As soon as Gu Weijing got home, he returned to the studio in the calligraphy and painting shop.
There's no better time than now,
since he has picked the right piece, he wants to reproduce this oil painting today.
Gu Weijing quickly found a canvas, brushes, palette knife, and palette in the studio.
He also specially took a bottle of chemically synthesized fast-drying medium from the cabinet.
Contrary to what many people imagine, oil paints cannot be diluted with water, they must be with special drying oils. As the drying oil gradually evaporates, it forms a dry film of oil on the canvas that fixes the pigment.
Different oil formulas dry at completely different speeds after coming into contact with air.
Some are fast and some are slow,
the fast-drying formula is called "thin oil" in the industry, while slow-drying, oil-rich formulas are called "fat oil."
For any oil painting, the first important principle learners acquire is the fat-over-lean principle.
