While European art used linseed oil, made from flax seeds, as the standard drying agent, there is evidence to suggest that artists in colonial Mexico were using chia oil. The chia plant is native ...

To develop ideas for his striking oil paintings, Ching will observe plants and wildlife around him, or from wildlife documentaries or photographs, going through a process of using sketches and ...

From the moment an artist completes an oil painting, the painting begins to ... The loss of color from a yellow gamboges glaze, based on plant resins, can make green foliage in Dutch flower ...

The paintings incorporate a mix of Indian and ... murals used organic substances - including natural resin, plant gum, dry oil and animal protein - as a binder, which even today is an important ...

an organization that seeks to halt oil and gas extraction in Britain, launched glugs of Heinz tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting. The treasured work hangs in the National ...