1. People have been painting for as long as 30,000 years!
Early Cave paintings were drawn with red or yellow ochre, hematite, manganese oxide, and charcoal may have been made by early Homo sapiens as long as 30,000 years ago. These would have been ground to make up a primitive paint substance. Other ingredients used were animal blood and fat.
3. Artists Used to Store Their Paint in Animal Bladders!
The bladder was fashioned into pretty purses until the paint tube was invented in 1841!
4. World War II Brought Changes To The Paint Industry!
Linseed oil was in short supply during World War II, forcing paint manufacturers to research other options. This led to the invention of artificial resins, which were cheap, held colour well and lasted a long time.
5. Acrylic Paint Only Became Commercially Available In The 50s!
6. Oil Paint Takes 2 Weeks To Dry!
Different colours and oil paint types vary between 12 hours drying time to 2 weeks. After 2 weeks you will be able to apply a varnish. But be warned, museum curators do not consider oil paintings to be throughly dry until several decades have passed!!
9. Spray paint was invented in the 1949!
By Edward H. Seymour, he added paint to existing spray can technology at his wife Bonnie’s suggestion. It’s usefulness in working illicitly at speed was exploited in the 1970s by Graffiti Artists.
Now you are an expert on paint it’s time for you to come and help it work it’s magic on you canvas!
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