Why Oil Paint?

Mediterranean, Greek, Roman and Egyptian civilizations used painting mixtures that were made up of pigments and whole egg, animal glue or milk, but then in the 15th century Italian and Greek painters overtook those traditions with mixtures of pigments and olive oil. Over thousands of years, many different people and cultures made changes to the "oil paint" recipe. Until finally we have oil painting like we know it today. Today, oil paints are made with natural oils like linseed, walnut, or poppy, and color pigment. The reason that people started putting oil into paints was so that the artist had time to paint and blend the colors on the painting.

For me, why oil paint, is because I feel like its such a beautiful and important part of the art world. Oil paint is such a beautiful medium because of the richness of its colors, its ability to be blended and its texture which i always think to be very elegant because of its thickness and smoothness. I think that this is the opinion of other artists who still use oil paint, because in our day and age, there are much more exciting and wild ways to express yourself through art, but i think that oil paints beauty, legacy, and versatility/acceptability of styles keep people coming back to it.