The Watercolors Gallery Oils on canvas Oils are the classic medium for a painter. Paints may be mixed and layered to produce differing colors and textures within the painting. The layers may be built up, not only to make thick areas, but to create visual effects and three-dimentionality by the light penetrating the various paint layers. Surface texture is generated by the size and shape of brush strokes, and the amount of paint deposited on the canvas. The subjects of oil paintings may be of any type, from the darkest to the lightest.
Oils are particularily good at reproducing the appearance of polished, reflective surfaces.
The Canvas Gallery About the Instrument-Maker Kevin K. Bischel is a Graduate Mechanical Engineering student at Arizona State University . Making and playing musical instruments is like a second life for him. The Engineering stuff is like a job. When I get home, I want to get creative. Kevin's musical interests go from Heavy Metal through Classical to Celtic.