| Term | Definition |
| easy to blend | why is it good that oil paint dries slowly? |
| combines chemically with more pigments, huge range of possible textures | benefits of using oil paint |
| more personal | is rough style more personal or less personal than smooth style? |
| impasto | raised paint used to indicate highlights |
| it gives the flesh a vibrance because placing color complements next to each other has that effect | why did painters learn to paint greenish shadows on flesh instead of black? |
| layering the paint so that paints with the least amount of oil go on the bottom, and gradually build up to the top with the most oil | lean to fat process |
| prevents cracks | how does the lean to fat process improve the quality of paintings? |
| inner luminosity | what does the lean to fat process do to the paintings? |
| manufacturers decide the amount of oil, which is usually extra | why does lean to fat become pretty much impossible with the introduction of commercial paints? |