other media. Colors can be laid down next to each other and blended softly and seamlessly.

Answer to Question 2

E
Oil paints consist of pigment compounded with oil. Historically, the most commonly used oils have been linseed oil, poppy seed oil, and walnut oil.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 23, 2018
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No problem :)


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