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OIL PAINTING is to apply oil-based colors to a surface to create pictures or other designs. In the late Middle Ages, oil painting was developed in Europe and was very popular. It is easier to work with and permits a greater variety of effects. Oil paint dries relatively slowly with little change in color.

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Tones are therefore easy to match, blend, or grade, and corrections are easy to make. The painter is not limited to linear brushstrokes but may apply paint in glazes, washes, blobs, trickles, spray, or impasto (thick application of pigment.)

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