We might also consider the many posters of masterworks (by Botticelli, Vermeer and others) that adorn people’s walls, made of nothing more than paper and ink. If walnut seed oil is the answer, how did Fra Angelico working in tempera, or Giotto working in fresco, achieve such marvelous results? Working with good materials is important, but hoping the right materials will add up to a masterpiece isn’t the answer. However, all the greater and lesser artists of the past worked with old-fashioned, handmade materials and hand-ground pigments-and yet they didn’t all make masterpieces.įurthermore, there are masterpieces in every medium ( encaustic, fresco, oil, tempera, watercolor, ink and so on). They diligently search out traditional pigments, rare drying oils and lost recipes for old master mediums.
Many painters look for the answer in materials. People who love the paintings of Leonardo, Titian, Vermeer, Rembrandt and other great artists of the past often speak of “the secrets of the old masters.” They wonder: How did these painters create such beautiful artwork?
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