Why Oil paint?

Oil paint dates back to Roman times in. Researchers believe oil paint has a big likelihood to have started in west and south east Asia.Surfaces like shields — both those used in tournaments and those hung as decorations — were more durable when painted in oil-based media than when painted in the traditional tempera paints. Most renaissance sources, in particular Vasari, credited northern European painters of the 15th century and Jan Van Eyck in particular, with the "invention" of painting with oil media on wood panel.

Ingredients:

The linseed oil itself comes from flax seed, and this flax was a common fiber crop. Recent advances in chemistry have produced modern water miscible oil paints that can be used with and clean up with water. Small alterations in the molecular structure of the oil created this water miscible property.The oldest known oil paint dates from 650 AD found in caves in Afghanistan.

And finally the real question.. WHY OIL PAINT?

Oil paint is a great tool to create art. It leaves thick, bold, vibrant colors on the canvas which never fades. While using oil paint, shadows and mixing colors comes very easily, and contrast between objects and colors is extremely obvious. Oil paint is also very easy to get accustomed too. Oil painting lets ones imagination come to life. Once a persons hand starts moving, oil paint keeps it going. The magically feeling of watching a painting come to life is irreplaceable. Oil paint also dries very slowly on your pallet, making it much easier to create accurate colors days after already painting.