And the classical painting school is, first and foremost, discipline. This explains my categorical tone, but I do apologize for it. Some of the special, Russian terms that I use are difficult to translate accurately, so I will give explanations in parenthesis. I will be expanding this page in an effort to create a Comprehensive Classical Painting Technique Handbook on Internet. You are invited to send questions and comments so that I could start a FAQ page.
Oil paints on the canvas.
It's an indisputable definition. I think though that oil painting is more than that. From the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century artists used the seven layer technique. Like music where there are seven notes, seven keys, and within each there are seven more. 7 days in a week.